The Antarctic Report

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Follow for News on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, esp the hard science underlining the importance of Antarctica as a bellwether of global climate change.

Vrijeme pridruživanja: ožujak 2015.

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  1. 4. velj

    First flight by humans in in 1902, Robert Falcon Scott ascended to a height of 180m in a tethered hydrogen balloon the crew named Eva. Ernest Shackleton followed in the 2nd ascent, taking the first aerial photos of the white continent, pic

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  2. 30. sij

    The mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula, 1st land ever sighted of continental , 200 yrs ago today by Edward Bransfield in 1820, from the strait that would later bear his name; seen here from King George Is, with mountains visible 120km away; pic Kim Gi Tae

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  3. 30. sij

    ‘We could not proceed one inch farther’, James Cook reached his farthest South in 1774. HMS Resolution sailed to latitude 71°10'South where solid sea ice forced it back (only 200km from the Antarctic coast), a record that stood for another half century

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  4. 28. sij

    ‘The Barrier’! in 1841, James Clark Ross discovered the largest ice shelf in the world, later to bear his name. ‘We might, with equal chance of success, try to sail through the cliffs of Dover, as to penetrate such a mass’ pic John Weller

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  5. 28. sij

    Adelie penguins on sea ice near Dumont D’Urville Station pic Virgil Decourteille

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  6. 28. sij

    ‘Ice of exceptional height’; 200 years ago, Bellingshausen's historic encounter with the continental coastline of in 1820, he sailed his ship Vostok up to the cliffs of an ice shelf at latitude 69°21′South, today known as the Fimbul Ice Shelf

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  7. 23. sij

    Navigating into the heart of the pack ice, which previous explorers regarded as certain death, in 1842 James Clark Ross sailed HMS Erebus to latitude 78°09'S, a New Farthest South - not surpassed for another 58 years

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  8. 23. sij

    1st dinosaur fossils found in in 1986: Antarctopelta Oliveroi (4m long herbivore which lived 70 million yrs ago before ice caps formed) discovered by Argentine geologists Eduardo Olivero & Roberto Scasso on James Ross Is, pic Dinopedia

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  9. 20. sij

    Happy Penguin Awareness Day! Know your penguins! There are 18 different species, many threatened or endangered; all found in the Southern Hemisphere, though the Galapagos live on the Equator. The Emperor is the tallest at more than 1m pic Peppermint Narwhal

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  10. 16. sij

    "Great God! This is an awful place" in 1912, Robert Falcon Scott and four companions finally reached the South Pole to find Amundsen’s tent with the Norwegian flag. In the photo, standing left to right: Oates, Scott, and Evans; seated: Bowers & Wilson

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  11. 16. sij

    He was first! in 1773, Captain James Cook made the first recorded crossing of the Antarctic Circle, sailing HMS Resolution through the sea ice, south of latitude 66°33′S, a New Farthest South

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  12. 12. sij

    Happy birthday South Pole Station elevated building; in 2008, after 9 years' construction in the extreme environment, the dedication ceremony formally opened the marvel of engineering: aerofoil shape, differential settling, adjustable elevation pic

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  13. 9. sij

    "We have shot our bolt", Shackleton with 3 companions got to within 157km of the South Pole in 1909, a New Farthest South: 88°23'S, beating Scott’s 1902 record by 700km. After ascending the Beardmore Glacier they became the 1st humans to walk on the polar plateau

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  14. 8. sij

    A good innings! after 12 years transporting personnel on the 70km route between Wilkins aerodrome and Casey Station, ‘Priscilla’ is finally returning to Australia on board icebreaker Aurora Australis. The route is now serviced by the larger Terra bus; pic Mike Sparg

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  15. 5. sij

    Death of the Boss; in 1922 Ernest Shackleton died of a heart attack aboard Quest, at anchor in South Georgia, where he was later buried. In his last diary entry, he wrote: ‘In the darkening twilight I saw a lone star hover gem-like above the bay’

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  16. 5. sij

    Annual resupply at Rothera Station ; polar research vessel RRS James Clark Ross has arrived with 350 tons of supplies for the next 12 months @NERCsciencepic pic James Bowyer

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  17. 4. sij

    Last to see them alive in 1912, Tom Crean, Bill Lashly & Teddy Evans watched & waved as Scott’s polar party slowly disappeared across the plateau into the Antarctic whiteness & history. The last supporting team turned around, & barely made it back alive themselves

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  18. 4. sij

    The power of the katabatic wind, descending from the polar plateau, creates wind scours on the leeward side of nunataks; photo taken near Fang Peak in the Framnes Mountains, by Tim Kerr at Mawson Station

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  19. 4. sij

    First to the South Pole by motor vehicle in 1958, Ed Hillary & team became only the 3rd expedition, after Amundsen & Scott, to reach the South Pole by an overland route. Driving Ferguson tractors they dropped supplies for the Fuchs traverse expedition

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  20. 2. sij

    Tragic end: posted as missing by Lloyd’s of London in 1918, the Aurora was last seen in June 1917 departing Australia for Chile; a lifebelt was recovered from the Tasman Sea 6 months later. The ship made 5 voyages to (1911-1917) for Mawson & Shackleton

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