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Polar attraction
Original at Moscow
• Mon, Nov 30
I once went on an expedition to Antarctica with my third husband. When I moved here I brought all that South Pole gear with me in order to keep warm during ...
Polar attraction
Original at Livemint
• Fri, Nov 27
Dharmshaktu is part of an all-woman team that is skiing 900km from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole as part of the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic ...
Reliving Captain Scott's journey
Original at BBC News
• Fri, Nov 27
Scott and his team died as they returned from the South Pole. Cambridge University's Scott Polar Research Institute is publishing the diary to help people ... Antarctic TwittermaniaVarsity Online Dead explorer re-starts his expedition on TwitterTVNZ
Brunei's Polar Girl Phones Home: Aidil Adha On Ice
Original at Bru Direct
• Thu, Nov 26
Era and the team were preparing to set off on the fifth day of their expedition. aiming to cover 54km of the 910km trek to the geographic South Pole. ...
Matthew Belson: In search of whiskey
Original at Norwich Bulletin
• Wed, Nov 25
Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton abandoned the two cases of Mackinlay and Co., brand whiskey in 1909 after a failed attempt at reaching the South Pole. ... Woman gets frostbite, leaves Antarctic ski odysseyThe Associated Press all 110 news articles »
Canadian Adventurer Meagan McGrath Set to begin 45 Day Solo Journey from the ... - TravelVideo.tv
Original at TravelVideo.tv
• Wed, Nov 25
• 3 related articles
Canadian Adventurer Meagan McGrath Set to begin 45 Day Solo Journey from the ... press release) McGrath will begin her Antarctic Odyssey at Patriot Hills - a commercially operated base camp where polar adventurers typically begin their South Pole ...
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WSJ's Freeman: "[T]here hasn't been any [global] warming since 1998"
Original at Media Matters for America
• Sat, Nov 21
If the Polar Ice Caps are receding that is all that Matters. It can be freezing in Miami but if the South Pole Ice Cap is receding we are in deep Do-Do. ... and more »
Chinese vice premier urges to upgrade polar exploration
Original at Xinhua
• Fri, Nov 20
20, 1984, China sent its first team to the South Pole. Polar exploration missions concern the country's long-term interests and are of pragmatic ... and more »
Halal Food For Polar Girl In Antarctica
Original at Bru Direct
• Tue, Nov 17
I will do my best to reach the South Pole and bring fame to our country,"• she added emotionally. The Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition will ...
Norway: Reindeer at the ready...it's time for Derby Day in Tromso
Original at Daily Mail - UK
• Mon, Nov 16
In the small Polar Museum on Tromso waterfront, the original handwritten telegram announcing his conquest of the South Pole is on display along with a small ... and more »
Rosetta comet chaser captures spectacular image of Earth
Original at Daily News & Analysis
• Sun, Nov 15
Daily News & Analysis The illuminated crescent is centered roughly around the South Pole. The outline of Antarctica is visible under the clouds that form the striking south-polar ... and more »
Friday puzzle: sphere
Original at EDN.com
• Fri, May 29
MA Less well known is that the man can be near the South Pole too (yes, I know there are no polar bears in the Antarctic; there are none at the North Pole either, in fact). The key is that when the man walks one mile east in the middle of his walk, ...
Sudbury adventurer ready for next big challenge
Original at Northern Daily
• Wed, May 27
• 3 related articles
Canada The Antarctic Odyssey expedition is a rare adventure through the ice polar landscapes of Antarctica. McGrath will attempt to become the first Canadian to ski solo the vast distance from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole. She will encounter temperatures ...
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McGrath heading to South Pole
Original at Sudbury Star
• Fri, May 22
• 3 related articles
Canada The Antarctic Odyssey expedition is a rare adventure through the ice polar landscapes of Antarctica. McGrath will attempt to become the first Canadian to ski solo the vast distance from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole. She will encounter temperatures ...
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Swivel-shed v polar stilt-scope in Big Bang boffinry clash
Original at Register
• Mon, May 18
Space Daily UK This is vital in order to steal a march on rival boffins, also seeking to find the gravwave gunsmoke with their radiotelescope, situated at the Amundsen-Scott scientific South Pole stilt base. The Chicago desert-antenna swivel-shed team hope to have ...
London commander they called 007 is fatally wounded in Helmand
Original at This is London
• Fri, May 15
UK Polar traveller Geoff Somers told the Standard how he trained Lt Evison for a record breaking solo expedition to the South Pole in 2006. Mr Somers, who has completed a dozen journeys to both Poles, coached the young officer as he attempted to realise ...
Steger aims climate-change message at N. Dakota audiences (and ...
Original at MinnPost.com
• Wed, May 13
MN In Grand Forks Monday, he entertained more than 400 middle-school students with tales of crossing Antarctica with teams of polar huskies, "showering" in the snow and doing head-stands on the South Pole, then pressed his message about climate change at ...
EBACE: All aboard Tag's Polar Express
Original at Flight International
• Mon, May 11
UK Ojjeh and four pilots, supported by an operations manager, flight engineer and official observer, flew HB-JEX from TAG's Farnborough facility to the north-west, crossing the North Pole and later the South Pole before returning to Farnborough. ...
Prince's look at glacier research
Original at Cambridge Evening News
• Fri, May 8
Prince's look at glacier research UK “As a head of state, he can be influential in communicating the wider significance of the polar regions in a warming world.” Earlier in the year the prince visited Antarctica, saying: “Everything happening at the South Pole, like the North Pole, ...
Now for Antarctica: Russia's polar mission heads southOriginal at russiatoday.com
• Wed, May 6
The flagship of Russia's polar fleet has docked in Germany before beginning its long journey to the South Pole. www.russiatoday.com
Polar Pam Conquers South Pole
Original at coltonspointtimes (Blogspot)
• Mon, May 4
Here at Coltons Point we have some pretty famous people like Polar Pam who has been to the deep freeze of the South Pole a couple of times and we ... coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com
Movie Review: Earth
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Apr 27
OH It opens and closes on the plight of a male polar bear and – in between – journeys from first day of sunshine at the North Pole to last day of sunshine at the South Pole. Along the way, it shows us a dazzling assortment of animal life. ...
ExplorersWeb Week in Review
Original at K2climb.net
• Sun, Apr 26
NY Charles Hedrich from France plans to travel from the Geographic North Pole to the Geographic South Pole this year. He and his polar guide Arnaud Tortel are on the first leg; skiing from the NP to Greenland. Other Artic Expeditions: Storms and ...
ExplorersWeb Week in Review
Original at Mounteverest
• Sun, Apr 26
NY Charles Hedrich from France plans to travel from the Geographic North Pole to the Geographic South Pole this year. He and his polar guide Arnaud Tortel are on the first leg; skiing from the NP to Greenland. Other Artic Expeditions: Storms and ...
Power and Water Supervisor
Original at RenewableEnergyWorld.com
• Mon, Apr 20
NH Raytheon Polar Services is the primary contractor for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) US Antarctic Program. We are currently seeking Power and Water Supervisors to deploy to McMurdo, South Pole or Palmer research stations on a contract basis ...
Arctic explorer Bancroft delivers keynote address
Original at River Falls Journal
• Mon, Apr 20
WI Bancroft shattered the notion that women were too weak to endure polar exploration. She and Arnesen were the first women to sail and ski 1700 miles across Antarctica in February 2001. In 1993, she led a four-woman team to the South Pole covering 660 ...
Bowdoin College's Polar Explorer Robert Peary, Stuffed and on a Pole
Original at Collegenews.org
• Thu, Apr 16
• 3 related articles
DC polarexplorers is a polar guiding company that helps individuals fulfill their dreams of traveling to the North or South Pole, or exploring other exotic destinations in the high Arctic or Antarctic. Read more about polarexplorers. ... To the End of the Earth By Tom Avery Washington Post
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All Dolled Up at the North Pole: Peary Doll Joins Polar Explorer's ...
Original at Bowdoin
• Mon, Apr 13
• 3 related articles
ME PolarExplorers is a polar guiding company that helps individuals fulfill their dreams of traveling to the North or South Pole, or exploring other exotic destinations in the high Arctic or Antarctic. Read more about PolarExplorers. ...
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ExplorersWeb Week in Review
Original at K2climb.net
• Sun, Apr 12
• 2 related articles
NY The UK Scott Centenary Expedition will start at the base of the Beardmore Glacier and ascend the glacier through to the Polar Plateau to reach the South Pole. The Indian Ocean Rowing Race competitors The Indian Ocean Rowing Race starts next week. ...
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Planned future expeditions: Baikal, Scott Centenary, Greenland and ...
Original at Mounteverest
• Wed, Apr 8
NY Polar skier/kiter Henry Cooksen, who was part of Paul Landry’s team to the South Pole of Inaccessibility in 2006-07, will be guiding several mountain climbs and a Greenland ski expedition. Henry plans to guide Kilimanjaro (5865 m) trips in June, ...
Hagley school pupils' jacket design puts them in Pole position
Original at BirminghamMail.net
• Sun, Apr 5
UK Hagley Catholic High School in Hagley, near Stourbridge, is due to host a visit by the polar explorers on April 22. Together with third Team QinetiQ member Ed Coats, they completed a 500-mile trek to the South Pole over the Christmas and New Year ...
Two novels that will make your blood run cold
Original at USA Today
• Mon, Mar 30
By Robert Masello The location: A remote research station at the South Pole; present-day. On ice: During underwater explorations in the polar sea, two bodies are discovered encased in ice. The plot: The bodies are taken to the station for scientific ...
British adventurers to follow Scott
Original at google.com
• Sat, Mar 28
Dragging food and supplies on sledges, the pair will be alone and unaided as they walk the 1800-mile round-trip to the South Pole and back in honour of Scott's contribution to polar exploration and human endeavour. They estimate the Scott Antarctic ...
Celebrating polar creatures
Original at North Bay Nugget
• Sat, Mar 28
Canada By the same authors,South Pole Penguinsinvestigates the fate of the penguins of Antarctica. Are they getting their fill of krill, or has climate change reshaped the food web? Riley joins Uncle Max on a voyage to the South Pole, home to whales, seals, ...
RazakSAT a truly M'sian feat
Original at dailyexpress.com.my
• Sun, Mar 22
Malaysia Normally satellites orbit from the North Pole to South Pole and they are known as the polar orbit. The RazakSAT will orbit the equator line, which makes our satellite unique, and the first in the world. "By doing this, we should be able to gain more ...
Multiple Dimensions: Between Superstrings and Parallel Worlds
Original at Epoch Times
• Thu, Mar 19
NY The South Pole simply offers a setting on Earth with the least amount of interference from other factors. But even with a polar facility, these special neutrinos can be hard to find. The AMANDA (Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array) laboratory ...
Students get taste of 'awesome' South Pole
Original at New Straits Times
• Thu, Mar 5
Malaysia Munira and Thary were chosen for the trip to the Antarctic after they won an essay competition on the polar regions. Their trip was under a programme by the Students on Ice Expedition, an award-winning educational organisation based in Quebec. ...
It's over: Christina Franco off the Arctic ice
Original at Mounteverest
• Thu, Mar 5
NY ThePoles.com) Polar explorers will tell you that the North Pole is a much harder nut to crack than the South Pole. Last year, the only two expeditions attempting the quest both aborted within 8-13 days (SP-solo speed-record holder UK Hannah McKeand ...
IPY talks highlight South Pole Station, changing Arctic sea life
Original at Newark Post
• Sat, Feb 7
DE The latest lectures in UD's William S. Carlson International Polar Year Events will take you on a journey to the ends of the Earth, from the new US South Pole Station to the Arctic, where scientists are observing changes in marine biological ... Alan's our polar hero This is Scunthorpe
Wim Tellier Provides First Exposition at the South Pole, Protect 7 ... - PR Newswire
Original at sev.prnewswire.com
• Mon, Jan 26
Wim Tellier Provides First Exposition at the South Pole, Protect 7 ... PR Newswire (press release), NY - Jan 26, 2009 On January 26 the team will leave for the South Pole. Polar expert Alain Hubert will lead the expedition for this first art exposition ever on the seventh ...
North Pole hopeful talks to St. Anne’s students
Original at New Richmond
• Thu, Dec 11
WI - Dec 11, 2008 Huston has already skied to the South Pole and been on other polar expeditions, but Fish admits this is his first. “My dad, Steve Fish, always enjoyed being ...
Antarctica Observatory: Searching for Gravity's Enemy -the Hottest ...
Original at The Daily Galaxy
• Mon, Nov 10
By Casey Kazan Daily Galaxy Editorial Staff Swinging its massive mirror skyward, the South Pole Telescope (SPT) for the last few months has begun to search the southern polar heavens for shreds of evidence of the elusive stuff. Controlled remotely from the University of Chicago, ...