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subtitled, "Beneath layers of snow and ice on the world's coldest continent, there may be hundreds of people buried forever. Martha Henriques investigates their stories."

Deception Island | Antarctica | Atlas Obscura | Tourists enjoy a warm volcanic bath Wikimedia (Wikicommons)

Deception Island | Antarctica | Atlas Obscura | Tourists enjoy a warm volcanic bath Wikimedia (Wikicommons)

1 posted on 12/14/2018 10:24:12 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

...there may be hundreds of people buried forever...


And a lot more than that in the graveyards around the world. The whole point is that they are expected to be buried “forever”.


4 posted on 12/14/2018 10:28:37 AM PST by cuban leaf
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To: SunkenCiv

“She was an indigenous person from southern Chile, 1,000km (620 miles) away. ”

I don’t understand how she can indigenous AND be hundreds of miles from home at the same time.


6 posted on 12/14/2018 10:35:26 AM PST by Mercat
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To: SunkenCiv
Joshua Slocum wrote about the Yahgan Indians of Tierra del Fuego in his book "Sailing Alone Around the World" (1900). He was warned they were dangerous so he sprinkled tacks on the deck of his sloop as a burglar alarm. It worked.
He also learned not to eat green plums and cheese at the same setting.
7 posted on 12/14/2018 10:37:06 AM PST by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I wonder why, if the climate hysterics are to be taken so seriously, nobody’s talking about colonizing Antarctica (not to mention the barely populated Arctic and sub-Arctic regions as well). An entire continent with almost nobody on it, yet the temperate and tropical parts of the world are bursting at the seams. There’s obviously plenty of water, soon to be melting . . .


8 posted on 12/14/2018 10:37:11 AM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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