Comments on: Fourth of July in Antarctica http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2009/07/fourth-of-july-in-antarctica/ The art of recycling in Antarctica Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Catherines mom http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2009/07/fourth-of-july-in-antarctica/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Catherines mom Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:04 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/?p=4479#comment-182 Stunning photograph.

]]> By: mbartalos http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2009/07/fourth-of-july-in-antarctica/comment-page-1/#comment-175 mbartalos Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:47:55 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/?p=4479#comment-175 Yes it seems very much like an extraterrestrial outpost, and just as isolated: there’s no travel in or out of the station during the winter months.

There are a number of observatories at the South Pole where conditions are ideal for astronomical study. Two of the newest and most exciting are the South Pole Telescope: http://pole.uchicago.edu/
and IceCube Neutrino Detector: http://icecube.wisc.edu/info/
Read more about both in my January 16 post! http://bit.ly/LV2009Jan16

]]> By: Donovan Rittenbach http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/2009/07/fourth-of-july-in-antarctica/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Donovan Rittenbach Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:58:24 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/thelongview/?p=4479#comment-166 This looks like it could be a space station on a different planet. I can imagine the stars in the night sky, which must be ideal for viewing stars. Is there any kind of astronomical observatory in Antarctica?

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