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last update: Jan 02, 2008 04:46 PM
Antarctica: A Flying Tour of the Frozen Continent
Narrated tour of Antarctica through the eyes of RADARSAT. Completed and accepted for the SIGGRAPH 2001 Computer Animation Festival.
Beneath the Frozen World - Cousteau in Antarctica
An exclusive full-length movie of Captain Cousteau expedition to antarctica.
Antarctica Supply Ship Offload Time-Lapse
The annual supply ship the American Tern being unloaded at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Time-lapse footage taken over 3 days of continuous sunlight towards the end of summer. This is the only time of year the ice is thin enough to get ships in. In the background the Krasen, a Russian ice-breaker can be seen working a channel in the 2 meter thick ice to keep it from freezing up, so the Tern will be able to leave again. Every 2.5 seconds of film equals 1 hour in real time.
Antarctica Time lapse: A Year on Ice
Time-lapse video filmed in Antarctica, in and around McMurdo Station and Scott Base. Each year the sun is below the horizon for 4 months in the middle of winter, and above the horizon for 4 months in summer. During the couple of months in between we have more-or-less normal days. Includes shots of auroras and the very rare polar stratospheric nacreous clouds, which form when ozone depleting gases crystallize in the upper atmosphere in the intense cold. Summer population is about 1200 people, winter about 200.
NORTH POLE ICE CRACKING
The sea ice at the North Pole is only a few feet thick. It floats on an ocean that is 14,000 feet deep. And it's cracking under our feet. A global warming expert suggests what to do... Everything you hear -- all the chugging and huffing and banging -- is the ice beneath us.
Casey Station Antarctica
Community life at the Australian Antarctic base Casey. 12 Months 66 Degrees.
