I also found this weird little nugget in a book from 1963.
"A big whale boat was lifted (up by the wind) and flung twenty yards, landing against a mass of ice, and o on examination it was found that the zinc plating was stripped completely off... Mawson's men learned to guess the velocity from the roar of the wind outside their hut. During such storms the air outside becomes so charged with electricity that the metal parts of instruments give distinct shocks when touched, while the tips of men's fingers glow with brushes of light in the darkness."
Latest episode with Brad Olsen is incredible. Lots of truth nuggets surrounding Antarctica, including first-hand experience down there, and many personal synchronicities!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HOxuoHfJWY
Saw this on my Twitter feed from Jimmy Church? “It’s a face!” He says 😀
Jokes aside, it does look like a face. A giant one if we take into account the nearby peaks. 😮
rani wrote: I also found this weird little nugget in a book from 1963.
"A big whale boat was lifted (up by the wind) and flung twenty yards, landing against a mass of ice, and o on examination it was found that the zinc plating was stripped completely off... Mawson's men learned to guess the velocity from the roar of the wind outside their hut. During such storms the air outside becomes so charged with electricity that the metal parts of instruments give distinct shocks when touched, while the tips of men's fingers glow with brushes of light in the darkness."
What book is this from?
jayiniowa wrote: What book is this from?
Hi Jay, the book is "Lands and Peoples, The World in Colour" Volume 7, published by Grolier. It's a beauty.
There are a few other interesting things it mentions. Like the fact that the US spent 55 MILLION dollars in 1957 (about half a billion in todays money) on it's International Geophysical Year. They used a mixture of aerial photography and 'explosion soundings' to map the area. So basically, they buried explosive charges and saw what happened when they blew shit up.
It says they reached the magnetic pole, but were unable to reach the 'Pole of Inaccessibility'.
And finally, most intriguingly, is this -
"Their main contribution was to the overall picture of the continent. It is now thought that the centre is a dome of solid ice about 7,000 ft thick. The land beneath it has subsided under it's weight to the Earth's soft interior. If the ice melted the land would rise accordingly. The ice itself flows outwards towards the sea, like a very sluggish liquid."
rani wrote: Hi Jay, the book is "Lands and Peoples, The World in Colour" Volume 7, published by Grolier. It's a beauty.
There are a few other interesting things it mentions. Like the fact that the US spent 55 MILLION dollars in 1957 (about half a billion in todays money) on it's International Geophysical Year. They used a mixture of aerial photography and 'explosion soundings' to map the area. So basically, they buried explosive charges and saw what happened when they blew shit up.
It says they reached the magnetic pole, but were unable to reach the 'Pole of Inaccessibility'.
And finally, most intriguingly, is this -
"Their main contribution was to the overall picture of the continent. It is now thought that the centre is a dome of solid ice about 7,000 ft thick. The land beneath it has subsided under it's weight to the Earth's soft interior. If the ice melted the land would rise accordingly. The ice itself flows outwards towards the sea, like a very sluggish liquid."
Thanks Rani! Antarctica is definitely a mysterious place.
