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• dear santa

  
  n e u f n e u f — Authority: 147
  [click image] . All I want for Christmas is Israel moved to the South Pole. Al Jazeera has its moments when I want to banish it with the rest of the media, too. Tzociopathi Livni got this offer solely that she might travel without being arrested for crimes against humanity. Sheesh. I know. I know. Not very ...
  3 days ago

• Repost: He Must Be A South Pole Elf

  
  Nickcarnes.com — Authority: 119
  I am re-posting this from last year . I’ve had a ton of hits on it from Google Searches for “He Must Be a South Pole Elf” -In fact if you google the phrase I’m coming up #1 If I had to rank my three favorite Christmas movies they would have to be (but not necessarily in any order) 1. The Christmas Story ...
  4 days ago

• Antarctica 2009: Ryan and Cecilie Closing In!

  
  The Adventure Blog — Authority: 564
  It was another busy and active weekend at the bottom of the world, with teams dealing with a variety of conditions, ranging from clear and cold to falling snow creating whiteout conditions. At this point of the expeditions, theyre all starting to hit a variety of milestones, as they continue the very long, cold, march ...
  6 days ago

• Fog discovered on Saturn’s largest moon Titan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Los Angeles, Dec 20 (IANS) US scientists have discovered fog moving across the south pole of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.Titan looks to be the only place in the solar system aside from Earth to have copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) on its surface.The new discovery suggests that ...
  1 week ago

• Sampling the Air at the South Pole

  
  Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists — Authority: 419
  SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA– Check out this video to see one of the methods we use to collect air samples out in the Clean Air Sector at the Atmospheric Research Observatory. Get the Flash Player to see this player.
  1 week ago

• Captain Robert Scott’s 97-Year-Old Butter

  
  Gherkins & Tomatoes — Authority: 425
  Captain Robert Falcon Scott (Photo credit: Herbert Ponting) Captain Robert Scott died in the Antarctic in 1912 as he and his fellow explorers tried to return from the South Pole. His camp, preserved by the Antarctic Heritage Trust, rendered up an interesting find: two large squares of butter, still labeled with the ...
  1 week ago

• Fog discovered on Saturn’s moon Titan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, December 19 (ANI): Scientists have found evidence for the presence of fog on Saturn’s moon Titan.Planetary astronomer Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology, details evidence that Titan’s south pole is spotted “more or less everywhere” with puddles of methane that give rise to ...
  1 week ago

• Back to Pole

  
  Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists — Authority: 419
  SOUTH POLE, ANTARCTICA– I am on my way to the South Pole for the 6th time. This year IceCube is hoping to deploy 18 strings. (We are sending down enough equipment to deploy 20). At the end of last season we had deployed a total of 59 strings, and we have two years of construction left. As we took off from ...
  1 week ago

• Copenhagen climate conference’s giant globe: A sign of things to come?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  An enormous white globe dangled in Copenhagen’s Bella Centre, the location of the world’s largest ever leaders’ summit on climate change, could be an unintended yet chilling sign of things to come. An observant attendee made it clear by scribbling on the giant model of the earth that its designers forgot to ...
  1 week ago

• Christchurch has long history with the Antarctic

  
  Kiwi travel writer — Authority: 122
  leading the way from the airport Christchurch is home to the Antarctic research offices of New Zealand, United States and Italy’s Antarctic programmes, and artists, tourists and explorers have all prepared for their challenges in the city. This means the city’s rich heritage is reflected in museums, walkways, ...
  1 week ago

• URBN Hotels Choose Swiss Help To Remain Carbon Neutral In China

  
  ChinaCSR.com — Authority: 477
  Coinciding with the global climate conference in Copenhagen, URBN Hotels in Shanghai have entered into a voluntary program with the Swiss carbon offsetting experts, South Pole Carbon Asset Management.URBNs management states that the hotels have been carbon neutral since their launch in 2007, and that they remain ...
  1 week ago

• Century-Old Butter Found in British Explorer’s Antarctic Hut

  
  Wend Blog — Authority: 137
  British explorer Robert Falcon Scott left more than a legacy after his doomed 1910-12 expedition to the South Pole. He also left two blocks of butter. The New Zealand butter was still intact when conservators for the Antarctic Heritage Trust discovered it in stables attached to Scott’s expedition Hut at Cape ...
  1 week ago

• Antarctica 2009: Good Weather and Hard Pack

  
  The Adventure Blog — Authority: 564
  The crop of 2009 adventurers heading to the South Pole continue their expeditions, making good time in equally good weather, with several reporting hard pack snow thats aiding their ability to ski faster and further. Canadian explorer Meagan McGrath checked in with a fairly lengthy audio dispatch a few days back. ...
  1 week ago

• Sarkozy’s tough message on climate – did it get through?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  After one and a half days of mostly uninspired and often irrelevant speeches by world leaders, French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked to the podium at UN climate talks in Copenhagen and produced a seven minute rallying cry - focused, energetic and packed with more punch than the rest put together. Jabbing his ...
  1 week ago

• The strange spectacle of too many heads of government

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  There are around 120 heads of government at the Copenhagen climate talks, so many that it’s hard to keep track of the exact number. Their presence has been trumpeted as a sign of the world’s commitment to tackling climate change. But in return for showing up, they all want a chance to address the conference – ...
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• Auxiliary verbs at 10pm and the scarcest resource – sleep

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  The issues are global and urgent, but the bureaucracy can sometimes be mind-bogglingly slow and petty. After a day of stalled talks, the 193 nations at UN-led climate talks finally met for a plenary to discuss one of the main drafts floating around the summit, just two days (and two hours) from the deadline for a ...
  1 week ago

• Can you trust the science?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Today we pose the question to our virtual panel of experts, “How far can we trust the science of climate change?” Join the debate and leave your comments below. Bjorn Lomborg , statistician and author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist”: The vast majority of climate scientists tell us that increases ...
  1 week ago

• December Challenge: Hot and Cold

  
  A Painting a Day by Diana Moses Botkin — Authority: 114
  Our subject for our Challenge this month was chosen by group member Marie Fox . She suggested, "Warm and Cool, or Hot and Cold: opposites must both be included. Subject could be interpreted literally as in a bowl of cold cereal, and cup of hot tea, or an interior showing a cozy fireplace and snow outside. Or in less ...
  1 week ago

• Rainy Taiwan faces awkward water shortage

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
   Chronically rainy Taiwan faces a rare water shortage as leaders ask that people on the dense, consumption-happy island of 23 million finally start changing habits as dry weather is forecast into early 2010.  Taiwan, a west Pacific island covered with rainforests and topical fruit orchards, is used to rain in ...
  1 week ago

• Are the Copenhagen climate talks failing?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  In the last few days it has seemed like the only thing everyone can agree on in Copenhagen is that time is running out. The heads of state start arriving today and descend in full force on Thursday. Negotiators say they don’t want their leaders arguing over the placement of a comma or a set of brackets, and so ...
  1 week ago

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