Science in Antarctica

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!"

Comments

A Picture Says a Thousand Words

[fembots]

At time like this, isn't it better to have a videolog or photolog?

I'm not very well-travelled, so it's a bit overwhelming for me to imagine "The sun came out for the first time in a few days and turned the smooth ocean into a mirror which reflected the bergs" without linking it to DiCaprio.

And how do I decode "sshhhhhHHHHHH" or "KSHHHXXXXXX" or "CRACK CRUNCH GCKKXX"?

Yellow snow

[Linuxathome]

Publish a picture of yellow snow in the antarctic and I'll look at the photolog.

Firefox unfriendly :(

[Richard_at_work]

Unfortunately her blog renders badly on this install of firefox, anyone else getting overlapping between the two panes?

Why I should never go to Antartica

[MagicDude]

I should never go down there, because I would probably torment the penguins. Am I the only one who's curious about what it would be like to run through a flock of penguins to see if it would it be anything like running through a flock of pigeons?

Re:Why I should never go to Antartica

[leathered]

You're a very brave man to admit on Slashdot that you have the urge to torment penguins.

Re:Why I should never go to Antartica

[cvdwl]

Been there, done that, they (emperors) didn't care much, though we weren't in the group responsible for tackling and imprisoning them. Nor do they care about 2-cycle snowmobile motors or large red Snow-Cat like vehicles. The penguin research group actually had several wander up to their enclosure, wait patiently, then walk in when someone opened the door.

Adelies were a bit more skittish, but even they would stroll up and give you a good looking over from a range of a few feet.

DISCLAIMER: No penguins were harmed in the filming of our research!

"Just to"

[oexeo]

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.

Re:Mmm Blog Linkage

[KillerCow]

...just another self-obsessed, self-promoting, intellectually challenged blogger.

But... you said that you liked my blog. You said that I was very talented. Was that just to get into my bed?

Re:Mmm Blog Linkage

[pritchma]

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!

Re:Mmm Blog Linkage

[IO ERROR]

I met my girlfriend through a 'blog, largely because I was open about myself and my interests.

by Anonymous Coward

This is some serious industrial-strength irony.