Episode 15: Antarctica Part 2 (It continues)

Published: Oct. 2, 2020, 7 p.m.

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In this episode of the podcast, I have talked more about Antarctica. But here is the catch I talked about if you remember that it is gonna be the final part of Antarctica but there are so many things to share with you. So I decided that I will continue the Antarctica series with more interesting episodes lining up. Here are the things that I described in this podcast.\\xa0
I have talked about:

  • Antarctica\\xa0
  • Antarctica Climate\\xa0
  • Wind Chill
  • The Antarctic Divergence
  • The Antarctic Convergence
  • Krill

Additional Info:
\\xa0Antarctica, and particularly the South Pole, attracts much interest in astronomical and astrophysical studies as well as research on the interactions between the Sun and the upper atmosphere of Earth. The South Pole is a unique astronomical location (a station from which the Sun can be viewed continuously in summer) sitting at a high geomagnetic latitude with unequaled atmospheric clarity. It possesses a thick section of pure material (ice) that can be used as a cosmic particle detector. Automatic geophysical observatories on the high polar plateau now record information on the polar ionosphere and magnetosphere, providing data that are critical to an understanding of Earth\\u2019s response to solar activity.
The volume of South Polar ice must have fluctuated greatly at times since the birth of the ice sheets. Glacial erratics and glacially striated rocks on mountain summits now high above current ice-sheet levels testify to an overriding by ice at much higher levels. General lowering of levels caused some former glaciers flowing from the polar region through the Transantarctic Mountains to recede and nearly vanish, producing such spectacular \\u201cdry valleys\\u201d as the Wright, Taylor, and Victoria valleys near McMurdo Sound.\\xa0

"Recognizing that it is in the interest of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord; ...the establishment of a firm foundation for the continuation and development of such cooperation on the basis of freedom, of scientific investigation in Antarctica as applied during the IGY accords with the interest of science and the progress of all mankind."

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