Most Expensive Beer Made from Antarctic Ice

This is an interesting article about beer being sold for $800 a bottle at auction recently. This is a limited batch of beer made from melted ice that the Sea Shepherd harvested from Antarctica during their whale wars expedition last year. All proceeds from the beer benefit the society.

Turn Your Antarctic Photos into Art for Home

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Art.com. All opinions are 100% mine.

Using Art.com's new photos {to} art you can have your photos turned into high quality works of art that will last a long time.  This is an awesome way to show off the stunning Antarctic scenery you captured while on a trip to Antarctica.  You can also use the service to create art featuring family portraits, pets, and other vacations.  The art is not only great for your home, but they make wonderful gifts, especially with the holidays coming up.

 

Creating your work of art from your photo is not only fun, but easy.  Everything is done on one screen and the images are large and easy to see.  You can see the changes you make as you do it.  There is also a side by side comparison available.

Photos {to} art allows you to customize your art how you want including framing and canvas and acrylic and mounting.   Choose whatever image of yours that you want to use (i.e penguins, icebergs, etc.) and have control over your own work of art from beginning to end.  There is also a range of sizes available including larger sizes than most of their competitors.  All of these options are available for 20 to 40% less money than their competitors making it a great value.

 

The result of turning your Photos {to} art is a high quality piece of art that comes with a 100% guarantee.  They are made on photographic paper that will preserve your Antarctic memories as art for at least 100 years.  They use acid-free mats in order to minimize discoloration that can occur over time.

Chris Foot's historic solo South Pole expedition

Just learned about Christ Foot's historic solo South Pole expedition from this article about deVere Group being the lead sponsor. Chris Foot is going to attempt to do a solo and unsupported expedition to the South Pole and back to the Hercules Inlet, which is something that no explorer has ever done successfully. Sounds like it could be fun to follow this expedition on the website here.

SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger - Great Holiday Gift for Adventurers

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of SPOT. All opinions are 100% mine.

The SPOT Satellite GPS messenger is a great holiday gift for adventurers that like to go off the beaten path.  SPOT allows adventurers to call for help from almost anywhere, which comes in handy when accidents happen outside of cell phone range.  It can also be used to send messages to family friends that say your still alive.  The coverage area for the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger includes most of North America, Europe, Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, Australia, and yes even a small part of Antarctica nearest to Australia.  Besides most of Antarctica the major areas of no coverage include India and the Eastern and Southern parts of Africa.  Sure it might not work everywhere, but it sure works in more places than cell phones and is particularly useful for those doing off the beaten path activities in North America and Europe.

Order it as a 2010 Holiday gift and take advantage of their special 2010 Holiday Offer.  This offer includes a bonus adventure kit.  The kit includes a code that gives you 15% off one Basic Service activation, a floatation case for the SPOT that is rust and salt water resistant, a micro LED flashlight, a safety whistle, a carabiner keychain, a lanyard to attach to the SPOT, and a safety tips bandana.  The kit is a $50 value of bonus stuff to make your adventuring safer beyond just having the SPOT device to use for calling for help when you need it.  The floatation case and lanyard will also help keep the SPOT safe.

Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway Opens in Antarctica

The newest blue-ice runway has opened in Antarctica after over 4 years of planning and research to select the spot and make it happen. The new Union Glacier runway will be used by Adventure Network International to land passenger planes from South America. The Union Glacier also has a base camp from which to they will operate various adventurous itineraries. They have been doing similar things from the Patriot Hills runway about 70 kilometers away from the new runway. The new runway will help improve flight reliability due to its location. The new runway also has a heated terminal for passengers to wait for shuttle service to the base camp.

Deadly Helicopter Crash in Antarctica

This week a helicopter went missing with 4 on board and later was found to have crashed. There were 4 French nationals on board the helicopter and there were no survivors. The helicopter had taken off from the polar ship Astrolabe The Australians and Americans are assisting with the recovery using a C-130 Hercules airplane, but the French will take over entirely once the recovery is complete.

Some Articles about this incident:
French choppers debris spotted in Antarctica
No Survivors After Antarctic Chopper Crash
Antarctic Helicopter Crash Kills four French Nationals

Ancient Turtle Bones Found in Antarctica

Two pieces of an ancient turtle shell dating back to about 45 million years ago were discoverd by an Antarctic Institute of Argentina expedition on Seymour Island. The exact species the bone fragments are from have not yet been identified, as they are different from any previously found in the area. The fact that it is a different species than those found before hints that turtle diversity was larger than originally thought back when Antarctica was a rainforest.

Read more about this Antarctic news here.

Suite Life on Deck Antarctic Episode Coming November 19, 2010

I am excited that one of my favorite shows, Suite Life on Deck, is going to have an episode set in Antarctica. The episode is called "Frozen" and it premieres on the Disney Channel on November 19, 2010. In the episode Cody visits a remote base in Antarctica along with Woody and Zack who visit to snowmobile. The three end up alone at the base when the scientist leaves on a snowmobile for supplies and gets stuck in a snowstorm.

OktoKopter to be Used to Study Climate Change in Antarctica

The OctoKopter may look somewhat like a kids toy or maybe a fancy hobbyist remote control flying thing, but it is actually going to be used for monitoring climate change. The OctoKopter has eight rotors, hence the Octo name. It is equipped with cameras and sensors. It can not only be remote controlled, but it even has auto pilot to fly to set GPS waypoints.

The OctoKopter will be used to monitor the moss beds at Casey Station to see how they are being affected by climate change. It will be able to monitor changes in temperature, wind speed, and UV-B radiation.

Check out this article for more info on the OctoKopter including a picture of it.

Giant Laser to be Used in Antarctica to Research Climate Change

The Australian Antarctic Division researchers are using a giant laser in Antarctica to research climate change in the atmosphere. The laser is being used to measure temperature of clouds in the mesophere level of the atmosphere (1,000km above the earth's surface). They think that the brighter and colder the clouds at this level hotter the temperature on earth's surface. Interesting to think that atmosphere cooling means warming on the surface. This type of research has already been done in the northern hemisphere and the research in Antarctica will help give a wider look at the atmosphere's temperature globally.

Read more about this research in this article.