from ScottSemple.com
Geologic time, how we chronologically track the back story of earths history, is a real mind bender. Its vastness is unfathomable, really, unless broken down into human terms. My favourite analogy is squishing the planets 4.57 billion-year history into one calendar year. Unicellular life shows up in March, dinosaurs go extinct by Christmas Eve, and [...]
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from The Adventure Blog
Last week the first Antarctic teams descended on Patriot Hills as they began their acclimatization process for their journeys to the South Pole, Vinson Massif, or where ever they might be headed on the frozen continent. For most, the first day or two is used as a way to get use to the environment, check their gear one last time, and rest up before heading out. But weather conditions ended up keeping them in camp for a few extra days. Polar explorer Eric Larsen posted an audio dispatch to his blog , giving
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The Antarctic season for 2009 is now officially underway, with the first skiers departing from Punta Arenas and landing on the ice yesterday. A weather window opened late yesterday, allowing ALE to begin shuttling the explorers, both teams and solo, to the ice at last. Amongst the first to land at Patriot HIlls were the Kaspersky Commonwealth Expedition , who will now spend a few days acclimatizing and testing their gear before they officially get underway to the Pole. In a their first official audio ...
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