British Antarctic suvey to be pulled out
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British Antarctic suvey to be pulled out
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 William Rothamel  Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 
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I guess that they are involved in studying the Antarctic ocean or else they would have their station over the solid part of the continent. ID: 1842687 ·  |
betreger   Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11415 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66
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William, most of the continent is covered by a very viscous fluid, it is called ice. Actually it is a plastic which if I recall correctly is a very viscous fluid. ID: 1842703 · |
Bob DeWoody  Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10
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From what I read it is only a temporary measure until the stability of the ice shelf is restored. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. ID: 1842731 · |
Gordon Lowe  Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0
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Encounters at the End of the World is a good Werner Herzog documentary about one of the science stations at Antarctica.  The mind is a weird and mysterious place
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rob smith    Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22526 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 
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The other thing is, for the next six months it will be pretty dark down there, and with that crack growing at the rate it has been you want all the visibility of it you can get. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1842986 · |
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