- A planned meeting with supporting dog teams from the base camp failed, despite Scott’s written instructions, and at a distance of 162 miles (261 km) from their base camp at Hut Point and approximately 12.5 miles (20.1 km) from the next depot, Scott and his companions died.
- Antarctica (Wikipedia)
Antarctica (/ænˈtɑːrktɪkə/) is Earth’s southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi).
- brr (brr.fyi)
Hi! This blog is a place for me to record interesting things about Antarctica. During 2022-2023, I deployed to Antarctica to work on IT projects. This was my first year on the ice.
- The Norman Vaughan 100th Birthday Antarctic Expedition (normanvaughan.com)
Admiral Byrd named a mountain in Antarctica after Norman Vaughan. In December of 1994, Norman set food on the Mount Vaughan summit 3 days before his 89th birthday! Now he has another dream that keeps him going and he is sure to achieve: to return to Mount Vaughan for his 100th birthday!