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Science in Antarctica

Posted by michael on from the button-up-your-overcoat dept.

Richard writes "Just to prove that science is cool; Tania, the editor of Nerdling zine has travelled to Antarctica just to publish some interesting reading material on her blog. Apparently there to calibrate a bunch of physics equipment she appears to spend most of her time marvelling at ice bergs and penguins, abseiling around the continent, and giving us explicit details of the everyday ordinary stuff. Advanced technology in an extreme environment, fantastic stuff!"

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  1. "Just to" by oexeo · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Just to prove that science is cool; Tania, the editor of Nerdling zine has travelled to Antarctica just to publish some interesting reading material on her blog.

    I don't think "just to" means what you thinks it means.

  2. Re:Mmm Blog Linkage by pritchma · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I actually found it quite interesting. Having never been to Antartica, I learnt quite a few things:

    * China has a base there
    * Ships take 10 hours to get into "port" with much crunching of ice along the way.
    * Penguins aren't even remotely afraid of people.

    Your post doesn't really add anything to the discussion. If you don't have anything useful to say, read the next article!