veer Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 This is amazing/scary/mind boggling/mind numbing pics all at the same time... TFS dude!!
Raghav_12 Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Awesome pics man.. Stunning. I flew over couple of times near to north pole in commercial flights of Emirates. The one that goes from Dubai to LA. Scenery looks similar to this one though distantly only. Of course South Pole is much colder and Ice covered than North pole and experience of commercial flight is much inferior than experience of an excursion flight, yet I had found that surreal. I can probably imagine how goose-bumby it would have been to go that close to Antarctica.
EnterTheVoid Posted January 2, 2014 Author Posted January 2, 2014 Raghav, an interesting factoid: It is currently summer in Antarctica, constant daylight 24/7. Thats why all the researchers are going there at this time of the year to carry out their summer expeditions.
EnterTheVoid Posted January 2, 2014 Author Posted January 2, 2014 More stuff to come, watch this space.
EnterTheVoid Posted January 2, 2014 Author Posted January 2, 2014 The route map from one of the previous flights: From the route map, they go all the way to the "Ross Ice Shelf" and "McMurdo". Those are very near to the goddamn tip of the Antarctic continent:
EnterTheVoid Posted January 2, 2014 Author Posted January 2, 2014 My official accreditation as part of the touring party. Took me so goddamn long to get this
Crookbond Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Congrats Sree and well done. Added this to my bucket list.
EnterTheVoid Posted January 2, 2014 Author Posted January 2, 2014 Thanks mate, if you get the chance to do it, definitely do it.
coffee_rules Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 I am actually very disturbed by what I saw out there. If any of those large icebergs start melting, we have an uncontrollable catastrophe on our hands. The icebergs there are melting, I have posted multiple pictures showing it. :(( Maybe it's because it is summer. In winter, they will turn back to ice.
EnterTheVoid Posted January 2, 2014 Author Posted January 2, 2014 I think those pictures I posted are remnants of larger icebergs have broken off over time.
EnterTheVoid Posted January 3, 2014 Author Posted January 3, 2014 The dangers of travelling to Antarctica by sea: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/antarctica-rescue-of-passengers-on-akademik-shokalskiy-begins-20140102-307mv.html
EnterTheVoid Posted January 4, 2014 Author Posted January 4, 2014 Apologies for not replying earlier, I have just been busy. Wow. That's amazing. Agree. Antarctica is completely unique, it is like no place on earth. Are you Sree_Israel ? I know that he is going there in a few weeks. Let us know the impact global warming is having, with a lot of pictures and explanation. Yeah, thats me. Global warming is having a devastating impact in Antarctica. I have seen the devastation firsthand. How did you find out about this ? Is it invite or anyone can pay for it ? . I read mike horn's article circle expedition book it was amazing how described. I went there on a sightseeing trip. It is currently summer in Antarctica and its daylight 24/7. At this time of the year, a lot of researchers and scientists are going there to conduct their experiments. I merely tagged along. Did you just fly over or did you actually land on the continent? If yes' date=' where and how much time did you spend there?[/quote'] Did a flyover. Managed to get a good feel of the geography and topography of the place. Mount Erebus is one of many: Hope you liked the ones I have posted so far.
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