Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by philipn » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 5:32 PM UTC

Antarctica like you've never seen it before
localwiki.org

Re: Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by base » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 6:04 PM UTC

The project page http://antarctica.localwiki.org/ seems to be down.

Re: Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by jk4930 » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 6:15 PM UTC

Here's something I really love: Walk-through the Amundson Scott South Pole Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdM9sYXmVrY

Re: Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by stephengillie » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 6:24 PM UTC

This is amazing! How long until we can rent a romotive or iPad Double or tacocopter to drive around and "see the place for ourselves"?

Re: Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by adambyrtek » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 6:25 PM UTC

jk4930 wrote: post #3

Here's something I really love: Walk-through the Amundson Scott South Pole Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdM9sYXmVrY

You can also see the Scott's hut on Street View: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/scotts-...

Re: Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by philipn » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 6:40 PM UTC

stephengillie wrote: post #4

This is amazing! How long until we can rent a romotive or iPad Double or tacocopter to drive around and "see the place for ourselves"?

Some scientists are alredy using aerial drones :) http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/stories/2012/10/10_03_12wayne_perry...

Re: Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by cbaleanu » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 6:58 PM UTC

adambyrtek wrote: post #5

jk4930 wrote: post #3

Here's something I really love: Walk-through the Amundson Scott South Pole Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdM9sYXmVrY

You can also see the Scott's hut on Street View: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/scotts-...

And that's why I love HN. I had no idea about that worldwonders page. Thanks!

Re: Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by xbryanx » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 7:02 PM UTC

Anyone know why this page refers to Litchfield Island as "the island most frequently seen in dreams?"

Re: Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by sharkweek » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 7:15 PM UTC

Unrelated, but one of my favorite things about Antarctica is a terribly irreverent and incredibly amusing activity of many temporary residents in the area -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Club

Re: Antarctica like you've never seen it before

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Post by evincarofautumn » Wed, Oct 10, 2012, 7:16 PM UTC

xbryanx wrote: post #8

Anyone know why this page refers to Litchfield Island as "the island most frequently seen in dreams?"

Oddly enough, this very blog post is the only Google result I get for the quoted phrase. Anyway, the thing looks inkblotty and fractally enough that I could plausibly mistake any frosty island for it in a dream. Probably related to the fact that we regularly have déjà vu in places of which (we think) we’ve dreamt. Or at least I do.