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Drilling for Whiskey

November 19, 2009 – 11:39 am

In 2006 restoration workers from New Zealand, led by Al Fastier, found a crate of whiskey under the floor of a hut in Antarctica. They were too deeply embedded in ice to be reached.
As it turns out, the crate was shipped to the Antarctic by a British polar explorer named Sir Ernest Shackleton back in [...]

By Natural Buy | Posted in Planet Earth | Comments (1)

Have you seen this duck?

December 25, 2008 – 11:39 am

Ninety bathtub toys were hurled into a drainage hole on the Greenland ice in September – an experiment to see how melt waters find their way to the base of the ice sheet.
It was hoped the ducks would flow along subglacial channels and eventually pop out into the sea. They may still, but nothing has [...]

By Natural Buy | Posted in Animal Life, Environment | Comments (0)

Al Gore claims North Pole will be gone in 5 years

December 16, 2008 – 10:51 am

Is he out of his mind? Or is it a simple scientific truth?
Al Gore was visiting Germany last week, and during a speech in the opening ceremony of a Dinosaur Park, he clearly stated that the entire North Pole would be gone within 5 years!

It’s easy to joke about Al Gore. He’s a weird sort [...]

By Natural Buy | Posted in Animal Life, Environment, Future Nature, Global Warming | Comments (0)

FW: Colorful Antarctica

December 14, 2008 – 10:34 am

Amazing striped icebergs!
Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions.
Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.
When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater [...]

By Natural Buy | Posted in Crystals, Environment | Comments (0)