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Wild Wonders Sweepstakes offers chance to win wildlife trips
BOULDER, Colo. - A tour company is offering a sweepstakes to win a series of once-in-a-lifetime wildlife expeditions to Antarctica, the Falklands, Tanzania, the Galapagos, the Amazon and Machu Picchu and the polar-bear country of Manitoba, Canada.
Canoe.ca  –  Oct 3, 2008 10:34 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Entertainment: Travel
Photo from MSNBC.com Space lessons learned in Antarctica
Many of the issues that astronauts would face on the moon or Mars are being studied in Antarctica — including how to manage diet, medical care, psychological problems and sex.
MSNBC.com  –  Oct 3, 2008 01:51 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Photo from The United States Air Force Deep Freeze Airman given Christchurch civic award
Fresh off the successful night-time landing of a C-17 Globemaster III on the cold Antarctica ice, a 12-year veteran of Operation Deep Freeze missions has become the first American to receive the Christchurch Civic Award. Lt. Col. Jim McGann, 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron commander, received t ... more »
The United States Air Force  –  Oct 1, 2008 7:09 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Politics: Military
Advice from research: Market visiting rights to Antarctica
Tourism on Antarctica is increasing and that can form a threat for the vulnerable South Pole area. Research from Maastricht University provides a possible solution: market the visitor rights to the highest bidder.
EurekAlert!  –  Sep 26, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Technology: Science
Tourism on Antarctica Threatening South Pole Environment; Solution Offered
Tourism on Antarctica is increasing and that can form a threat for the vulnerable South Pole area. New research provides a possible solution: market the visitor rights to the highest bidder.
Science Daily  –  Sep 26, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Photo from MSNBC.com Traces of alien life could survive space travel
In 1996 the controversial discovery of what appeared to be Martian fossils in a meteorite from Antarctica ignited a furor in the scientific community.
MSNBC.com  –  Sep 25, 2008 10:24 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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South Bend man searches for stolen legs
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:06:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/NEWS02/80925024 IU to track glacier movement http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/NEWS04/809250456 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University is sending equipment to Antarct ... more »
IndyStar.com  –  Sep 25, 2008 3:52 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
IU to track glacier movement
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University is sending equipment to Antarctica to help scientists measure the movement of glaciers and the melting of ice.
IndyStar.com  –  Sep 25, 2008 1:52 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
IU part of project to measure Antarctic ice
IU is sending equipment to Antarctica to help scientists measure the movement of glaciers and the melting of ice.
WTHR.com  –  Sep 25, 2008 09:25 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
Antarctica aiming for 100 per cent voter turnout
Election organisers are expecting a 100 per cent turnout from the electorate at Scott Base in Antarctica this year."We know about 100 scientists, non-science and defence personnel will be in Antarctica during the election period....
New Zealand Herald  –  Sep 25, 2008 03:21 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in World: Oceania