My personal favorite camp on the continent. Fashioned out of a “jamesway” that was used in the Korean War. It’s a little more gritty and DIY than other camps, which gives it its charm and explains why I love it.
@nguarracino My family was in the post office for 101 years. My grandfather, father, and brother were all postmasters back home in Roblin. This stamp was issued in 1929, the year my dad was born and the tattoo is meant to honour him.
Things you probably don't know about me. #1 I love antarctic science and stories. So much that I have pretty much every book written about the heroic age. I also have this. It's a picture drawn by Dr. Edward Wilson, who accompanied Scott on both his polar expeditions. This is a picture drawn by Wilson as a gift to his sister on her birthday in around 1880. I love it! #antarctica#captainscott
NEW STUDY: "#Ocean water is pushing miles beneath #Antarctica’s “#DoomsdayGlacier,” making it more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, according to new research which used radar data from space to perform an X-ray of the crucial glacier."
"...scientists have estimated 👉its complete collapse could ultimately lead to around 10 feet [3 meters]of sea level rise👈 — a...
...the world’s widest glacier and roughly the size of Florida.
It’s also Antarctica’s most vulnerable and unstable glacier, in large part because the land on which it sits slopes downward, allowing ocean waters to eat away at its ice."
More than 200 million people in the world people have schistosomiasis, a parasitic worm that lodges itself in blood vessels, causes organ damage and diminishes learning ability if left untreated. Experts say 50 million young children are at risk, mostly in Africa. An effective treatment, a pill called praziquantel, is available to adults and school-aged children but has been complicated to dose for anyone younger. A version of the drug for preschoolers is in the works, but distributing it won’t be a straight-forward task. NPR has more.