Posted in Media, Politics on Nov 23rd, 2012 No Comments »
“We all know that Centrix makes dentistry easier, but does that mean that we have to travel to the South Pole to do so? [Dr. Bob] from Colorado says YES! He’s shown here holding a box of Encore® A/F, our self-cure composite core buildup material, and a Centrix E/Z™ syringe.” [...] “…and of course, Centrix [...]
Posted in Media, Politics on Sep 2nd, 2012 No Comments »
Who goes there? Science, fiction, and belonging in Antarctica by Elena Glasberg is, in part, an ice-pertinent and comprehensive review of John Carpenter’s “The Thing”: Tracing this story of the threatening alien ‘thing’ through its two filmic iterations – The Thing From Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982) – this article examines the implicit [...]
Posted in Media, Politics on Aug 30th, 2012 No Comments »
From the essay “America Dreams” by Connie Samaras: Although only about 10,000 people have been to the South Pole since it was first explored, per capita it may be more photographed than Disney World. I did not encounter one person, support personnel or researchers, who did not have a camera. Once my identity was established [...]
Posted in Denver, Media, Polar Programs, Politics on Jun 1st, 2011 No Comments »
In this report (pdf), Oklahoma Senator Tom A. Coburn identifies “over $3 billion in mismanagement at NSF”. Newspapers such as The Washington Times focused on McMurdo jell-o wrestling as a particularly egregious and ridiculous waste of taxpayer dollars. Senator Coburn’s report describes: In their spare time NSF employees have been jello-wrestling in Antarctica at the [...]
Posted in Media, News, Popular Antarctica on Mar 19th, 2011 No Comments »
Recently a Norwegian yacht named “Berserk” went missing in the Ross Sea, as did three of its crew. Two survivors of the expedition, Jarle Andhoy and Samuel Massie, were going to ride quad bikes to the South Pole at the end of the Antarctic summer in celebration of Roald Amundsen’s 100th anniversary of planting his [...]
Posted in Media, Videos on Jan 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Posted in Denver, Media, Politics on Apr 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
According to Raytheon’s corporate website, RPSC’s ten-year mission has been a success, as defined by performance statistics from seven years ago, as well as these little jewels: The joint Raytheon/NSF Six Sigma team achieved project improvements in four main areas: Creating a health-and-safety-conscious culture. This endeavor included training to improve the “safety culture” on the [...]
Posted in Denver, Media, News, Politics on Mar 10th, 2009 3 Comments »
One of the more curious dynamics of Antarctic habitation is that a polar base is typically funded and run by large organizations, who depend upon a population of workers who cannot “leave” their place of employment. Your average Wal-Mart employee understands that their employer has policies and regulations governing their behavior, dress, and mores at [...]
Posted in Media, Videos on Feb 17th, 2009 No Comments »
