Comments on: Chilean Antarctic Institute’s Midwinter Greeting http://bigdeadplace.com/frontierwatch/?p=114&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chilean-antarctic-institutes-midwinter-greeting News and Commentary for Antarctic stations Thu, 07 May 2009 05:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anonymous http://bigdeadplace.com/frontierwatch/?p=114&cpage=1#comment-385 Anonymous Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:50:59 +0000 http://bigdeadplace.com/frontierwatch/?p=114#comment-385 True enough. On the other hand, I am sure that it has not escaped you that *our* esteemed leader didn’t even make a perfunctory effort this year (and his recent greetings struggled to reach the standard of “perfunctory.”)

]]> By: Nick http://bigdeadplace.com/frontierwatch/?p=114&cpage=1#comment-384 Nick Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:17:15 +0000 http://bigdeadplace.com/frontierwatch/?p=114#comment-384 Thanks A, you’re right.

In the Sistine Chapel painting, God is on the right. The Chilean Antarctic Institute reversed the image to match the shapes of the continents better.

In the reverse, with Chile representing Man’s lifeless hand, it would seem that Chile, among all other nations, has been chosen by God.

In any case, traditional Midwinter greetings are charming for their informal friendliness, whereas this one has territorial overtones.

]]> By: Anonymous http://bigdeadplace.com/frontierwatch/?p=114&cpage=1#comment-383 Anonymous Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:07:39 +0000 http://bigdeadplace.com/frontierwatch/?p=114#comment-383 Actually, I think you’ve got it backwards: God’s hand is the Antarctic.

]]> By: Ben http://bigdeadplace.com/frontierwatch/?p=114&cpage=1#comment-331 Ben Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:55:56 +0000 http://bigdeadplace.com/frontierwatch/?p=114#comment-331 Heard a rumor that, starting next summer, McMurdo will only be selling wine and beer in the store and booze will only be sold at the bars due to budget cuts. Where this becomes problematic is for the winter when the bar is B.Y.O.B. most of the nights.

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