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March 10th 2011
Published: March 17th 2011
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Antarctica is covered by Ice, so much of it that the entire continent has been pushed hundreds if not thousands of feet down into the Earths crust by the sheer wieght. Its over 3 miles thick in places- pretty amazing really. In the winter the entire landmass is surrounded by a ring of ice that can go out over 100 miles or more in places, its the seasonal Sea Ice, which in summer often breaks up an... Read Full Entry



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Antarctica: Year on
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Just over ten years ago, I walked away from my career as a space shuttle systems and launch pad technician, a job I actually loved, and many would say, crazy to leave. Shortly after, I flew 9000 miles by way of New Zealand, to the the 7th and most remote, unexplored continent-Antarctica. This for a much lower level job that would last less than 6 months. From a career progression point of view it was like driving down a steep mountain in my old 88 GMC pickup truck-the brakes would very likely fail! I was 40- not a particularly good point in life to just 'bail' on the job and the 401K- but ... full info
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open water front at Mcmurdoopen water front at Mcmurdo
open water front at Mcmurdo
Mcmurdo Sound Feb/2011Mcmurdo Sound Feb/2011
Mcmurdo Sound Feb/2011
the open sea at last! most here had never seen this before.
sunset over the soundsunset over the sound
sunset over the sound
2 days after the ice went out, we have this view. A reminder of the vessel and crew of the yacht Berzerk, which was lost out there on a very different sort of day in march 2011
ice people march 2011ice people march 2011
ice people march 2011
after dinner gathering to see the ocean-at this point the ice was further north than it had been in 20 years.
russian ship russian ship
russian ship
a russian ship gives us a visit.
ice across the seaice across the sea
ice across the sea
Scott Base NZScott Base NZ
Scott Base NZ
the ice goes out from the NZ antarctic base for the first time many many years
meme
me
happy happy joy joy--the ice is gone!



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