Dispatches from the bottom of the earth: At AGAP camp at last

SciAm ^ | Dec 30, 2008 | Robin Bell

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Editor's note: Marine geophysicist Robin Bell is leading an expedition to Antarctica to explore a mysterious mountain range beneath the ice sheet. Following is the fifteenth of her updates on the effort as part of ScientificAmerican.com's in-depth report on the "Future of the Poles."

AGAP South Camp, ANTARCTICA —Yesterday morning the sky at the South Pole had the kind of ‘iffy’ look that made my stomach turn. Instead of the normal brilliant blue, there were clouds on the horizon and sparkling ice crystals blowing past in the air. Allan Meredith, chief pilot for the British Antarctic Survey, was set to do the first shuttle up to camp with three young scientists and the generator mechanic. I was to follow just after lunch with the load of science cargo. Finally our survey aircraft SJB, or Sierra Julia Bravo as I call her, would carry two scientists up while collecting data lines, and then zip back to South Pole to pick up two more scientists and collect another line of data. The British have already collected 5 lines of data in this region, but these will be our first lines in the prime target area.

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I could swear I've heard this before...

Movie: "The Land That Time Forgot"

"Negotiating an underwater tunnel [beneath the ice] to gain the island's interior, those aboard U-33 are amazed to discover a tropical prehistoric world kept warm by volcanic forces. Here dinosaurs that should be long extinct live and roam, as do a curious race of humanoid savages that appear to exhibit all the various phases of Man's evolutionary development. To survive long enough to repair and replenish the U-boat, wartime enemies must put aside their differences and cooperate with one another. But not everyone is playing from the Kumbaya songbook... The Land That Time Forgot is a thoroughly old fashioned sci-fi/fantasy adventure of the type they weren't really making anymore even in 1975. A lot of this has to do with the script sticking to Burroughs' Victorian style. (His Caprona tales were first published in 1918; as late as World War II he'd still be cranking out novels in the writing style of the 19th Century.) The film's a throwback to the likes of the original King Kong and potboilers such as Unknown Island (1948) and The Land Unknown (1957), only in color."
http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies/land_time_forgot.htm

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Admiral Bird’s hidden diary and log. http://www.totse.com/en/fringe/fringe_science/admlbyrd.html

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Call Art Bell and George Noory....
book this show

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