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'Ice Highway' To Open Earth's Last Frontier

Posted by timothy on from the antarctica-for-the-antarcticans-I-say dept.

JayBonci writes "CNN is carrying a story on an Ice Highway to make it easier to access the South Pole. The 1,020 mile "highway" may be completed as soon as 2006. Because of the nature of the ever-shifting ice, maintenance is going to be difficult to say the least, but it will provide greater access to the region for supplies and scientists."

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  1. Next Headline in Yahoo by georgewad · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Tourists Put Antarctic Ecosystem in Peril
    How appropriate.

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  2. As the road shifts. by ForestGrump · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Because the road is a definate scar across the surface of the ice, it would make it much easier to track movements and discontinuties in the ice; which would otherwise be unseen by the naked eye.

    -Grump

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  3. It's already Trashed by jazman_777 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I read a book called "Mind Over Matter" about a couple of guys who crossed Antarctica on foot (a good read, BTW). It's not a walk--they started out with 450-lb sledges they could barely move. When they got to the South Pole, the author commented on how dirty and trashy it looked there. Scientists, tourists (making a quick hop down to the Pole, I reckon).

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