Antarctica - The White Continent (Three photos per post)

[Vasthrash]

Wonderful landscapes !

[gabo79]

MARVELUS AMAZING.

[VelesHomais]

Beautiful. Keep them coming. I love Antarctica and hope to visit it one day.

[maniacoargento]

Originally Posted by goschio

IMO its so sad to see the entire continent covered by ice. There should be at least some temperate parts left with grassland and forest.

Back a couple millions years Antarctica was a much better place.

Well it's complete covered by ice for one reason, it's the largest reserve of fresh water on earth. And the fact that it's so vast, so inhospitable and so distant is what made it beautiful in a way. I think we have so many places with forests and grasslands, that is good to have a unique one like Antarctica.

Oh and in fact there is a "temperate" place there, Deception island, which is a caldera of an active volcano where you can actually take a warm bath


Photo from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileDeception-Tourists.jpg

[maniacoargento]

Originally Posted by Vasthrash

Wonderful landscapes !

Thanks Vasthrash! See you in the Patagonian thread

[maniacoargento]

King George Island


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Antarctic - King George Island by Chris&Steve, on Flickr


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King George Island / Admiralty Bay by mschutt, on Flickr


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Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station, King George Island, Antarctica by Niels Rasmussen, on Flickr

[maniacoargento]

Neko Harbour, Antarctic Peninsula


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Antarctica -Pinguin in het ijslandlandschap bij Neko Harbor vanaf antarctische vasteland.foto raymond rutting / de volkskrant by Bodegraafs Nieuwsblad, on Flickr


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Antarctica - Neko Harbour by Rita Willaert, on Flickr


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Neko Harbor by b00nj, on Flickr

[gabo79]

Marvelus landscapes.

[kkatrinakaif830]

very Nice picture for Antarctica.

[maniacoargento]

Adelaide Island (Isla Belgrano)


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Skidooing back to camp, Sloman Glacier, Adelaide Island by ben tibbetts, on Flickr


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View inland on Adelaide Island from Stork Ridge by JezEverest, on Flickr


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Alan Hill and Nick Warburton on Reptile Ridge above Rothera, Adelaide Island by ben tibbetts, on Flickr

[tuckerbox]

What a Treasure of Photos.
If their was a prize for Skyscraper Post of the Year, I would give it to this one.

[maniacoargento]

Thanks so much for visiting the thread and for the nice comment!

[èđđeůx]

Antarctica is beautiful. It's sad thinking how the continent will look by 2050 thanks to global warming.

[TYW]

GO PENGUINS!!!

Originally Posted by maniacoargento

Well it's complete covered by ice for one reason, it's the largest reserve of fresh water on earth. And the fact that it's so vast, so inhospitable and so distant is what made it beautiful in a way. I think we have so many places with forests and grasslands, that is good to have a unique one like Antarctica.

Oh and in fact there is a "temperate" place there, Deception island, which is a caldera of an active volcano where you can actually take a warm bath

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...n-Tourists.jpg
Photo from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileDeception-Tourists.jpg

that's interesting!

[maniacoargento]

Base Esperanza


The Argentine Base Esperanza (Spanish "Hope Base") is located in Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula.

Built in 1952, the base houses 55 inhabitants in winter, including 10 families and 2 school teachers. Provincial school #38 "Julio Argentino Roca" was founded in 1978 and acquired independent status in 1997. The LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel radio station started transmitting in 1979.

The 43 buildings of the station have a combined space of 3,744 square metres (40,300 sq ft) covered; 18,000 litres (4,800 US gal) of fuel are used annually by the 4 generators to produce electricity for the station. Research projects include: Glaciology, Seismology, Oceanography, Coastal Ecology, Biology, Geology and Limnology.

Esperanza Base has some measure of fame because it is the birthplace of Emilio Marcos Palma, the first person to be born in Antarctica. The Base has tourist facilities that are visited by approximately 1,100 tourists each year.


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DSC_2222 by orclimber, on Flickr


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Esperanza Base by robnunn, on Flickr


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Argentine Antarctica | One of it´s 7 permanent Stations since 1904 | South Pole by Skaboii, on Flickr

[KGBista]

The Orthodox Church of Saint Trinity in Antarctic.
It is 5 years old.


Source

[maniacoargento]

Nice! Finally someone with an update in this thread besides me

I would love to see more images of this church, I really like it. And if you can put up some more info, better!

[maniacoargento]

Aurora Australis over Antarctica


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Aurora Australis - Antarctica 31 by Chantal Steyn, on Flickr


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aurora australis-Scott Tent by M1K3Y, on Flickr


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Aurora Australis at the South Pole by National Science Foundation, on Flickr

[FLAWDA-FELLA]

Splendid shots

[blogen_]

Amundsen-Scott Station - South Pole Telescope (or secret intergalactic outpost )







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