Antarctic Guide Blog
Anticipation
On Sunday November 20, 2011 I sail for Antarctica. That’s something I’ve done more than 100 times before. But right now I’m as excited as I’ve ever been before. As I think back, I realise there hasn’t been a time when I wasn’t excited about travelling South – I’ll stop going when that happens. But […]
16 November, 2011 19:09
Ghost alps of Antarctica reveal secret November 17, 2011 – 5:59AM AFP For more than half a century, geologists have wrangled over the origins of an astonishing range of mountains found beneath ice up to three kilometres thick in East Antarctica. An international team of scientists, reporting in the journal Nature, say they have the […]
16 November, 2011 09:13
The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is seeking a Government Officer who will be responsible to the Office of the Commissioner for the administration of Government duties at King Edward Point on South Georgia. On South Georgia they will be under the local direction of the Senior Government Officer. http://www.sgisland.gs/download/jobs/GO%20post%20advert_Nov%2011.pdf
Majority of International Broadcasters Will Show All Frozen Planet episodes
Frozen Planet There have been some assumptions in the press today about Frozen Planet, that I don’t feel are a true reflection of how the show has been sold and marketed around the world, so I wanted to provide some clarity. http://blogs.bbcworldwide.com/2011/11/15/majority-of-international-broadcasters-will-show-all-frozen-planet-episodes/
BBC drops Frozen Planet’s climate change episode to sell show better abroad
BBC drops Frozen Planet’s climate change episode to sell show better abroad The BBC has dropped a climate change episode from its wildlife series Frozen Planet to help the show sell better abroad. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8889541/BBC-drops-Frozen-Planets-climate-change-episode-to-sell-show-better-abroad.html
The ice doesn’t care
When natural historian Sir David Attenborough first set foot in the arctic wilderness, he was silenced by the almost unprecedented scale of it, he says. “I though of the space, I suppose, and loneliness, and insignificance,” he adds, and pauses for a moment to collect his thoughts. “It’s a corny response, but it is what […]
Aurora from space
Have a look at these amazing time lapse images of the aurora borealis from space http://vimeo.com/32001208