Watch Brine Icicle form at the Bottom of the Sea

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Scientists in Antarctica used a time-lapse camera to capture the formation of a brinicle — an icicle made from brine. As the salty water sank, it froze, forming a spike of brine down to the seafloor. As it grew over several hours, the brinicle killed everything in its path, including numerous unlucky starfish.

Link -Via: Geekosystem | Via: Neatorama

Icebound: 10 Amazing Antarctica Abandonments

Considering the small population of the continent, Antarctica has a lot of abandoned settlements. In such extremely low temperatures, it is much easier to leave structures and possessions behind than to take them with you when you leave. Harsh conditions also preserve what is left, since bacteria and mold that break down materials elsewhere on earth can’t survive in Antarctica. Camps and settlements abandoned 100 years ago still sit, appearing just as they did when they were in use. The hut shown was left by Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1909. See and read about ten of these places at WebUrbanist. Link, Via: Neatorama

(Image credit: Noah Stryker)

Boing Boing travels to Antarctica

On his trip to Antarctica, Alek O. Komarnitsky took these wide-angle shots of Adelie Penguins walking by a Boing Boing logo he set down in the snow. LINK: Boingboing

Wide-angle shots of Adelie Penguins walking by BoingBoing sign in Antarctica.

Antarctica Time lapse: A Year on Ice

Time-lapse video filmed in Antarctica, in and around McMurdo Station and Scott Base.
Each year the sun is below the horizon for 4 months in the middle of winter, and above the horizon for 4 months in summer. During the couple of months in between we have more-or-less normal days.
Includes shots of auroras and the very rare polar stratospheric nacreous clouds, which form when ozone depleting gases crystallize in the upper atmosphere in the intense cold.
Summer population is about 1200 people, winter about 200. LINK: Youtube

Amazing Antarctica pictures

Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14.4 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice, which averages at least 1.6 kilometers (1.0 mi) in thickness. LINK

Emperor Penguins in Western Antarctica

Popularised by the 2005 film March of the Penguins, penguins are to the Antarctic what the polar bear is to the Arctic. LINK

Scenes From Antarctica

Down in Antarctica, November marks the end of spring, the beginning of austral summer, and the beginning of Antarctica's cruise season. The Sun just rose for the first time in 6 months on September 22nd, and is now visible in the sky all the time. LINK