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Save The Dome ... comments needed!

Posted Tue, 05/11/2010 - 12:53 by admin

As many of you may already know, the iconic South Pole Dome, after serving as home to generations of Polies for over 30 years, has been carefully disassembled and shipped back in pieces to the US. The pieces are currently in storage pending disposition. Disposition you say? Yes, there is an opportunity to influence the final disposition of this historic antarctic structure! The top three rings have a home but the bulk of the dome is hoping for an opportunity to regain it's status as a symbol of the US Antarctic effort. You can help by suggesting people to talk to, agencies to contact, places to visit, or any other ideas you might have to contribute. Please post your comments here! (you may be asked to sign up for an account to limit spam)

THE MANAGER OF THE SOUTH POLE

Posted Sun, 04/25/2010 - 11:55 by admin

I was interviewed by Dick Gordon of American Public Media's "The Story" about my year managing the South Pole Station and the efforts to "Save The Dome". Follow the link below for the complete podcast of the show, which starts with about 15 minutes of a story about the earthquake in Haiti before heading South to the Land of Ice and Snow.

The pulse at 90 south

Posted Tue, 04/20/2010 - 01:51 by admin

"I'm one of the 47 down here for the 2010 Winter season, the crew is missing the Dome. It was an icon in Antarctica, and this place feels like it's missing something without it." -- from the interwebs

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Major site upgrade

Posted Mon, 04/19/2010 - 13:32 by admin

Welcome to SaveTheDome.com!

The present location of the tent that Roald Amundsen left behind at the South Pole in December 1911

Posted Sun, 11/20/2011 - 13:17 by admin

Determining the present precise location of Amundsen's tent is a function of 1) the precision of Amundsen's navigation in 1911, 2) the flow of ice since then, and 3) the amount of burial by intervening snow fall. These factors are discussed and it is concluded that the best location that can be given for the tent in December 2011 is 89° 58′ 51″ S, 46° 14′ E, and lying 17 m below the present snow surface. The uncertainty in the position is 0.3 km, and is mainly related to uncertainties in the original positioning. It can be concluded with high certainty that the tent lies between 1.8 and 2.5 km from the South Pole.

(Received October 2010)

(Online publication January 21 2011)

Polar Record (2011), 47 : pp 268-270
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

Experts Available to Discuss Significance of South Pole Anniversary

Posted Sun, 11/20/2011 - 13:11 by admin

Experts Available to Discuss Significance of South Pole Anniversary

Contact: Betty Lee, (207) 581-3406 or blicqs@maine.edu; Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777 or jessica.bloch@umit.maine.edu

Several University of Maine Climate Change Institute faculty members and graduate students are available for interviews about the upcoming 100th anniversary of the taking of the South Pole, an event UMaine will commemorate Nov. 21-22 at the Collins Center for the Arts and Hudson Museum.

SOUTH POLAR RACE - Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 59, 9 March 1912, Page 5

Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 21:16 by admin

SOUTH POLAR RACE. THE NORWEGIAN PARTY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 59, 9 March 1912, Page 5

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19120309.2.50

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Trouble at South Pole: 'Get me out of here' urges manager who suffered a stroke

Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 21:07 by admin

Trouble at South Pole: 'Get me out of here' urges manager who suffered a stroke
A manager at a South Pole research station is campaigning for her own evacuation, accusing 'big business and big government'" of stranding her in Antarctica after she suffered a stroke.
Trouble at South Pole: 'Get me out of here' urges manager who suffered a stroke

By Jacqui Goddard, Miami

Renee-Nicole Douceur, 58, has been battling to be airlifted from the Amundsen-Scott Research Station since a stroke on August 27 left her with partially impaired eyesight and jumbled speech, and prompted a declaration from the resident doctor that the patient should be extracted immediately.

Christchurch still gateway to icy realm

Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 20:48 by admin

Christchurch people got a rare opportunity to see inside one of the world's largest planes yesterday when the United States Air Force celebrated the start of its summer Antarctic programme by opening the doors of its C17 Globemaster to the public.

The giant aircraft will be used by the Americans, who, along with the Italians, use Christchurch as the logistics hub for their Antarctic operations, to transport expeditions to and from the icy continent this season.

Despite Christchurch's devastating earthquakes, both the Americans and Italians have renewed their commitment to continue using the city as their gateway to Antarctica.

Woman Pushes for Rescue After Stroke at South Pole Research Station

Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 18:25 by admin

Woman Pushes for Rescue After Stroke at South Pole Research Station
By Ned Potter | ABC News Blogs – 21 hours ago

“Great God! This is an awful place,” wrote Robert Falcon Scott when he reached the South Pole in 1912. He and his comrades got there in January — the height of summer in the Southern Hemisphere — a month after Roald Amundsen’s team, and died in the cold as they tried to walk back to safety.

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