Posted on 04/13/2002 7:01:52 PM PDT by vannrox
Probably just got deeply confused on dating and such....
At one time, Antartica not only had a temperate climate, it had a TROPICAL climate; Antartica was on the Equator and has since drifted to the South Pole after the breakup of Pangaea and the further breakup of Gondwanaland. However, this was tens of millions of years ago. Hence, there's coal in Antartica.
While the climate of Antartica in 9500 BC may, of course, have been slightly different than today, Antartica was in the same place it was today, and it's a safe assumption that Antartica was then, as it is now: Ass-cold.
The whole polar flip-flop stuff is pure crap, of course.
Wish I'd seen this thread earlier; after I began reading it I was greatly fearful that NO ONE would figure out the entire story was a complete fake, but fortunately FR redeemed itself. Still, pretty embarassing how many posts there were till somebody did figure it out.
straight from Central Casting. Quick, we need a good looking doctor. Well, Nicole Kidman was already a brain surgeon. Find me her lookalike!
This is where it gets weird.
Supposedly a small nuclear reactor was used for the drilling, Raytheon was the contractor, and there was some sort of accident with employees having to be medevacuated due to radiation exposure.
That, anyway, is all I've been able to glean from different sources because our government has tightened up on candid information like a bull's anus in fly season.
LOL
amanda.physics.wisc.edu/steffen/antarctica/dictionary.en.html
alien mating call n. AASTO, an instrument which measures cloud altitudes by use of a variable frequency sonar. The sonar emits audible chirping sounds and is often suspected of attracting aliens. See also: "them"
"them" . 1. n. Used in reference to some unknown or ficticious person (associated with the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc.) who has been messing around the South Pole station without anyone being aware. 2. n. Anyone not living at the South Pole. 3. n. Aliens who live at the South Pole.
DSL baby! I should have been more specific. I meant dimension-wise. vannrox didn't post his as a response to my post so it didn't put a 934p X 403p graphic on "My Comments". I'm just razzin' ya, though, I'm not really put out!
tastes like freezer-burned chicken
Supposedly a small nuclear reactor was used for the drilling, Raytheon was the contractor, and there was some sort of accident with employees having to be medevacuated due to radiation exposure.
That, anyway, is all I've been able to glean from different sources because our government has tightened up on candid information like a bull's anus in fly season.
Evacuation from Vostok.
tastes like freezer-burned chicken
Didn't you read the other threads? You're supposed to wrap them in tin foil.
I know, I read it in a book.
Could've done without that image.
Very interesting. I must admit that the whole premise of the movie sounds very intriguing. I wonder how much of it is closely based on actual events.
"..like a bull's anus in fly season.."
Now that's drawing a mental picture alright! :o)
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