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      • Carsten Borchgrevink
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      • Louis Bernacchi
      • The German National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903
      • Robert Falcon Scott
        • The Discovery Hut
        • Scott’s fruitcake
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      • Nobu Shirase
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        • The Aurora Australis book
        • Shackleton’s whisky
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        • For Shackleton lovers
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        • Moreton Henry Moyes
        • Home of the Blizzard
        • An Antarctic old favourite
        • Madness strikes Mawson’s expedition
        • John Davis, Antarctic Captain
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      • The British Expedition to Graham Land 1920-22
      • The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE) 1902-1904
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      • Lincoln Ellsworth
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      • Sir Vivian ‘Bunny’ Fuchs
      • Operation ‘Deep Freeze’
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      • Adélie Penguins
      • Gentoo penguins
      • Chinstrap penguins
      • Emperor penguins
      • King Penguins
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      • The Elephant Seal
      • Crabeater Seals
      • Leopard Seals
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      • Orcas
    • Birds of Antarctica
      • Caracara
      • SKUAS
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      • An Antarctic parasite – Syndianales
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      • Icefish of Antarctica
      • Sea Spiders of Antarctica
    • Introduced animals
      • The Last rats on South Georgia
      • The Admiral’s cows
      • Meat eating horses of Antarctica
    • Antarctic dinosaurs
      • The Fossil Hunters of Antarctica
      • Lystrosaurus
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    • The Erebus ice tongue
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    • The Wilkes Land Gravity Anomaly
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    • Comrade Lenin’s last refuge
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The Zone of Confusion – Lessons from Antarctica
15 Apr 2020

The Zone of Confusion – Lessons from Antarctica

by Captain Antarctica | posted in: Antarctica | 0

Navigation Compasses don’t work so well at the South Pole (well at least at the magnetic South Pole).  They tend to point down. GPS though still works fine though it may take awhile to locate satellites.  However, it isn’t 100% … Continued

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What’s your Antarctica?
10 Apr 2020

What’s your Antarctica?

by Captain Antarctica | posted in: Antarctica | 3

Yes, this is about Antarctica but much more than that because each of us have to find our Antarctica. What’s your Antarctica? simply means ‘What gives your life meaning?’ Special Forces. Back in 1994 I was a highly trained Australian … Continued

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