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antarctica
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Penguin Paparazzi
Culture Buzz A group of wannabe polar photographers (a.k.a. Emperor Penguins) took over my camera gear during a recent Antarctic expedition. Somebody caption these!
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Video: Snuggling With Seal Pups
While travelling through Antarctica, Charlie Bird made some new friends. (via thedailywh.at)
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Image: Antarctica On Streetview
Totally packed with penguins, as expected. Click through to hang out and look around a bit. (Via.)
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Link: Mysterious Mountains Hidden Beneath Antarctic Ice Revealed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100611/sc_livescien...
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The first detailed pictures of one of the planet's last unexplored frontiers - a vast mountain range that rivals the Alps in majesty buried underneath the ice of Antarctica - were revealed by scientists this week.
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Image: Bleeding Glacier
Scientists say the blood-red color of this five-story waterfall may be due a 2-million-year-old ecosystem of microbes trapped underneath the glacier. Now, what about Jesus's face?
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Link: RIP Dr. Jerri Nielse
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/23/obit.jerri.nielsen/i...
Dr. Jerri Nielse has succumbed to cancer and dies. She was stationed in Antarctica in 1999, diagnosed her own breast cancer, performed her own biopsy, and administered chemotherapy drugs dropped to her by parachute.
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Bear Grylls Hurt!
TV Buzz The Man vs. Wild star broke his shoulder earlier today while on some sort of bio-fuels expedition in Antarctica. He spent 36 hours “in agony” at basecamp waiting for high winds to subside before he could be airlifted out. In other words, Wild won this round.
