Expedition set for Antarctic 'ghost peaks'

muriel_volestrangler

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Wed Oct-15-08 07:00 PM
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Expedition set for Antarctic 'ghost peaks'

The Gamburtsevs match the Alps in scale but no-one has ever seen them because they are covered by up to 4km of ice.

Geologists struggle to understand how such a massif could have formed and persisted in the middle of Antarctica.
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It is thought that as Earth's climate cooled just over 30 million years ago, the snows that fell on the mountains produced mighty glaciers, which then merged to form one giant spreading ice-mass.

A better understanding of these events could give clues as to how Antarctica might evolve in the coming centuries if, as expected, the Earth continues its current warming trend.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7668070.stm

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xchrom

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Wed Oct-15-08 07:04 PM
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1. very cool -- can't wait to see what the reports say. nt

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dipsydoodle

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Wed Oct-15-08 07:08 PM
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2. 4km of ice

is almost unimaginable. Makes you wonder how snowball earth must have been.

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mainegreen

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Thu Oct-16-08 07:36 AM
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6. Cold, I imagine.

And white.

:7

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Orsino

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Wed Oct-15-08 07:27 PM
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3. "Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!" n/t

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Orrex

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Wed Oct-15-08 11:44 PM
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4. Nice!

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mainegreen

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Thu Oct-16-08 07:39 AM
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7. If the dogs bark, run.

And stay away from the monolithic block architecture on that mountain over there.

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TechBear_Seattle

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Thu Oct-16-08 08:48 AM
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9. My first thought, too

For the unenlightened, read H. P. Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness.

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Orrex

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Wed Oct-15-08 11:47 PM
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5. Has Guillermo del Toro been notified?

Might affect his film making.

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moggie

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Thu Oct-16-08 08:06 AM
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8. Anyone from Miskatonic U involved?

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