Posts tagged antarctica
More photos from Herbert Ponting and the British Antarctic Expedition.
Grotto in an iceberg, photographed during the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1913, 5 Jan 1911 (by National Library NZ on The Commons)
For those who don’t know Ben Saunders, he skied solo to the north pole last year, and later this fall he’ll be embarking on a return journey from the south pole on foot. From his website: Scott 2012 will be the longest unsupported polar journey in history and the first completion of Captain Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova expedition.
One of the Terra Nova Expedition’s stoves. I feel like a kid in a sweet shop. (Taken with instagram)
(via A Different Kind of Dinner Bell in the Antarctic | Food & Think)
There’s an article on the Smithsonian’s Food & Think blog (linked above) and on Edible Geography (where I found said article) about Frederick Cook’s finding that eating penguins prevented scurvy in his crew.
“The aurora australis provides a dramatic backdrop to a Scott Tent at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on July 14, 2009. (National Science Foundation/Patrick Cullis)”
(via Doomed South Pole expedition remembered | PRI’s The World)
The World also remembers the “doomed” Scott expedition to the South Pole, all on yesterday’s episode. At the link above you can listen to the segment and go through a slideshow of what the supply hut at Cape Evans looks like today.
(via Life and Work at the South Pole | PRI’s The World: Science) (image via airports-worldwide)
PRI’s The World interviewed Freija Descamps about what it’s like doing research at the Scott-Amundsen Research facility at the South Pole. You can ask her a question yourself at the link above!
(via Image Viewer)
Color photo of the Endurance, taken by Frank Hurley during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. This one has been making the rounds on Tumblr, so sorry for the repeat.
An aurora at Cape Denison, taken by Frank Hurley (on what I believe to be the Australasian Antarctic Expedition).
Cavern Carved By the Sea in an Ice Wall Near Commonwealth Bay. via commons.wikimedia.org
taken by Frank Hurley on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914.
