The latest lecture was on the Antarctic Gambustev Province, or AGAP for short. Basically what's going on in east Antarctica is they've found a mountain range completely covered by the ice sheet and are doing seismic surveys to actually map out the range. This is part of an International Polar Year project whichmust means it's a multi-national project that really costs a lot of money. East Antarctica is the least explored area of the continet and there are very few stations other than on the coast. So they're air dropping in supplies and setting up 2 basesto be used to conduct the surveys. What's fascinating is there appears to be liquid water under the ice sheet, They've already found several lakes such as Lake Vostok that were thought to be anomolies. As they condunct more research it appears that there is a whole set of lakes and rivers criscrossing the continent and are actually interconnected. No one knows what if anything might be down there and it will be years before they caneven put forth a hypothesis. Might sound a bit dry but hey I found it fascinating.
Clay
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Wow, that is fascinating ! (even if you think so, Clay)
You realize that when you get back to Florida, your electric bill is going to skyrocket, right? After months of below "insert any number here", lol, our climate is going to be like hades to you you !! (Not that the 'culture' isn't already.)
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Wow! I'm amazed that there could be any liquid under all that Ice other than LOX. Do they have any guesses as to why the liquid isn't a solid instead?
I agree, amazing. After so much of the Earth is explored, it is exciting to find things we know so little about. I am envious of people of days past who were able to strike out and find unexplored ground. And here you are, right in it. The question remains, will Dasani or AquaFina get the rights to bottle it?
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