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March of the Penguins?
CpC Photo | July 4th 2008
Brown Bluff, on the northern tip of the Antractic peninsula. These Adelies were looking to enter the sea, however, they knew (and we knew) that there was a leopard seal patrolling the waters looking for penguins. The Adelies would walk up and down read more
"Encounters at the End of the World" review by Ben Kenber
FilmArcade.net | July 3rd 2008 by Tony DeFrancisco
As a movie buff, I have to admit that it is shameful on my part that I have not seen more of Werner Herzog’s films. The only other film of his I have seen to this date is “Grizzly Man,” a brilliant documentary about Timothy Treadwell and his ob read more
Chinstrap Penguins
CpC Photo | July 2nd 2008
It was snowing on Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Islands making visbility pretty poor with low light conditions. These chinstrap penguins had the decency to walk in a nice line, evenly spaced apart. They are distinctive from the black line read more
Adelie Penguins
CpC Photo | July 1st 2008
Cute couple of Adelie Penguins in Antarctica. They tend to follow the same path through the snow so it can be quite easy to wait for them to come to you. These two were traversing the beach on Petermann Island and I used a long lens to get them as read more
Alaska: As Colonel Norman Vaughn used to Say, "Dream Big and Dare…
The Green Skeptic | June 28th 2008 by Scott Edward Anderson
Last weekend while Twittering about my trip back to Alaska -- a place I left 10 years ago this August, one of my stalwart followers, globalgirl, revealed that she is the great niece of one of my heroes, Colonel Norman Vaughan.For those of you not fam read more
guaraná
where the streets have no name | June 26th 2008 by Atsunori A.
Guaraná Antártica vendida no Lawson aqui no Japão. O guaraná é exatamente o mesmo, só é embalado aqui no Japão, como da pra ver na foto acima, de um lado ta em português e do outro em japonês… read more
Climb Mt. Vinson - highest peak in Antarctica. /Version english/
Everest by climbers | June 22nd 2008 by Joe Ireland
Climb Mt. Vinson with Berg Adventures – Trip Description Explore the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. This is the big one. A trip to the interior of Antarctica with Berg Adventures is a lifetime adventure for any explorer. We all seek adventure a read more
26 climate-change myths
Learn Sigma | June 21st 2008 by robert thompson
Here is a great article from the New Scientist which lists details on the twenty-six most common climate myths and misconceptions link. These are: Human CO2 emissions are too tiny to matter We can’t do anything about climate change The ‘ read more
longest day of the year… for the 2nd time
Letters from Lisa | June 21st 2008
Six months ago, I experienced the longest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. Six months later, here it is in the Northern. Here’s to sunlight! read more
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The Long Journey of My Life | June 20th 2008 by Marilyn Christian
I have just come back from a trip to Antarctica. Earlier in the week I was climbing the ice glaciers where the famed explorer Ernest Shackleton made history in the ice and snow with his attempt to reach the South Pole. It was an exciting week for me, read more
Picture of the Week: Antarctiluna
Luna C/I: Colonization and Integration of the Moon | June 17th 2008 by Nick Azer
As red as that is, that (of course) is not Mars but our beloved Luna, seen over Antarctica.Antarctica and the Moon have fates that are intertwined in this era (as Modest Mouse have illustrated), as both are frontiers and similarily hostile environmen read more
Climb Mt. Vinson - highest peak in Antarctica. /Version english/
Traveler | June 13th 2008 by Traveler Joe
Climb Mt. Vinson with Berg Adventures – Trip Description Explore the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. This is the big one. A trip to the interior of Antarctica with Berg Adventures is a lifetime adventure for any explorer. We all seek adventure a read more
Climb Mt. Vinson - highest peak in Antarctica. /Version english/
American Traveler | June 13th 2008 by americantraveler
Climb Mt. Vinson with Berg Adventures – Trip Description Explore the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. This is the big one. A trip to the interior of Antarctica with Berg Adventures is a lifetime adventure for any explorer. We all seek adventure a read more
Climb Mt. Vinson - highest peak in Antarctica. /Version english/
Himalman’s Weblog | June 13th 2008 by cezarki
Climb Mt. Vinson with Berg Adventures – Trip Description Explore the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. This is the big one. A trip to the interior of Antarctica with Berg Adventures is a lifetime adventure for any explorer. We all seek adventure a read more
Antarctica travelogue - December 28th
Letters from Lisa | June 12th 2008
8:00 am Just returned to the room after breakfast. We are going to Esperanza this morning to have a tour of the station. It is an Argentine base where whole families live, including children. I can’t imagine bringing my kids to live here, or read more
Photo Friday: Seaside Contemplations.
Catatonic Kid: A Mind Boiling Over | June 12th 2008 by Catatonic Kid
This photo is made cooler by the fact that it’s taken at the very tip of the bottom of Australia. There’s no land from this spot till you hit Antarctica. It’s a pretty amazing feeling to feel so close, and yet so far - like standing read more
Preparing for the Robot Army
Ice Station Tango | June 12th 2008 by Jay Allbritton
Our old buddy Jump to the Left emailed me a couple of cool, well cold, pictures.Here's a chinstrap Penguin I'm thinking about recruiting to run the penguin army when the robots Unconventional Conventionist warned me about roll up.And here's an igloo read more
The Binding Reflection of Life
SpiritualBlog.com | June 12th 2008 by Alexander
There is a pull in all interactions that involves either a resistance or an acceptance. If a person resists or accepts a thing a certain merging of consciousness takes place - we become that which we accept or reject. Of course this acceptance proces read more
Cruise To Your Vacation Spots in Style…..
Ultimate Vacation Guide | June 12th 2008 by Catherine
Book Azamara Cruises with Direct Line Cruises Operating only 2 smaller vessels for their guests, Azamara Cruises make sure that you get that special service you require, and can visit more sites than conventional giant cruise ships - meaning more of read more
Climb Mt. Vinson. /Version english/
Himalayan Adventure | June 12th 2008 by Himalayan Adventure
Climb Mt. Vinson with Berg Adventures – Trip Description Explore the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. This is the big one. A trip to the interior of Antarctica with Berg Adventures is a lifetime adventure for any explorer. We all seek adventure a read more
Uncoached Delivery: Antarctica Base Gets 16,500 Condoms Before Da…
Uncoached | June 11th 2008 by Brock Landers
One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year’s supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported Monday. Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16 read more
Ordering Condoms by the Thousands ?!?!
So Opinionated | June 9th 2008 by Swan S.
The researchers et al at McMurdo Base in Antarctica are the exceptionally delighted recipients of not only 16 boxes, or even 16 dozen boxes - try, 16,500 colorful little (depends who you ask!) joy enhancing condoms!Antarctica is almost ready to ushe read more
Antarctica travelogue - December 27th
Letters from Lisa | June 9th 2008
about 7:15 am - You need sunglasses just to look out the window here. We’re weaving among huge icebergs, heading for a landing on the Antarctic continent at Brown Bluff. I guess we have given up the plan to sail through the Active Strait. I fee read more
125 Scientists need 16,500 condoms?
Feeling Flirty? Get a Date! | June 9th 2008 by FeelingFlirty
According to the Australian ABC news, one of the last shipments to a US research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year’s supply of condoms. Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 read more
Antarctica Base Gets 16,500 Condoms Before Darkness
Archies Archive | June 9th 2008
One of the last shipments to a US research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year’s supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper has reported. Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 read more
Map of Global Biocapacity: World’s Most Fertile Soils
CleanBeta | June 9th 2008 by William Pentland
Biocapacity measures how biologically productive the world’s croplands, pastures, forests and fisheries are. The ‘global hectare,’ which equals the average biocapacity of all land in the... The Search for Sustainable Technologies read more
Tourism is encroaching on Antarctica.
An Inconvenient Blog | June 7th 2008 by Wayne Roden
Fragile continent: penguins on an iceberg in Antarctica. Photograph: Corbis There has been a rush of “see it before it’s gone” tourism in recent years. The advent of “climate tourism“, and its close relative “exti read more
Starting Image
CpC Photo | June 6th 2008
Recently uploaded to Photoshelter. Photo of the Neumayer Channel, Antarctic Peninsula at sunset, take about 2300 local time, sunset was 2350 that night. The ship was moving slowly creating little distburance in the water. read more
Cool observations of glacial earthquakes
Sismordia - Seismology at Concordia | June 6th 2008 by Alessia Maggi
Glacial earthquakes have been one of the hot topics in seismology over the past few years. As they slide past asperities in the bedrock, certain glaciers emit long period seismic waves that can be detected by relatively distant seismic stations. T read more
Antarctica travelogue - December 26th
Letters from Lisa | June 5th 2008
Early morning - around 6:45 I have that blasted “Twelve Days of Christmas” stuck in my head. I suppose it could be worse - it isn’t Britney Spears, at least. I’m awake and dressed and nursing my first cup of coffee before the read more
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