Archive for the 'antarctic' Category

Antartica 2010

 

Scott and Scurvy

Great article about how the cure to scurvy was discovered, lost and rediscovered.
 

Scott and Shackleton’s abandoned huts in Antarctica

Constant cold preserves the last camp of the Shackleton and Scott expedition.
 

Transmitting live from the Ocean below the Antarctic Ice

"Additionally, sounds may be very faint. The amplifier settings are a compromise between picking up distant animal voices and not overcharging the system by nearby calving icebergs. So please beware of sudden extreamely loud events."