After reaching the two poles in 1909 and 1911, Mt Everest in 1953 and the Seven Summits in 1986, Johan Ernst Nilson embarked another “Last great adventure.”
On 04.25.11, In Adventures, expedition, By Bolot
With a big pleasure, I am supporting Eric Larsen’s #IcePhoto Wednesday on Twitter. Today is Wednesday. So, here we go!
Today I am presenting images from Silvertip Expedition & Diving Management‘s 2011 March trips to Antarctica with Oceanwide Expeditions.
Tina White is a fine artist. She makes amazing custom scrimshaw pieces. Whatever she does is unique and for private collectors. Here is one of her samples. This is one billiard ball, but with many polar themes. Her scrimshaw stories are real works of art.
Yes, Tina White is a big Polar fan. She wrote about herself, “I spent this past summer cooking at Summit Camp on the Greenland Ice cap. So now I can claim being to both Arctic/Antarctic regions since 2006 when I went to Toolik Lake up on the North Slope of Alaska in 2006 and Greenland in 2007.”
See more pictures of the scrimshaw billiard ball taken by Julie Palais. (more…)
Maybe, almost climate-related enthusiasts have heard about the coolest science experiments in Antarctica. Good news! Through the Discovery magazine Chaz Firestone casts light on what is going on in Antarctica. He has published photos and reports from the experiment scene.
Chaz Firestone is reporting:
“The coldest, driest, and iciest of Earth’s continents, Antarctica is home to some of the most important and ambitious science projects on the planet.”
“Here, at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide, Kendrick Taylor and his team of glaciologists drill into ancient ice to pull up ice cores, which trap bubbles of the atmosphere from the time that ice fell as snow. In order to predict future changes in climate, scientists verify and refine their models against paleoclimate data from the ice cores Taylor and others pull up. The researchers are working to construct a record of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere over the last 100,000 years…”
Once I asked Simon Race, a friend of mine, who is an Englishman, “Why are the British so interested in explorations?” He answered, “It is just that we are all crazy!!!” Haha, what a great answer. Simon is a motorcycle adventurer and he loves solo riding long, long distances across the world on his motorbike. Check his Moto-Mondo travel blog.
I firmly believe that all excellence can be modeled and applied effectively. The limits of individual potential can be stretched drastically when introduced to effective strategies and frameworks, which are most importantly matched by a persons desire to constantly enhance themselves in all capacities. ~ Chris Foot
That was him, who shared news about upcoming Chris Foot’s epic walk to the South Pole.
As reported, in November 2010 Chris Foot will attempt to become the first polar expeditionist to travel 1392 miles solo unsupported and unassisted from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole and make an historic return journey.
“This epic route is the only remaining conquest in Antarctica not to be claimed by an expeditionist. Chris will be in partnership with combat stress throughout this expedition in order to raise money for an essential charity that helps former military personnel confront and overcome mental health problems.”
“In recent years expeditions and races such as Extreme World Races South Pole race which featured James Cracknell and Ben Fogel have successfully reached the South Pole with full support and assistance. This has raised the profile of operating in this unforgiving environment and the human endurance required to complete such endeavors.”
“Only the select few dare to travel solo and completely unsupported in their individual pursuits of extreme excellence and self accomplishment. Thriving on the inherent risks and dangers coupled with the protracted period of solitude experienced, captures the essence of ultimate human performance. This is the main driving force behind Chris’s expedition as he aims to push further than ever before in a physical, psychological and emotional capacity.”
On 09.17.10, In Climate, By Bolot
A woman in national cold weather gears. Oymyakon, Yakutia, Siberia/Russia.
Two extreme cold weather records belong to Antarctica. Russia keeps two first positions as well, namely for lowest temperatures in Europe and Asia. Now I see, why this country is associated mostly as the land of winter.
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I have a friend of mine, Hannes Rada. He is a really big, big fan of travelling from his home in Austria to so-called off-beaten places on the Earth. He publishes his travel notes and amazing photographs on his own website OffBeatenTrack.at in German. A few days ago he launched the fan page on Facebook in English, where he displays some pictures of his unique photographs collections. One of his sets is dedicated to AWESOME ICEBERGS of Antarctic Peninsula.
In his pictures icebergs are very sublime and imposing. They are like people with their own unique personality. Moreover, I would say, they force me to compare them with the gorgeous winter fairy tale characters. Very beautiful and touching! The last word is used, because I pretty much understand their lives appear to be not everlasting, but short. Sooner or later they will melt and disappear. Climate changes, you know. That’s really pity. Wish the global freezing to replace that unhealthy global warming… to some extents, of course.
Meanwhile, enjoy the beauty of the Antarctic Peninsula icebergs. (more…)
Sir David is filming for a BBC 1 series, Frozen Planet
Sir David Attenborough has realised a life-long ambition and reached the North Pole, the BBC has said.
The broadcaster, 84, is filming in the Arctic Circle for Frozen Planet, a BBC One series due to air in late 2011.
Sir David, who has also visited the South Pole for the series, said it was a “huge privilege” to reach both Poles.
The BBC said the seven-part series is the “ultimate polar expedition to the last great wilderness on the planet – before the regions change forever”.
Speaking from the Svalbard archipelago, 700 miles from the North Pole, Sir David said: “The Poles – North and South – look superficially very similar.
C.T. Madigan, between 1911-1914 /photograph by Frank Hurley
Without fur clothing: The ice is not outside, it is inside !!!!
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Statistics since Dec. 21, 2009.