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Marathon-lovers, here’s one for you: November 30, 2011 will be the running of the seventh annual Antarctica Ice Marathon. Temperature will be balmy -4 F (-20 C) for your 26 mile run. And here’s a cheery note from the organizer’s Web site: “Forget about penguins or crowds cheering you along the route — no penguins [...]
We are coming up on the 40th anniversary of one of the most incredible things a human being has ever done. Liberal democracy? Pfffft. The moon landing? That took a great many people working in conjunction and what with the moon poised to slam into Earth on March 19, we understand now that the moon landing would have only been an accomplishment if we’d gone ahead and blown it up. Penicillin? An accidental discovery; Alexander Fleming was a hack. Armour Brand Beef Stew? That is a close second.
Once upon a time, like about 100 years ago, getting to the South Pole – deepest Antarctica – was hard. Very hard. An expedition in 1907 failed to reach the South Pole. The pole was finally reached in 1911 according to this page. Fast forward to 2010. In the same way that Mt. Everest was [...]
It’s no secret that older maps were inaccurate, or completely unreliable. Yet fringe historians believe that some ancient maps are more than error-ridden antiquities. In fact, they think these maps may change history as we know it. Tune in and learn why.
Disruptive Change – “In 1981, your $100 got you about a second of HD Video. By 1993, your $100 could cover about a minute of HD Video. By 2000, your $100 got you about an hour and 15 minutes of HD Video. By 2006, your $100 could buy you 1 and 2/3 days of HD [...]
As World War II raged across Europe and the Pacific, the conflict reached every continent on the planet, including Antarctica. Learn more about the little-known Nazi expeditions to Antarctica — and what they hoped to find there — in this episode.
Emeralds in the Rough — Green Icebergs
by Amanda Arnold | October 14, 2009
What put a smile on my face earlier this week? An Inhabitat blog post (courtesy managing editor Julie Douglas) with photographs of some very artistic icebergs. These icebergs don’t look like the average white, “iceberg, dead ahead,” Titanic-sinking variety. Some of them are green (coincidentally, my favorite color). And they’re decorated in some very chic patterns.
Recently, I was introduced to three intriguing words: “pole of inaccessibility.” A pole of inaccessibility is a place on Earth that’s difficult to reach — generally because it’s either really far from land or really far from sea. For example, the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility (aka Point Nemo) is out in the middle of the ocean — not so easy to reach by car.
But the truth is — I got interested in these poles primarily because their names imply they’re playing hard to get. I thought: What is it that they have that’s so great? Why do they have to be so aloof about it? Who do these inaccessible poles think they are?
Turns out, one of the inaccessible poles thinks it’s Lenin — Vladimir Lenin.
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