December 3rd, 2012 at 4:49PM

jtotheizzoe:

staceythinx:

Scenes From Antarctica is a stunning gallery from The Atlantic’s In Focus blog that captures the amazing landscapes and research facilities that populate this harsh territory. 

Superb photo tour of the inhospitable and exotic end of the world.

See that top photo of the gorgeous sun halo? If you missed it last week, we toured through some of the atmospheric phenomena that you see in pictures like that. It’s pretty neat stuff.

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February 4th, 2012 at 12:15PM
Russian researchers in Antarctica are on the verge of piercing a hole through two miles of ice into an ancient lake, untouched by the light of day for some 20 million years. —

Weird but I was just researching this. 

20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake : NPR (via rubenfeld) Dude, sometimes things stay frozen 20 million years for a reason. (via winstonwolfe)

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