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Articles, comments and tales regarding Antarctic exploration, polar survival and marching techniques, and related topics; Andinia is a portal and search engine dedicated to outdoor activities, so if you are looking for information, producs or services for outdoor adventures, travel, extreme sports and such kind of fun, you should click on this link and start here. Ice shelves disappearing on Antarctic peninsula - Glacier retreat and sea level rise are possible consequences - Ice shelves are retreating in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula due to climate change. This could result in glacier retreat and sea-level rise if warming continues, threatening coastal communities and low-lying islands worldwide. New USGS Study Documents Rapid Disappearance of Antarctica's Ice Shelves - Possible forecast for continued Antarctica glacier loss and sea-level rise due to climate change. Data Show Antarctic Ice Stream Radiating Seismically - A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues at Pennsylvania State University and Newcastle University in the United Kingdom have found seismic signals from a giant river of ice in Antarctica that makes California's earthquake problem seem trivial. The Story Of Captain Tarapow And His Icebreaker - April 2007: A fire develops on board the A.R.A. Almirante Irizar, a massive ship and the only icebreaker in the southern hemisphere; everyone abandons the vessel, except the captain; the ships seems to hang on, as well as the captain. NASA And Challenger Center Announce Name Of Antarctic Habitat - NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education have selected the winner of the Antarctic habitat naming contest. The name "Resolution" took top honors in the "Name that Habitat" competition. The winning name was submitted by 9th grade students at Holy Cross High School in Delran, N.J. Argentina in Antarctica (I) - In 1904 Argentina began the permanent, uninterrupted occupation of Antarctica when her flag was raised at the Orkney settlement, in February 22 of that year. Granite Gear Men's Expedition Pulk Sled - The smooth pulling - covered Expedition Pulk Sled by Granite Gear and innovative harness system team up to provide a great way of getting your gear up the mountain or deep into the backcountry. The sled has a huge carrying capacity-15 -000 cubes. Let's Play! - Playing is something natural that humans as well as many animals do since birth, and if nature has give us that ability, it cannot be bad! There are games for every taste and every possible topic, so if we are looking something – anything - online, there is certainly a game that will be related to the topic of our interest. Playing a little is not a waste of time. There is no reason to feel guilt for playing around for a few minutes! The Gifts Of Antarctic Mountains - Antarctica seems to the outside world like a barren landscape devoid of anything interesting, but the continent is anything but uninteresting, especially its mountains. Climate projections underestimate CO2 impact - The climate may be 30 - 50 percent more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide in the long term than previously thought, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience. Significant ozone hole remains over Antarctica - The Antarctic ozone hole, which fluctuates throughout the late winter and spring in the southern hemisphere, reached its 2009 peak circumference in late September, according to measurements by NOAA researchers. Slightly smaller than the North American continent, the ozone hole covered 9.2 million square miles, according to NOAA satellite observations. This ranks as the 10th largest since satellite measurements began in 1979. NASA flies to antarctica for largest airborne polar ice survey - NASA begins a series of flights Oct. 15 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. The flights are part of Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year campaign that is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at Earth's polar regions. New NASA Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica - NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific research. The super-pressure balloon ultimately will carry large scientific experiments to the brink of space for 100 days or more. New Cracks in the Wilkins Ice Shelf - In late February 2008, a large part of the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula disintegrated. Since then, what remained of the southern part of the shelf has been held precariously in place by a thin ice bridge connecting Charcot Island in the north to Latady Island in the south. Initially, the ice bridge was about 6 kilometers wide, but further break up during Antarctic fall and winter reduced the bridge to just 2.7 kilometers. Mysterious Source of High-Energy Cosmic Radiation Discovered - Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a previously unidentified nearby source of high-energy cosmic rays. The finding was made with a NASA-funded balloon-borne instrument high over Antarctica. 2008 Sees Fifth Largest Ozone Hole - The ozone hole over Antarctica, which fluctuates in response to temperature and sunlight, grew to the size of North America in a one-day maximum in September that was the fifth largest on record, since NOAA satellite records began in 1979. NASA Study Finds Rising Arctic Storm Activity Sways Sea Ice, Climate - A new NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century, attributed to progressively warmer waters, directly provoked acceleration of the rate of arctic sea ice drift, long considered by scientists as a bellwether of climate change. Outdoor Tips - Leading By Example - If you have to lead people on any sort of outdoor activity, from a family-and-friends trekking party to a full-scale expedition in search for meteorites fallen in Antarctica, you have to ask from yourself more than from others or face discontent. Outdoor Tips - Let Your Gear Dry Under The Sun - In survival situations, excursions, treks and strolls in the mountains or wildlands, all the gear that we carry remains subjected to moisture coming from everywhere. Snapshot Of Past Climate Reveals No Ice In Antarctica Millions Of Years Ago - A snapshot of New Zealand's climate 40 million years ago reveals a greenhouse Earth, with warmer seas and little or no ice in Antarctica, according to research published this week in the journal Geology. For Toy-Like NASA Robots in Arctic, Ice Research Is Child's Play - Several snowmobiles navigated speedily over arctic ice and snow in Alaska's outback in late June. This scene might seem ordinary except that the recently unveiled snowmobiles are unmanned, autonomous, toy-size robots called SnoMotes - the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic capturing more accurate measurements that will help scientists better understand what is causing the well-documented melting of ice in those regions. Stronghold 4.5 Meter Dome Tent - The Stronghold is a most impervious, double-walled, expedition base camp shelter for day-to-day use in the Antarctic or Himalayas. Solar Energy for You - The sun is like a gigantic, really huge fusion reactor located at 8,2 light minutes from Earth and has been pumping energy for thousands of millions of years, and it's all free, so we can make a better use of it, right? Greenpeace Blocks Whalers From Refueling In Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary - Southern Ocean, 22 January 2008 12noon AEDT- On the eleventh day of successfully preventing the Japanese whaling fleet from killing whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary [1], activists from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza today blocked the fleet's factory ship Nisshin Maru from being refueled in Antarctic waters by the Panamanian-registered vessel Oriental Bluebird. How To Protect Camp Fires From Fierce Winds - Sometimes, and in some places, the wind can be so strong that keeping a fire steady while camping can be a real problem, but there are ways to solve that. How To Survive A Very Cold Night - If you have the equipment, training and experience, spending a night in very cold places like Antarctica, Patagonia or Alaska is relatively easy, albeit it will never be a routine thing. But if you are suddenly confronted with an emergency situation, you will have to take action; here you have some tips. Home building - Do some research before starting to build your new house. A brief reflection on great leaps - How success never mixes well with chance and coincidence. A brief reflection on geniuses - An essay showing the vital importance for any society to identify and stimulate its gifted children. Science and the wild - Something to think about science, the wilderness and those who are against knowledge and the environment. A basic rule for disaster avoidance Mysterious Source of High-Energy Cosmic Radiation Discovered - Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a previously unidentified nearby source of high-energy cosmic rays. The finding was made with a NASA-funded balloon-borne instrument high over Antarctica.
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