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Australian polar explorers complete final gear check before attempting first unsupported coast-to-coast crossing of Antarctica
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-02/ … /101391984

Mystery Lifeforms Have Been Found in The Hostile Darkness Beneath Antarctica
https://www.sciencealert.com/mystery-li … ce-shelves

"This discovery is one of those fortunate accidents that pushes ideas in a different direction and shows us that Antarctic marine life is incredibly special and amazingly adapted to a frozen world," said biogeographer Huw Griffiths of the British Antarctic Survey.

The difficult climate of the Moon can also grow stuff. China's Chang'e 4 already tested a small animal pllant Biosphere inside its Rover on the Moon, Sprouted first ever plant on the Lunar surface.

Concordia base or Concordia Research Station, is a French–Italian research facility that was built 3,233 m (10,607 ft) above sea level at a location called Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau, Antarctica.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090306080 … iabase.eu/

A year-round greenhouse could grow food in polar stations and in space.
https://futurism.com/antarctica-is-gett … ake-a-look
Called the Eden-ISS, the farm exists inside a climate-controlled shipping container. The greenhouse relies on  a technique called vertical farming, in which food grows on trays or hanging modules under LEDs instead of natural sunlight.

The only way to get produce to McMurdo, the US station where the majority of Antarctic researchers stay, is by ship or plane. In January, a shipment of dried and frozen food is delivered, and during summer, planes come with fresh food around once a week, according to Atlas Obscura.

Press Conference EDEN ISS – Antarctic Greenhouse Mission 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udyIMsqqaK4
1 Hour long talks about plants and sensory deprivation, key nutrition needs, cultivation agriculture method testing and psychological benefits of doing corp work in isolated difficult places, NASA testing.
https://eden-iss.net
within the topic of ‘Space exploration / Life support.’

the religion elements on the South Pole is a strange part of history for some to understand

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill visits Antarctic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYAfyapPxzo

2016

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill walks with penguins
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35607237
Russia has 10 research stations in the Antarctic, able to accommodate up to 120 people. Patriarch Kirill visited one, the Bellingshausen research station on the island of Waterloo.
The Russian Orthodox church near the Bellingshausen station, which opened in 2004, is the only church on the continent to hold services all year round, with priests spending the winter there.

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One day a wifi access point coming to Mars?

Scientists in Antarctica Have Access to Starlink Now. It’s Available on 7 Continents
https://www.universetoday.com/157792/sc … ontinents/

Research collaboration studying the Thwaites Glacier.

https://theconversation.com/thwaites-gl … ast-191057

https://thwaitesglacier.org/

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Does Antarctica have any insects?
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal … a-insects/
Antarctica's hostile conditions doesn't make it an ideal place for insects says Richard Jones

To date, the insect fauna of Antarctica seems to number just one species – the Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica). This tiny (2–6mm) fly is wingless (an adaptation to prevent it being blown away), and the maggots spend an arduous two years eking out meagre nutrition from tiny terrestrial algae and mosses to get through their life-cycle.

The midge survives the winter by over-accumulating sugars in its body as a natural antifreeze, and by dehydrating itself so cell-rupturing ice crystals do not form.

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Scott Base redevelopment operating within budget, but challenges lie ahead

https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/n … -lie-ahead

Seals help Japanese researchers collect data under Antarctic ice

https://www.business-reporter.co.uk/tec … arctic-ice

Isles firm to carry out Antarctic welding job

https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2015/11/04/i … lding-job/

Metabolic profiling and gene expression analyses provide insights into cold adaptation of an Antarctic moss Pohlia nutans

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10 … 06991/full

ability of Antarctic mosses adapting to the extreme habitats

The Fragile Antarctic Peninsula: Conserving Biodiversity through Marine Protected Areas

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publicatio … cted-areas

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Core ice mission for Antarctic scientists
https://thewest.com.au/technology/scien … -c-8581065

The Soviet Union’s Nuclear Icebreakers
https://asianometry.substack.com/p/the- … cebreakers

Antarctic stations and logistics rely on the use of fuel.
https://www.antarctica.gov.au/antarctic … anagement/

Food in Antarctica
https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarcti … e/food.php
A great deal is known today about the requirements for survival in extreme conditions in terms of what food and clothing is required. Much of this knowledge was discovered the hard way, by men suffering from cold, starvation and deficiencies of vitamins while exploring Antarctica or the Arctic.

Expired food: 10 foods that can be eaten after the expiry date
https://www.cookist.com/expired-food-10 … piry-date/

It is not always necessary to immediately throw away the expired food. It is very important to read and understand the label and store the food correctly.

Eating in Antarctica: Tales of Decadence and Deprivation
https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/1 … s-eat.html

Life support – providing heat and power in Antarctica
https://www.cibsejournal.com/general/li … ntarctica/

Failure of the building services is not an option in the winter (March to November) as sea ice makes Halley VI virtually impossible to access from the outside world. ‘It’s easier to evacuate a space station than to get someone out of Halley in the middle of winter,’ says Martin. ‘You can’t get a ship near because of the sea ice, and you can’t fly in because it’s pitch black and you have no airport equipment. You’d be landing blind on an uneven surface, and you’d be heavily dependent on the weather.’

Diesel fuel is used to make water, generate power for light and heating, run vehicles, aircraft and camp stoves. Although we are implementing renewable energy options, particularly at Mawson with the wind turbines and hydrogen demonstration project, we still rely heavily on fossil fuels.

The Outer Space Treaty: Is peaceful co-existence in space the future? Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
https://farsight.cifs.dk/breaking-up-in-outer-space/

How the military helps keep research operations going in Antarctica
https://www.yahoo.com/now/military-help … 14270.html

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Life that feeds a colony, an ecosystem might be precious for Mars and require protections.

I'm not sure there will soon be a turn back option but with Dust-Storms a landing might be weather dependent

Urgent call for governments to adopt Antarctic wildlife protection measures
https://www.lelezard.com/en/news-20619898.html

PM's plane to Antarctica turned back to NZ
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/natio … ack-to-nz/
The Prime Minister’s scheduled trip to Antarctica today has been cancelled mid-flight

IAEA and Argentina Strengthen Cooperation to Improve Cancer Care and to Address Plastic Pollution in the Antarctica
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/ia … antarctica

Heat-loving bacteria from an Antarctic volcano could help tackle oil contamination
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-heat-lovi … ackle.html

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Antarctica: How has it changed since it was discovered 200 years ago?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51296515

Physiological variables associated with the development of acute mountain sickness at the South Pole
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/7/e003064
All participants underwent medical screening prior to deployment to Antarctica, were available to the research team during the first 7 days of their deployment

Daring Antarctic rescue mission underway to evacuate sick South Pole crew member
https://mashable.com/article/south-pole-rescue-mission

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Antarctic science expedition put on ice due to problems with Australia’s research vessel Nuyina

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ … sel-nuyina

What's summer like on Mars?
https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/what … e-on-mars/

Mars’s spin axis is tilted by 25.2°, very similar to Earth’s. Mars therefore has seasons much like our own, although since its year lasts about 687 days, seasons on Mars last almost twice as long. Martian seasons are complicated by the planet’s elliptical orbit, making the northern hemisphere more temperate than the southern hemisphere.

In the south, summers are hot and quick, whereas winters are long and cold. At the height of southern summer, temperatures can reach 20°C (68°F) by day but drop to –80°C (–112°F) at night. Even so, there is little ‘weather’ on Mars. Apart from the varying sizes of the polar ice caps, more common dust storms in late summer and the changing temperature, there is little to indicate the passing of the seasons.

Seasons in the Martian Year as the Red Planet Orbits the Sun
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/7889/se … s-the-sun/
Mars has four seasons just like Earth, but they last about twice as long. That’s because it takes about two Earth years for Mars to go around the sun. July 4, 2016 just happens to be the start of spring in the southern hemisphere on Mars, where Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity are exploring.
The southern hemisphere has “harsher” seasons than in the north. During Southern winter, Mars is farthest away from the Sun in its elliptical orbit around the Sun. That’s different from Earth, because our planet has a near circular orbit. Winter in the southern hemisphere is worse, because Mars is the farthest away from the Sun and moves more slowly in its orbit. Going from a winter to warmer spring can be quite dramatic.

Differing in situ values have been reported for the average temperature on Mars, with a common value being −63 °C (210 K; −81 °F).Surface temperatures may reach a high of about 20 °C (293 K; 68 °F) at noon, at the equator, and a low of about −153 °C (120 K; −243 °F) at the poles. Actual temperature measurements at the Viking landers' site range from −17.2 °C (256.0 K; 1.0 °F) to −107 °C (166 K; −161 °F). The warmest soil temperature estimated by the Viking Orbiter was 27 °C (300 K; 81 °F). The Spirit rover recorded a maximum daytime air temperature in the shade of 35 °C (308 K; 95 °F), and regularly recorded temperatures well above 0 °C (273 K; 32 °F), except in winter

It has been suggested that Mars had a much thicker, warmer atmosphere early in its history. Much of this early atmosphere would have consisted of carbon dioxide. Such an atmosphere would have raised the temperature, at least in some places, to above the freezing point of water
With the higher temperature running water could have carved out the many channels and outflow valleys that are common on the planet. It also may have gathered together to form lakes and maybe an ocean
http://www.space.com/28742-ancient-mars … -lost.html

On September 29, 2008, the Phoenix lander detected snow falling from clouds 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) above its landing site near Heimdal Crater. The precipitation vaporised before reaching the ground, a phenomenon called virga
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoen … 80929.html

Tour Inside Captain Scott’s Hut | Cape Evans | Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7MO7ZDsMuU

the other Pole, a base at the North Pole, Inside Russia's Arctic military base - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz3WcZjcZgE

At the Bottom of the World Antarctica | Polar Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFv4Ozt_ra4

Technology Being Built to Explore Antarctica's Climate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsFp_c76vtw

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China ramps up surveillance, security threat with new satellite support from Antarctica
https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-ram … antarctica
The Zhongshan research base was built in line with the international 1959 Antarctic Treaty

China sets sights on Antarctic bases to become a polar power
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chin … rffnl2?amp
Beijing is to expand its presence in Antarctica with a base to promote “the marine economy” and become an ocean power

Scott Base New Zealand Antarctic research station
https://web.archive.org/web/20210209060 … q/faq2.htm

Jang Bogo Station in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica is a permanent South Korean research station. It is the second base of South Korean Antarctic research mission
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/chch-str … n/5/168834

Halley Research Station is a research facility in Antarcticaon the Brunt Ice Shelf operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47408249

Captain Arturo Prat Base is a Chilean Antarctic station located at Iquique Cove, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
https://climatologia.meteochile.gob.cl/ … stacionMes

Chinese scientists arrive in Antarctica for 38th expedition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YESKwlAEOJA

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3 km or 1.86 Miles

Scientists unveil plan to drill three kilometres into the heart of Antarctica
https://www.news.com.au/world/scientist … 5bc7a3e7d0
Million Year Ice Core Project Lead Scientist Dr Joel Pedro says scientists are seeking to drill down three kilometres

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Why are scientists searching for the world's oldest ice?
https://news.yahoo.com/why-scientists-s … 06897.html
Scientists are on the hunt for Earth's oldest ice, but what exactly are they hoping to learn?

What’s happening at Thwaites glacier in Antarctica? Scientists have new clues about melting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-w … story.html

South Pole Australia Vid

'Antarctic Space Travel'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnN_-8veTp4

2013 vid Jang Bogo - South Korean Antarctic Research Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5BBRvQpva0
The Jang Bogo Station in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica is a permanent South Korean research station. It is the second base of South Korean Antarctic research mission (after King Sejong Station), and the first that is located in mainland Antarctica.

Vernadsky Research Base a Ukraine base in a region is under territorial claims between three countries, the British research base was established in 1947 and transferred to Ukraine in 1996.
http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e … /tpod.html
,
https://archive.fo/LGnCL

I visited a Ukrainian scientific research base this afternoon, enjoying a shot of vodka in one of the few bars in Antarctica and getting to see an operational Antarctic base for the first time.

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My group entered the station at 4:50. Two weather monitors showed the current outside temperature is 1.3ºC (34ºF). A scientist gave us a brief tour of the ground floor, which includes offices and a small gym. We were then invited upstairs at 4:57, where there is a kitchen and post office. I mailed two postcards at a cost of $3 each. This is one of only a few post offices where visitors may send mail from Antarctica. Stamps for letters cost $6. Mail will take several months to be delivered – so it’s not a very timely means of communication but recipients will no doubt be thrilled to receive mail with a postmark from the Seventh Continent!
In addition to selling postage and accepting outgoing mail, the post office sells commemorative postcards and envelopes for $2 to $3 each. Vernadsky Station also has a souvenir shop where tourists may purchase gifts including Antarctica artwork, station T-shirts, patches, and medals. I purchased a souvenir wooden paddle wheel for $25 and a medal for $10 that I will use in my keychain collection.

India at the South Pole
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57732014
"India discovers new plant species in Antarctica".

Bharati is a permanent Antarctic research station commissioned by India. It is India's third Antarctic research facility and one of two active Indian research stations, alongside Maitri. India's first committed research facility, Dakshin Gangotri, is being used as a supply base.

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Long duration Tourism, science studies and bases funded by high class trips,  food supplies and replacing old ships in a very difficult situation.

Viking Polaris Antarctic cruise: The luxury cruise ship that doubles as a science vessel
https://www.traveller.com.au/viking-pol … sel-h29sxo

Antarctic cargo ship Happy Diamond, chartered to replace beleaguered icebreaker RSV Nuyina, runs aground off Mawson Station
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-20/ … /101997312

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Sub-Antarctica islands

Campbell Islands or Campbell Island Group are a group of subantarctic islands, belonging to New Zealand. They lie about 600 km south of Stewart Island

The Loneliest Tree In The World On Campbell Island, NZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQCgkGJmb9U

Macquarie Island is an island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Regionally part of Oceania and politically a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1900. It is the only place on Earth where rocks from the Earth's mantle (6 km below the ocean floor) are being actively exposed above sea-level. These unique exposures include excellent examples of pillow basalts and other extrusive rocks.
https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics … ms/islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) a British Overseas Territory a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. Chilean Antarctic Territory or Chilean Antarctica or Territorio Chileno Antártico, Antártica Chilena is the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile. Argentine Antarctica or in Spanish: Antártida Argentina or Sector Antártico Argentino is an area of Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory. Administratively, Argentine Antarctica is a department of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands. The territory claimed by Chile covers the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, called "O'Higgins Land" or "Tierra de O'Higgins" in Spanish in Chile, and adjacent islands, the Alexander Island, Charcot Island, and part of the Ellsworth Land, among others.The Falkland Islands which Argentine Spanish once called Islas Malvinas are about 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) west from its nearest point. The Falklands War or Spanish Guerra de las Malvinas was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic. The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat at the Battle of Coronel in November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the German cruiser squadron. Peter I Island an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea, 450 kilometres (240 nmi) from continental Antarctica, claimed as a dependency of Norway and, along with Bouvet Island and Queen Maud Land, composes one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the Antarctic and Subantarctic. Scott Island is a small uninhabited island of volcanic origin in the Ross Sea, Southern Ocean, 505 kilometres (310 mi) northeast of Cape Adare, the northeastern extremity of Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Landing on Peter I Island | Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxLbFpT2eO0

Haggits Pillar is a stack 203 feet (62 m) high in the South Pacific Ocean at the northwestern edge of the Ross Sea, lying 250 metres (270 yd) west of Scott Island. The territory of Scott Island is 565 metres (618 yd) long north–south, and between 130 metres (140 yd) and 340 metres (370 yd) wide, reaching a height of 54 metres (177 ft) and covering an area of 4 hectares (9.9 acres) Scott Island is part of the Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand, On 12 February 2009 Andrew Perry and Molly Kendall, crew members of the tv show Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship MY Steve Irwin, were married on the island by captain Paul Watson.
Kerguelen Islands also known as the Desolation Islands or Îles de la Désolation in French, are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a large igneous province mostly submerged in the southern Indian Ocean. They are among the most isolated places on Earth, located more than 3,300 kilometres (1,800 nautical miles) from Madagascar. The islands, along with Adélie Land, the Crozet Islands, Amsterdam and Saint Paul islands, and France's Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean, are part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and are administered as a separate district.The main island, Grande Terre, is 6,675 km2 (2,577 sq mi) in area, about three quarters of the size of Corsica. Bouvet Island  an island and dependency of Norway, and declared an uninhabited protected nature reserve. It is a subantarctic volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, making it the world's most remote island. The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands are an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica.

'Les îles Kerguelen, vues par Jean-Yves Bernot, routeur de François Gabart.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKS-fnELZlA

The Kerguelen Islands, also known as The Desolation Islands are an incredibly interesting archipelago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc8OpIMB2v4
Discovered quite recently in human history, this previously uninhabited group of islands exists as a nature reserve manned by teams of scientists who rotate twice a year. It's not quite the Antarctic, and it's not quite France, it's the Kerguelen Islands.

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Past War and 3 Year Tourism?

Argentina pulls out of pact with UK on Falklands
https://www.brusselstimes.com/388221/ar … s-malvinas

Fancy a cruise? This one lasts three years and you can’t book just part of it
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/02/fancy-a- … -18372870/

Sun worshippers can relax on the unspoilt beaches of the Caribbean, while more intrepid travellers can journey through Antarctica to see penguins in the wild and witness the region’s majestic glaciers.

See inside the former Emirates Airbus A340 that flies passengers to Antarctica by landing on a runway made of ice
https://www.businessinsider.com/see-air … 500-2023-2
Several tour companies offer flights, including Silversea Cruises

Asian airlines turn to ‘flights to nowhere’ to get travelers back in the skies
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13735934

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Money from Tourists and Lunar Tourism might soon be a thing.

Military in Space?

HMS Protector completes Antarctic mission
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-pro … c-mission/

Everyone, It Seems, Is Cruising to Antarctica
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/eve … 00525.html

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S. Korea comes up with plans to explore the polar regions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZS1WuUMZ8o

'Polar Night is Over'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5koSWDHvFtU

and the Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptpPHgz9DU0

How Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic adventure helped loosen NZ’s colonial ties to Britain
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-edmun … DTWWHQ5JE/

Dogs, penguins, rotting pony meat: The food Ernest Shackleton and crew ate to survive
https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/ … rvival-spt
Endurance crashed in 1915, leaving its crew isolated in the wintry depths of the Antarctic.

Fiann Paul’s Expedition with crew begins 100 years after Shackleton
https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2023/01/ … hackleton/

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For Mars_B4_Moon re Endurance and the Shackelton expedition ....

Thanks for bringing this memorable expedition back into view.

One detail that differs slightly from your text below the link ... the ship most definitely did NOT "crash" .... Ice accumulated around the ship and Shackleton could not escape.  The ship was slowly squeezed to death.  The survival of the expedition, without losing a single person, stands as one of the most remarkable examples of inspired leadership in the human record.  The crew suffered plenty of damage, but despite injury they survived.  There are multiple books and at least one very well done movie about the expedition.

I hope we don't have a similar misfortune as we explore Mars, but if we do, I sure hope the leadership is of the same caliber.

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Tasmania an island state of Australia.Tasmanian Polar Network Shipping center. Port infrastructure, a Gateway which delivers supplies.

All eyes on Tasmania’s Antarctic and polar capabilities
https://www.premier.tas.gov.au/site_res … pabilities
The Rockliff Liberal Government is proud of our growing reputation as the key gateway to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
It’s this reputation that has enabled Tasmania to develop a strong and enduring relationship with the Republic of Korea, which extends back over 20 years.
This week the Premier returned to Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) with a high level delegation representing Tasmanian industry and research, having visited in 2017.
The delegation was warmly received by senior KOPRI officials at an Antarctic roundtable, held to discuss future partnerships.
Premier Rockliff said the significant investment that Korea is making into its Antarctic program, represents an incredible opportunity for Tasmania.
“Our Government is seizing the opportunities to grow our reputation as the world’s top Antarctic gateway city, with jobs and our economy to benefit as a result,” the Premier said.
“The sector is already worth $160 million a year to our State to Tasmania and supports hundreds of jobs, and progressing further partnerships with the Republic of Korea will support future growth.”
Members of the Tasmanian delegation include representatives from the Tasmanian Antarctic Gateway Advisory Group, the Tasmanian Polar Network, the Hobart International Airport, Hobart City Council, the Australian Antarctic Division along with Tasmanian businesses.

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Modern glacier remains found near Mars equator suggest water ice possibly present today at low latitudes

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-modern-gl … r-ice.html

McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The Dry Valleys experience extremely low humidity and surrounding mountains prevent the flow of ice from nearby glaciers.

https://www.universetoday.com/15031/dri … -on-earth/

'A Dry Valley Mystery | Continent 7: Antarctica'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpVdlZb3_Gc

Time-Lapses from the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY1AKW5IsJs

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Steve Stewart ** just ** posted about a new Mars Test Habitat in Houston!

http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 15#p208715

Our contacts at North Houston Space NSS chapter may be able to find out a bit more.

For that matter, this forum has a resident who lives in Houston.

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The subject of Arts comes up and ' pioneers' I wonder in 100 years time would be take part in a musical or play for the first Colonies?

ESA posts irregular updates on its plans for Mars Analogue Research at the South Pole, maybe there is a feed somewhere on the web or a twitter social media page but I have yet to find it. The Concordia station is a Franco-Italia effort that replicates certain aspects of the humans on Mars scenario missions and supports the ESA Aurora program. A Desert Research Station is the sands have more current reports, the Desert research crews post updated reports, a local reporter will hear news and ask what is happening at the Mars analog research site in Utah Wayne County, but maybe Antarctica is just very far away and remote.

ESA seems to give readings in Celsius or Kelvin not Fahrenheit, to convert x °C ≘ (x + 273.15) K or x °F ≘ (x + 459.67) × 5/9 K  a temperature of −40.00 C is 233.15 Kelvin the highest temperature was −48 °C or -54.4 F, with an average in August of −60.2 °C and a record of −78.6 °C on 1 September. The Lowest recorded surface temperature on Earth −89.2 C or−128.6 F, the Average surface temperature on Earth a more comfortable 15 C or 59 F. At these South Pole temperatures, trips outside had to be performed with the utmost care. Those going outside travelled at least in pairs and were equipped with a radio, spare batteries and a full fleece suit, with only the eyes at times visible. Italian Glaciologist Emanuele Salvietti had to take snow samples every day one kilometre from the base. As he had to walk (because no vehicle operates at these temperatures), he built a full face mask, with only a pipe to breathe. The slightest mistake would lead to certain injury, as astronomer Agabi Karim explained: "Burns on the cheeks and eyelashes glued to the lens of the telescope," after exposure to the freezing cold.

The last update is from a year ago
'WANTED: Research doctor in Antarctica'
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration … Antarctica

there is also a lot of science research online
https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ … 3/EP088352

‘White Mars’ – nearly two decades of biomedical research at the Antarctic Concordia station

There are places on Earth more dry than Mars, a desert at the South Pole.

The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of largely snow-free valleys in Antarctica, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound. The Dry Valleys experience extremely low humidity and surrounding mountains prevent the flow of ice from nearby glaciers. The rocks here are granites and gneisses, and glacial tills dot this bedrock landscape, with loose gravel covering the ground. It is one of the driest places on Earth and has not seen rain for nearly two million years.
https://www.universetoday.com/15031/dri … -on-earth/
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http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/co … fm?id=1283

After people land

Will the people of Mars ever get such a crazy musical

Review: In ‘Ernest Shackleton Loves Me’ at Porchlight, hipster meets explorer in this overly wacky musical
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertai … story.html

In the footsteps of Antarctic pioneers
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au … -pioneers/

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Re: Antarctica as a Mars Analogue

On the ISS a Space Freighter with Tons of Cargo Docks will dock bring supply including mail. So will there be a Mars postman giving people items from home. We know Mars is not like our Moon it is active, landslide or rumbles from a volcano maybe happened the last few tens of millions of years or maybe even as near as 50,000 years ago...we know Mars has quakes. Volcanic activity, or volcanism, has played a significant role in the past geologic evolution of Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter photographed lava flows interpreted in 2004 to have occurred within the past two million years, suggesting a relatively recent geologic activity.

Would you move 7,500 miles to work as a postman?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl … ctica.html

Australian volcano near Antarctica captured on satellite spewing lava
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n … ewing-lava

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Tourists

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) was founded in 1991 by seven companies.The primary goal of the association is to "advocate and promote the practice of safe and environmentally responsible private-sector travel to the Antarctic"
http://iaato.org/home
Since the group's inception membership has grown to over 100 members. In addition there are tour groups working outside the association which may not follow its safety and environmental guidelines.
A sinking ship article
https://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/20 … boom_N.htm

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Scientists Were Able to Grow Watermelons in Freezing-Cold Antarctica
https://robbreport.com/food-drink/dinin … 234878035/

Briton attempts longest solo unsupported crossing of Antarctica
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brit … -62j285x0b
A former marine will walk nearly 1,242 miles across Antarctica alone

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Sick Australian from Antarctic research station evacuated in urgent operation
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaki … 2e87871f8c

On Mars you might not have an option of a sudden trip home but perhaps a person could move from one base location to another base colony

Perhaps a film maker or musician group would travel all the way to the Moon or Mars just to be some of the first that does it, Metallica performed on all seven continents in a calendar year

An almost hour long documentary

'VK0IR Heard Island Antarctica hamradio Expedition 1997'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F66lJgViC2E

Some even have time to sing, play strings with external electric amplification play brass, make some rockin' beat tunes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvDJNg4-93A

A more professional video from the 'Heavy Metal', 'Hard Rock' group Production from Metallica, this was a concert tour linked to the Album called Metallica - Freeze 'Em All where they became the first band to play on all continents on Earth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs9z3fiXVFU
they have sold more than 125+ million albums worldwide, Metallica's concert at at Carlini Argentine Base in South Shetland Islands.

The islands have claimed ownership by the British, been claimed by the United Kingdom also claimed by the governments of Chile as part of the Antártica Chilena province and Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego Province.

There was recent news the Orkney Island news from Scotland and the Norwegian sea, they say might leave British no Queen or King of England but there are also 'South Orkney Islands' and others down at the South Pole.

Bouvet one of the most remote, a dependency of Norway

Arrival and departure from Bouvet Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7nbdhTDP4s

Kerguelen Islands, France's Kerguelen archipelago, a maritime nature reserve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxS2Bq7CMEM

Cold and Remote mostly used for science study, a collection of small islands. Rust and a Whale Area now in Decay, the Church looks well maintained, no permanent population but 30 live there, historical links to Earl of Sandwich and British and Argentine claims with an Argentina station removed by force. The Argentine claim over South Georgia contributed to the 1982 Falklands War, during which Argentine forces briefly occupied the island. Argentina continues to claim sovereignty over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands as part of the Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province. The location's name, meaning "pot bay", was coined in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition. The settlement has become a popular attraction for Antarctic cruise lines, with many tourists visiting the resting places of polar explorers Ernest Shackleton and Frank Wild in Grytviken's graveyard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7X-TN64Qb0

the other Polar region

Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden
https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/ar … en/126909/

Cold region, less sunlight but it looks great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-7w75LZY6s

The Arctic–Alpine Botanic Garden is the world's northernmost botanic garden.

It is located in Tromsø, Norway, and is run by the Tromsø University Museum. It opened in 1994. The garden displays Arctic and alpine plants

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