Shackleton’s Crew Rescued
100 years ago yesterday (August 30th, 1916) Shackleton returned to Elephant Island to rescue the rest of his crew who were stranded when their ship, the Endurance, was crushed by […]
100 years ago yesterday (August 30th, 1916) Shackleton returned to Elephant Island to rescue the rest of his crew who were stranded when their ship, the Endurance, was crushed by […]
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/18/boaty-mcboatface-may-not-be-name-of-new-polar-research-vessel Step 1: Ask tax payers to suggest and vote for a name for a research vessel their tax dollars paid for. Step 2: Embrace the fact that you might […]
We often think about ice and glaciers responding to climate instead of influencing climate, but they can! Here are a few ways that ice can cool the climate: Albedo (reflectivity […]
My sister started watching a PBS program called “Chasing Shackleton” where a group of adventurers follow the journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia in a small rescue boat altered […]
Satellite images showed that this winter’s sea ice extent around Antarctica (Sept 12, 2014: remember the seasons are reversed for the southern hemisphere) was the greatest ever seen since the […]
I finally got through the book Endurance, I listened to it on cd while driving between Maine and western New Hampshire a few times. Not going to lie, I cried […]
These old granite rocks were scoured by ice sheets, sand-blasted by Antarctic winds, corroded by salty sea spray, torched by the sun, and pooped on by skuas. I think these […]
Dimondiferous kimberlite, a rock type associated with diamonds, is found in Africa and now Antarctica. Both continents share a similar tectonic setting known as continental rifting, which may aid in […]
A research vessel in Antarctica recently became trapped in the sea ice off of East Antarctica. Sea ice is usually only a few meters thick and can be seasonal or […]
This image shows holes in the ice where dark pebbles heated up enough from the sun’s rays to melt straight down through to the ground. I went to a job […]
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