[blam]

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[ClaudiusI]

Deception Island? Is that where Hillary grew up?

[ClearCase_guy]

“At the Mountains of Madness” by HP Lovecraft tells the story of an archaeologist who finds more than he bargained for in Antarctica.

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Artifacts from the 1800’s. Wow. They must be worth a fortune.

[caveat emptor]

Antarctic May Hold Future Of Archaeology

Perhaps more than they can imagine.


"The Piri Reis map shows the western coast of Africa, the eastern coast of South America, and the northern coast of Antarctica. The northern coastline of Antarctica is perfectly detailed. The most puzzling however is not so much how Piri Reis managed to draw such an accurate map of the Antarctic region 300 years before it was discovered, but that the map shows the coastline under the ice. Geological evidence confirms that the latest date Queen Maud Land could have been charted in an ice-free state is 4000 BC."

[preacher]

Global Cooling Alert (Sarcasm)

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/geography/rock/fossils.php

Antarctica today is a cold, inhospitable desert; however, in the more distant past, the climate was much warmer. Abundant finds of fossil leaves and wood point to the existence of extensive forestation in earlier geological periods, even to within a few degrees of latitude of the South Pole itself. Dinosaurs, and later, marsupial mammals once roamed across its surface.

[Free Vulcan]

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[ZULU]

“...children have been born there, as part of Argentina’s effort to establish its claim;”

Gee. I guess when the Falklands caper didn;t work out, they had to look elsewhere.

[webheart]

I personally do not believe that there is anything redemptive about whaling and sealing. I would love to see the US Navy, or any other navy, sink any ship that is engaged in whaling. If Greenpeace confined their activities to combatting whaling, I would give them money. I don’t even like Moby Dick. So, in my opinion, the archaeology of whaling is a massive waste of time and money.