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'Chill out' with ud's Antarctic bloggers

09 Dec 2009 18:33:21 PST

16, which will link them with UD researchers working at South Pole Station, as well as in Germany, and at the Bartol Research Institute at ud's Newark ...

Original story at UDaily .

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Antarctic research funding frozen

09 Dec 2009 13:11:08 PST

The proud tradition includes a successful expedition by Australian geologists Sir Edgeworth David and Sir Douglas Mawson to reach the magnetic South Pole in ... and more »

Original story at The Canberra Times .

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U2 Responds to Mars Criticism With an Offset Website for Fans

09 Dec 2009 11:04:38 PST

Your options are: Native Energy landfill gas to energy, Social Carbon ceramic fuel switching, South Pole hydropower station project in China, ...

Original story at Treehugger .

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Massive iceberg drifting towards Australia

09 Dec 2009 07:25:09 PST

An Australian research institute has estimated that the floe, which is 19-kilometers long, broke away from the ice at the South Pole ten years ago and has ... and more »

Original story at rnw.nl .

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Cold Case : Navy vet beaten to death in '04 days after becoming sober

08 Dec 2009 21:35:31 PST

The former Navy Seabee served in the Antarctica, helping to build the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. It was under those harsh and ...

Original story at Arizona Daily Star .

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South Pole adventurer relieved after close call

08 Dec 2009 07:28:45 PST

CBC.ca Ottawa adventurer Meagan McGrath was more worried about the issue than most last week, as she sat alone in the Antarctic at the bottom of the crevasse she'd ... Ottawa woman resumes Antarctic trekCBC.ca

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Antartica (South Pole) Research news and blogs - December 10, 2009

10 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Antartica (South Pole) Research news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Eagles and humans share much in common for survival in 21st century -- by thunderhorse from Neighbors blogs » Boulder
• Canada in Brief -- from TMCnet
• Ottawa woman resumes Antarctic trek -- from CBC.ca
• All slow on the climate front -- from The Sun Daily
• Clemson University Dean Treks To Coldest Place On Earth -- from WYFF4.com
• Penguin's cancer case is a first -- from Cincinnati.com
• Nobel Peace Prize President Obama calls for more war! -- by thunderhorse from Neighbors blogs » Boulder
• The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography -- from The List
• Greenhouse Gas Observatories Downwind from Erupting Volcanoes -- from American Thinker
• Food, lights lift spirits in the dark -- from Bangor Daily News

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McGrath resumes her journey south

07 Dec 2009 14:07:46 PST

OTTAWA — Meagan McGrath resumed her attempt to ski to the South Pole on Monday, setting out from a base camp at Patriot Hills, five days falling into an ice ... McGrath to continue journeySudbury Star Ottawa woman safe after Antarctica ordealCBC.ca

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Antarctic wrap-up: Meagan, “It was a pretty serious fall”

07 Dec 2009 07:55:28 PST

But we turned to the left, and we're now heading exactly south direct for the South Pole. She reported that they were one day away from Thiels where they ...

Original story at Mounteverest .

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Sudbury adventurer begins South Pole journey

04 Dec 2009 03:19:49 PST

NorthernLife.ca Unassisted means McGrath will not use any power source, other than her own body, to cover the distance from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole," ... Canadian OK after falling into crevasse on Antarctic adventureThe Canadian Press

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ExplorersWeb Week in Review

29 Nov 2009 15:29:42 PST

2008/2009 Antarctica speed records... The fastest time from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole (1130 km) is currently 33 days, 23 hours and 55 minutes by ... and more »

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Clemson dean going to the South Pole for National Science Board

23 Nov 2009 13:07:47 PST

5 as part of the United States Antarctic Program. Gulari serves on the National Science Board and will review a broad spectrum of scientific research ... and more »

Original story at Anderson Independent Mail .

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Clemson dean treks to the South Pole for National Science Board

23 Nov 2009 07:17:54 PST

5 as part of the United States Antarctic Program. Gulari serves on the National Science Board and will review a broad spectrum of scientific research ... and more »

Original story at Clemson University .

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ExplorersWeb Week in Review

22 Nov 2009 20:35:38 PST

Call to preserve the South Pole Dome The Dome at the South Pole has been the prominent feature at the Pole, sheltering as many as 200 scientists and support ... and more »

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South Pole used to be six degrees warmer - experts

19 Nov 2009 10:18:57 PST

Telegraph.co.uk Dr Eric Wolff, also of the British Antarctic Survey, said: "If we can pin down how much warmer temperat¬ures were in Antarctica and Greenland at this time ... South Pole Warmed Suddenly During Ice AgesSoftpedia all 25 news articles »

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Halal Food For Polar Girl In Antarctica

17 Nov 2009 14:57:41 PST

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 ...

Original story at Bru Direct .

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Markets up — who knew?

06 May 2009 18:00:59 PDT

Canada And just to show his true Canadian colours, he also became the first person to run across Antarctica to the South Pole. His talk got everybody fired up. I sensed Olympic gold in the air. Stockwell Day is the MP for Okanagan Coquihalla. ...

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Movie Review: Earth

27 Apr 2009 06:21:17 PDT

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. ...

Original story at Blogcritics .

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Opinion: earth — see the big picture

22 Apr 2009 12:19:03 PDT

If you like the TV series Planet Earth and the Discovery Channel nature programs, you'll love earth, Disney's big-screen documentary that travels from the North Pole to the South Pole to the African desert to the Himalayas to check out the lives of ... Film Review: Earth Film Journal

Original story at Providence Journal .

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US scientists to grow veggies on the Moon

17 Apr 2009 09:33:01 PDT

Taiwan The agriculture center also makes remote operational improvements to its existing, state-of-the-art hydroponic "growth chamber" at the National Science Foundation's new Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. Conditions at the South Pole, ...

Original story at eTaiwan News . Related stories include: Scientists considering greenhouses on the Moon - BusinessWorld Online , US scientists plan greenhouses on the Moon - google.com and ... MSN Indonesia , Sunday Observer

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A South Pole welcome

14 Nov 2008 17:32:25 PST

Written by Heidi(noreply@blogger.com)
Little did anyone know that during the winter we were taken over by pirates who made an unfortunate Polie walk the plank from the Observation Deck. Even worse, they put the station up for sale and given the state of the housing market, it's probably now worth less than what the taxpayers paid...

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Podcast: Mostly Trivial #121 Magnets trivia

10 Mar 2008 09:09:00 PDT

The discovery of the magnetic compass was an event of GREAT importance in the history of people. It was the first documented instrument created by mankind that could be read using a precise scale. Of course the sundial had been around for a long time, but it doesn't move [just it's shadow does...

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Briton becomes first person to swim to North Pole

16 Jul 2007 05:39:18 PDT

Written by trikc
Source I just kept on looking at Jorgen Amundsen ski-ing next to me, encouraging me. I will never ever give up in front of a Norwegian! Let alone a relative of Roald Amundsen (who beat Britain's Captain Scott to the South Pole.) There is just too much rivalry between our two nations for that."

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Podcast: Land, ho?

28 Jun 2007 03:00:00 PDT

Written by Jay Tea
Robert the Original, that's just funny... :: by John in CA on June 28, 2007 7:43 AM :: Click on link to hear) by George on June 28, 2007 8:15 AM :: Yeah, this is just what Russia needs, because you can never have enough barren, frozen wilderness. by OregonMuse on June 28, 2007 9:59 AM ::

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Land, ho?

28 Jun 2007 03:00:00 PDT

Written by Jay Tea
Earlier, Kim posted about Russia deciding to annex a portion of the North Pole. The article she cited was both fascinating and ominous, as numerous commenters also noted, but I have to say that I am not in the least concerned about Russia and land-grabbing at the North Pole.

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Global Warming Threatens Robert Falcon's Antarctic Base

11 Jun 2007 05:56:32 PDT

The Antarctic base occupied by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole on foot early last century has been included on a list of the world's 100 most endangered sites, spurring pleas Friday for multimillion dollar conservation work.

Original story at Sci-Tech Today .

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