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Background: Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas south of the Antarctic Circle. Not until 1840 was it established that Antarctica was indeed a continent and not just a group of islands. Several exploration "firsts" were achieved in the early 20th century. Following World War II, there was an upsurge in scientific research on the continent. A number of countries have set up year-round research stations on Antarctica. Seven have made territorial claims, but not all countries recognize these claims. In order to form a legal framework for the activities of nations on the continent, an Antarctic Treaty was negotiated that neither denies nor gives recognition to existing territorial claims; signed in 1959, it entered into force in 1961.



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Mit meinem neuen Fahrrad von meinem Mitbewohner habe ich mich Sonntag auf den Weg an einen der naheliegenden Strände gemacht, wo man auch tatsächlich mal schwimmen konnte (in einem Netz das vor Quallen sicher ist. Vor 3Wochen wurde allerdings ein Krokodil in so nem Netz gefangen...Sehr ermutigend!) Die Fahrt dahin ging über den Highway, ich muss für die Autofahrer ziemlich bescheuert ausgesehen haben, weil ich mich bei der HItze geweigert hab ein Tshirt anzuziehen...Ist bei 38Grad vielleicht auch verständlich. So im Bikini aufm Highway macht sich gut! Am Strand wars dann auch recht amüsant, [View Full Entry]

LisaBu - Lisa Büntemeyer | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 26th 2008 | 32 Views | [diary=348753]

Cairns
Irgendein zu groß geratener Typ
Photo 4

By Squidsickle
November 22nd 2008

Snow?

 Antarctica » Antarctica » Ross Sea
NotMyBike
NotMyBike
.. Yet.
Snow? Here? No freakin' way. Here are some photos taken recently-ish. As depicted in one of the photos, WE'RE DOGSLEDDING NOW! And it rocks. Man, what a stressful sport.. so much chaos with those dogs, when we're harnessing them to take them out for a run. They produce more energy then I care to try to curb some days. And on a less-stressful note, my bicycle is still working! And Im riding it every day in the snow. And everyone thinks Im crazy. I dont, not really. Anyways, love you guys tonnes, Im off to a housewarming party! Tyler [View Full Entry]

Squidsickle - Tyler Walker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 22nd 2008 | 36 Views | [diary=347320]

Frozen
Avril
Rene

(see video) [View Full Entry]

ThisIsNotDerek - Derek Tilton | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 18th 2008 | 40 Views | [diary=346103]


Pegasus Airfield
Pegasus Airfield
At the Pegasus runway where the C17 comes in.
So, since my last entry I have been able to partake in a few fun days out on the snow. After doing the ice caves at the beginning of the one week I went to a class called snowcraft or Happy Camper. This is an overnight camping trip where you learn some basic snow survival skills. There are 20 of us that go out together with 2 instructors. We first set up some bigger tents to establish our area and then followed with some mountain tents. After setting up these tents we built a quinzee which is a make shift igloo. [View Full Entry]

BFriese - Brandon Friese | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 23rd 2008 | 61 Views | [diary=346320]

McMurdo Welcomes You
Low flying chopper
Standing in my trench

Above McMurdo
Above McMurdo
Observation hill in the background and the town I live in below Arrival Heights (where I am at)
Well I know this taken me a bit to write since I left Denver on the 4th of October and was stuck in Christ Church New Zealand until the 10th when I left for the ice. Here it is and I will try to make sure that there are more to come. The only problem is that we don't get a lot of internet time and are only able to upload one picture at a time because we don't have a lot of broadband to work with. Anyways..... The training in Denver was great and the whole flight down to New [View Full Entry]

BFriese - Brandon Friese | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 4th 2008 | 136 Views | [diary=338090]

Oompa Loompa
Ice Caves
Ice Caves

By mint
October 22nd 2008

my world

 Antarctica
Visited Countries Map so these are all the countries i have lived in, visited and travelled through in my life..the list is going to get a hole lot bigger hopefully :-) [View Full Entry]

mint - sare | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 22nd 2008 | 63 Views | [diary=337375]

Bradenberg Gate,East Berlin

castle rock traversing
castle rock traversing
snowboard excursion Ross Island Antarctica winter 08
entry 1-So this particular journey actually began just over 1 year ago, and actually I suppose it began back in 1999 when I left the comfort of an aerospace career path to come to the Antarctic for less money, no benefits to speak of, and no real job security as contracts rise and fall at the whim of the federal budget. Perhaps not much of a risk to a young person, quite another story for someone in their mid 40s. It began what I like to call my on-going and largely self induced midlife crisis, which at the moment I have [View Full Entry]

surfbird - dave white | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 2nd 2008 | 49 Views | [diary=336775]

chilling at mactown
me and my pal
sunrise  from castle rock trail

Hello everyone, Just to say, i'm feeling a bit uneasy about privacy on the blog, so am going to give it up. But please keep in touch, i love getting news from home and am very good at emailing back! Email easier than facebook (easier to disguise at work!). Much love Justine xx [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 19th 2008 | 58 Views | [diary=325183]


By KathyCat
August 2nd 2008

Drake Passage

 Antarctica
Research cruise on icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer, April and May 2008 [View Full Entry]

KathyCat - Kathy Catanach | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 2nd 2008 | 25 Views | [diary=307589]


By Squidsickle
July 23rd 2008

Hmm..

 Antarctica » Antarctica
Im posting this, because I wasnt able to publish my last entry, and have a message sent out to everyone, by error of me. But now I know. Tonnes of pictures, come check em out! I should have the text for the post written later today. Love you guys. More than I love vegan chocolate cake. Tyler [View Full Entry]

Squidsickle - Tyler Walker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 23rd 2008 | 85 Views | [diary=303652]



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