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re: Antarctica Facts
Posted on 7/24/24 at 8:22 am to DeBoersTheMan
Posted on 7/24/24 at 8:22 am to DeBoersTheMan
Antarctica doesn't exist.
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 8:28 am to Obtuse1
Pretty cool accomplishment as not many can say they’ve made that exact climb. That’s not a cheap trip at all.
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 9:01 am
Posted on 7/24/24 at 8:31 am to TigerMyth36
Hidden Inside Mount Erebus
Posted on 7/24/24 at 8:32 am to DeBoersTheMan
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Did you know that it's illegal to travel to the continent and you can be placed in jail for visiting (1 year per offense)?
Not true.
Source: Am Metallica.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:25 am to DeBoersTheMan
I just finished reading a book about Antarctica exploration called Alone on the Ice Amazon LINK. The story covers an individual named Douglas Mawson who goes on multiple explorations of Antarctica in the early 1900s. It really captures a lot of the history and life of the 'Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.' I'd highly recommend reading the book. Very interesting and an easy read while it's 100 degrees outside.
I was surprised to learn that Antarctica was discovered in 1820. People were setting up camps and living there for 1 to 2 years at a time in the late 1800s to early 1900s to conduct explorations of the land to create maps, find the south pole, and find the south magnetic pole.
I was surprised to learn that Antarctica was discovered in 1820. People were setting up camps and living there for 1 to 2 years at a time in the late 1800s to early 1900s to conduct explorations of the land to create maps, find the south pole, and find the south magnetic pole.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:37 am to DeBoersTheMan
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I'm not saying any of that because I don't have a clue. I think it's odd that we can't fly planes 40,000 ft in the air above that area, but can do so anywhere else on this planet. Don't you?
Not really that odd if you think about Antarctica as a place where it would be a logistical nightmare to land an airplane.
Airlines have to follow ETOPS procedures, meaning if they lose an engine they have to be able to make it to another airport safely on the life of the remaining engine.
Antarctica has limited to no infrastructure (depending on the area you’re in) and is not hospitable to humans without that infrastructure in place.
So basically, airlines say, why take the risk?
Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:42 am to LSURussian
Would it be faster to fly from the south tip of Chile to Perth, Australia over Antarctica? Or would it be faster to fly over the South Pacific?
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 9:44 am
Posted on 7/24/24 at 9:57 am to BPTiger
quote:I don't see any flights from Perth to or from Chile.
Would it be faster to fly from the south tip of Chile to Perth, Australia over Antarctica?
But Sydney to Chile is 7,000 miles and a 17+hour flight. Since it's also a double digit hours flight from the U.S. to Australia, I'm guessing the answer to your question is "no." But we didn't consider that itinerary.
We flew from BTR=>ATL=>Buenos Aries, spent two nights in Buenos Aries at the Hyatt Regency then flew Argentine Airlines from Buenos Aries to Ushuaia at the southernmost tip of Argentina where we embarked on the Polar Star supply ship to Antarctica.
Traversing Drake's Passage between South America to Antarctica was a story in itself.
The entire Pacific current flows between South America and the Antarctica Peninsula at an average flow rate of almost 20 knots. We were told onboard that it is the fastest consistent ocean current in the world. On the return trip we went through a low pressure system while in Drake's Passage and we had 28 foot swells.
We weren't allowed outside of our cabin for about 30 hours. All water tight doors had to remain closed.
It was exciting.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:04 am to DeBoersTheMan
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Antarctica Facts
Weird little place down there on the south pole....
Did you know that it's illegal to travel to the continent and you can be placed in jail for visiting (1 year per offense)?
The airspace of the south pole is restricted, you cannot fly a plane, drone, or any other sort of device down there, without falling under the penalty of law.
In total around 5,000 live there in the summer and 1,000 people in the winter.
Gravity Anomalies have been found on the continent ( Wilkes Land Anomaly)
Has anyone on the OT visited Antarctica? Would love to hear your experiences on the most mysterious continent of them all.
Looks like someone need to review the first rule of Antartica Club..
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:04 am to DeBoersTheMan
Where do you go to jail?
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:05 am to Jim Rockford
quote:
Antarctica doesn't exist.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:22 am to Hayekian serf
Orleans Parish Prison
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:30 am to Napoleon
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It's illegal to travel there not with a licensed company.
Same thing holds true for climbing Everest.
None of the governments that claim land there want to try and rescue every idiot that gets a wild hair and goes to Antarctica unprepared.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:39 am to LSURussian
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On the return trip we went through a low pressure system while in Drake's Passage and we had 28 foot swells. We weren't allowed outside of our cabin for about 30 hours. All water tight doors had to remain closed.
Sounds like a claustrophobic panic attack
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:41 am to DeBoersTheMan
All I know is that that is where the Nazi UFO aliens have their underground Earth Base. That's why you can't visit there.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:41 am to Frac the world
quote:I was fine but my wife got terribly seasick. She was popping Dramamine as if they were Tic-Tacs.
On the return trip we went through a low pressure system while in Drake's Passage and we had 28 foot swells. We weren't allowed outside of our cabin for about 30 hours. All water tight doors had to remain closed.
Sounds like a claustrophobic panic attack
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:43 am to Obtuse1
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Funny that the reason I went to Antarctica was to climb Vinson Massif (one of the Seven Summits) which is over 16k ft and higher than anything in CONUS.
He’s talking about the earth being flat, not Antarctica, but CSB
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 11:44 am
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:46 am to Champagne
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That's why you can't visit there.
But not the only reason...
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:47 am to DeBoersTheMan
Antarctica isn't real.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:43 pm to Nodust
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How do you navigate. I always imagined close to the poles compasses would act strange. Gps available?
There isn't much navigation on a guided climb. You fly into the interior and land a commercial plane (we were on a 767-200) on an ice runway at Union Glacier. You then take a small prop plane the last hour to about a 6 hour trek from Branscomb Glacier where you set up base camp. The trek and then the climb are very straightforward glacier travel since you can see exactly where you are going. The climbing season is late Nov to early Dec so there is daylight 24 hours a day so unlike most alpine climbs you don't spend the first 6-7 hours climbing by headlamp. During the climbing window the temps are between -25 and -35 so you can start and end a summit day at any time without any soft snow/ice issues. The only problem navigating by sight would be a white out. GPS does work though so there aren't any issue unless it was a monster storm.
Compasses are weird there. The declination is nearly 150 degrees near Vinson so when the compass reads North you are pointed almost South. The other strange them is the South portion of the needle will suck down to the bottom of the compass and they don't like to turn at all if held level.
Vinson is a very easy technical climb, easier than even the easy routes on Ranier. The PITA is the logistics and bureaucracy. Outside of Everest it is by far the most expensive of the Seven Summits to climb. Cool desolate place to visit but it is really only special because of where it is.
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