#antartctica

[tealin]

At what point is one actually selected to join the USAP Artists & Writers? Science is still unsure. Government shutdowns have been known to complicate the process. There are many video conferences. And a PQ Packet.

Polar blog!  In which conversations with the USAP gradually get more serious, until I am ordering crampons and a sledge without knowing quite when I was officially selected.

[our-dreamgirl]

(via Short Story - Life’s Riverbed (By Haidji) | Antarctica Journal) 

[vanessablokland]

Today’s Bird Fact! To avoid flying into the wind the Arctic Terns do not fly in a straight line as seen, and actually take a longer route overall.

[nullarysources]

Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic:

Climate change has not been kind to Antarctica. According to a comprehensive new study, global warming has already bled the frigid continent, which is larger than Europe, of about 2.7 trillion tons of ice. This enormous amount of ice has already raised global sea levels by as much as a centimeter.

This outflow seems to be increasing: Almost half of all losses have occurred in just the last five years.

Okay so I know I was just yesterday talking about how warm temperatures own, but uh, I'd be okay with scaling this one back

[photobloggr]

A Sunken Boat in the Antarctica

[northedelweiss-blog-blog]

Gentoo Penguin Chicks, Antarctica

[dubbsemporium]

Destination Truth "Antarctica"

[polarblu-blog]