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Zhib Rohn used Google and other "online data" to try to prove distance...
Zhib Rohn disabled his comments and the embedding in his video where he tried to prove that distance between the Antarctic stations is not consistent with an ice rim. If he had not disabled the...
View ArticleCaterpiller Corporation features many Youtube videos of their eqiuipment...
For a corporation, Caterpillar sure makes extensive use of Youtube to demonstrate the success of their heavy equipment. Of interest in this blog of course are the operations they have in Antarctica....
View ArticleComedic presentation of Antarctica says mining banned indefinitely.
I have a plan. I think I should lead a group to mine Antarctica. Nobody owns it. So why not? I didn't sign the Antarctic Treaty that bans it. I'm not bound by it. I thought mining was banned to 2040...
View ArticleNSF / USNavy documentary: Power for Continent 7
Rick's Comment1. What strikes me first-- after I quit watching 3/4 of the way through this "tripe" is that there is NO DISCUSSION of settlement and exploitation. It's all pansy stuff about "collecting...
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The Coldest Journey had to have been ill-fated from the get-go.
I can't tell from the map of the journey where it was STOPPED... is it the yellow flag? First Officer Felix who is frequently adding useful insights and comments to many posts here on this blog pointed...
View ArticleDiscussion of map projections touches on Antarctica.
I haven't reviewed this entire video but I just hit on it tonight and it seems it has points relevent to my attempt to detect the Antarctica "projection" as either island or rim. The discussion...
View ArticleNASA Goddard should recommend "Space Suits" for -90F in Antarctica.
NASA is all over Antarctica, surprisingly. First Officer Felix pointed to a video about temperatures in a previous post in this blog that I'll embed here for convenience-- that describes the...
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Vendee Globe 2009 was tracked in detail but map confuses me.
This map shows that Vendee Globe racers were tracked in detail. Do the positions and time make sense on a globe or a flat earth with 4 to 5 X as much Antarctica coastline as they tell us? How did they...
View ArticleReading official Antarctic Treaty System Inspection Reports to acquire...
It occurs to me this morning that by combing through all of the inspection reports, I can gather data about time and distance between stations. None of the inspection tours go very far-- which is...
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I'm voicing vicarious concerns.
PostsEntryPageviewsThe Coldest Journey had to have been ill-fated fro...Jun 16, 2015, 12 comments25Discussion of map projections touches on Antarctic...Jun 16, 201516Aerial Circumnavigation of...
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Slicing up Antarctica island like pizza and flipping pieces around creates a...
Below, I've drawn a circle and sliced it up like a pizza. It represents the island of Antarctica. I shaded in 3 continent areas. I drew dots to represent stations. Below that, I flipped the slices...
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Official treaty inspection tours raise questions in my mind.
Here are some excerpts from some inspection tours I looked at today. Here's an excerpt from an earlier inspection the in 1960s where we see "Group A" and "Group B". Why did they have to break up into 2...
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Mysterious new color scheme on Antarctica Treaty Secretartiet logo.
It looks like the Antarctica Treaty Secretariet has made Marie Byrd Land in East Antarctica off limits for everyone including themselves by colouring the lines of longitutde and latitude RED. The...
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Why are all the GPS and other radar stations in West Antarctica with none in...
In the last post, I pointed out how the new logo of the ATS (Antarctica Treaty System) has red longitude and latitude lines around Marie Byrdland -- which has no research stations -- and green on the...
View Article90 to 150 W Longitude Marie Byrdland is NOT "unclaimed"
Published on Apr 14, 2011Claimed a territory of the United States in 1929 and 1935 by Antarctic explorers, Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and Lincoln Ellsworth. The territory comprises of the land area in...
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Minerals, as well as fresh water ice-- abound in possible Antarctic...
The following maps are standard island continent versions of Antarctica but they illustrate what Admiral Byrd was noted for revealing to a talk showin the 1950's - featured on one of the videos made by...
View ArticleBetter format for discussion than comments format here in the blog.
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Caterpillar Corp. worth looking into for "work in the Antarctic"
I ran across this ad featuring the Dirty Jobs guy-- on cable-- who promotes Caterpiller. From previous Antarctica circumference posts, I've noted Caterpiller has strong presence in Antarctica. If A'a...
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