Antarctica

[kwilco]

On 12/27/2024 at 7:52 PM, rattlesnake said:

Like in a military base,

No - like a conservation area....I'm sorry but I have family connections with Antarctica going back through generations to the 1960s and NOBNE not one is remotely connected with military - however they ALL were world leading scietists - you just haven't got a clue - but the saddest thing is you are unaware of that.

[kwilco]

it was civilian work in Antarctica that finally brought the hypotheses of global warming into respectable scientific theory - research into ozone layer was crucial and boring into the ice has given us a climate history dating back 800 thousand years

[rattlesnake]

22 minutes ago, kwilco said:

No - like a conservation area....I'm sorry but I have family connections with Antarctica going back through generations to the 1960s and NOBNE not one is remotely connected with military - however they ALL were world leading scietists - you just haven't got a clue - but the saddest thing is you are unaware of that.

 

[rattlesnake]

[kwilco]

1 hour ago, rattlesnake said:

 

what kind of remark is that? - explain yourself...you appear to be using a cryptic comment to hide your ignorance

[rattlesnake]

47 minutes ago, kwilco said:

what kind of remark is that? - explain yourself...you appear to be using a cryptic comment to hide your ignorance

I would say it is a pretty straightforward clue and well within your grasp.

Read the text you replied to, then your reply, and spot the dialectic flaw.

[kwilco]

30 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

I would say it is a pretty straightforward clue and well within your grasp.

Read the text you replied to, then your reply, and spot the dialectic flaw.

"Like in a military base,"

 

you just have no idea how stupid you are do you? You no absolutely nothing about antarctica and have no critical thinking abilities and you think that writing regurgitation of a word you used is in some way nuanced or clever but it basically just illustrates the utter paus=city of your cognitive abilities - all of which you are totally oblivious to.

[parallelman]

On 1/13/2025 at 5:34 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Yes and they go to only a very very few places and then only under the most stringent environmental control. They might sleep on the ice in a tent for a night, but that would be the extent of it. No way they just go wandering around by themselves.

 

When I was working there, every scientific party going into the field had a mountaineer minder along to make sure they didn't die.

Good comment. I might add that the last thing the authorities want is a bunch of 'flat Earthers' going there and making mess.

[Nid_Noi]

On 12/24/2024 at 2:48 PM, black tabby12345 said:

 

A treaty signed by all countries of the world prevents ordinary citizens from going there.

 

Is it?

I have heard of quite a few Antarctica tours are operated from Australia and Argentina though.

 

 

105000 tourists visited Antarctica in 2022, an increase of 40% compared to 2020.

There are 3 main runways in Antarctica: the famous Ice runway at McMurdo Station (USA), the Williams field (USA) and the Wilkins runway (Australia). You can add Paulus Skiway, Novo Airbase, Casey Station Skiway, Phoenix Airfield, Rothera Point Airport, Teniente Marsh Airport (the last two are on the Antarctic Peninsula operated by Argentina and Chile). Charter flights are organized from Chile (Punta Arenas), New Zealand and South Africa. Just need to book your trip through a tour operator. 
For alpinists who want to add to their list the successful climbs of the highest mountains on each continent several operators organize your ascent for more or less US$50K with flight to the Union Glacier (Ilyushin Il-76 Cargo) then to the Vinson base camp with a DH Twin Otter on skis (1 hour flight) then the climb of Mt. Vinson.

Antartica is not what it used to be, cost of the trips is what limits the number of visitors (8 days cruise through the Drake Passage and fly back to Punta Arenas or Puerto Natales roughly US$14K; only requirement tour operators need to make sure no garbage is left behind, medical assistance is available on cruise ships in order to avoid expensive evacuation and visitors do not stress the local wild life.

Now flights to the South Pole are available in December and January from Cape Town or Punta Arenas. Price from US$63K to US$105K. Number of visitors are restricted to 500 due to limited accommodations.

[Nid_Noi]

8 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Nowadays most of the continent is accessible to visitors, alpinists or “scientific expeditions”. If you have the financial means you may organize a trek to the South Pole from a coastal base, 350 people did the trek alone or in group. Some did trek across the whole continent others drove from the North Pole to the South Pole (Chris and Julie Ramsey with an electric Nissan Ariya).

[Hummin]

8 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

do you know the hight of the Antarctis icecap? 

 

Do you understand the climate there, or is it just a huge freezer machine controlling the earth temperature? Do you know the age of Antarctis icecap? Who built it? and why do the compass always point north ?

 

 

[Nid_Noi]

3 minutes ago, Hummin said:

do you know the hight of the Antarctis icecap? 

 

Do you understand the climate there, or is it just a huge freezer machine controlling the earth temperature? Do you know the age of Antarctis icecap? Who built it? and why do the compass always point north ?

 

 

Average height of the ice sheet is 2500 meters with a maximum of 4800 meters in the Terre Adelie (French Antarctic Settlement).

magnetic compass needles always point to the south magnetic pole because because the magnetic field lines run from the north magnetic pole to the south magnetic pole. Basic 101 course in navigation.