Antarctica is on the southern tip of the world.
We will first fly to Australia, then Christchurch, New Zealand. Then we will take a transport plane to McMurdo Base in Antarctica.
McMurdo Station. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:McMurdo_Station.jpg
Then on to Scott Base (http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/home) :
Scott Base, Antarctica. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scott_Base,_Antarctica,_Jan_2006.jpg
And then we will take a snow cat another 200-300 km out to a remote base, supported by outfitter Tim Haskell.
(From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thiokol-IMP.jpg )
Here are some pictures of other remote bases, but I am not really sure what ours will look like. Guess that will be one of the surprises of the trip for me….
http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/image-galleries/category/5-out-and-about
Here is my question of the day:
If YOU were going to Antarctica, what would you take with YOU?
Math of the Day:
How far is 200-300 km? In the US, we usually calculate this in miles. So, let’s find out how many miles this is. We know that 1 kilometer = 0.621371192 miles, so 200 km x .62 miles/km = 124 miles.
Hmm. That is far enough, I don’t think I can cross country ski out!
