Comments on: A Cold Place

A Cold Place

euphorb — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:18:13 -0800

Henry Kaiser visited Antarctica in 2001 and kept a photojournal. He brought back some amazing photos of ice towers, strange and gross creatures, ice caves, ice dives, and a South Pole exorcism, as well as videoclips. And if you liked those, there are more photos of the icy continent here.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:38:47 -0800

This is great. I love people who a) have the stones to live down there and b) tell us about it, in pictures and/or words. Also? The pic linked to "gross"? THE THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:19:56 -0800

What kind of assmunch takes a 12-string, notoriously hard to keep in tune, to the fucking South Pole? I mean, I'm sure that playing the guitar at *all* makes this guy a sex-god in his pasty-scientist circles, but seriously, if I could channel the thoughts of his guitar, itself, they would go something like this: "You ASSHAT!" P.S. Cute idea using the Pole as a slide, really, Jimi would be proud, but with those gloves on, it's pretty obvious he wasn't actually playing jack shit. This guy is King of the Doofi.

By: jhiggy

jhiggy — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:54:52 -0800

Scarabic, Mr. Kaiser is a genuinely serious guitarist and ethnomusicologist. I'd be guessing, though, the guitar at the Pole was mostly for his own amusement and sanity. Check out his musical background at AllMusic.com.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 06:08:09 -0800

Excellent post. This is the kind of thing I love most about Mefi. Thanks for posting it euphorb.

By: bshort

bshort — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:04:25 -0800

Wolfdaddy, according to the title of the picture it depicts amphipods(?) eating a seal head. I'm going to have nightmares about that. I just know it.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:22:28 -0800

Why do people that want people to look at their photos insist upon posting them in a size too small for proper viewing? With regret, I avoid all sites that do this, no matter how tantalizing.

By: taz

taz — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:41:52 -0800

Nice post, euphorb!

By: culberjo

culberjo — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:01:22 -0800

Kaiser went down there as part of the NSF Antarctic Artists & Writers Program--now accepting grant submissions, I believe. Checkout fellow artist Norbert Wu's work on PBS.

By: kenko

kenko — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:25:29 -0800

Scarabic, you have no idea how funny that is.

By: jennaratrix

jennaratrix — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:01:50 -0800

For some strange reason these remind me of a friend's pics at Burning Man a few years back - right down to the little green alien guy inserted into pictures for yuks. Maybe not so strange - Antarctica and the Black Rock Desert are both pretty barren. The sky scapes and the false perception of distance due to the air clarity are very similar. Oh who am I kidding; it was just the little green alien guy and the goofy poses. Great post.

By: Songdog

Songdog — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:20:58 -0800

All amazing. I especially like the shots of 120 mile horizons from Erebus.