4. When do we get to see a Glacier? 4.2 An Iceberg with a Chasm

4. When do we get to see a Glacier?

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June 9th 2008
The title is from the 2002 voyage and was one of the Naturalist, Jane's, favourite 'silly questions'. The other is, while seated in a zodiac: "How high above sea level are we?" The only response to this is: "Put your head in the water so you can taste it, and then follow it in"! Anyway, back to the glaciers. A much better question would, of course, be: "When do we not see a glacier?", b ... read more

Antarctica » Antarctica

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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 sou... ... read more