MetaFilter posts tagged with McMurdo

Sea Stars

vronsky — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:46:20 -0800

Timelapse of swarming monster worms and sea stars (via)

A Squid on the Ice

ocherdraco — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:39:48 -0800

A Squid on the Ice. From fermion, an Antarctic mefite: "The continuing saga of Science and Adventure with the Squid (that's me) in and around Antarctica's McMurdo Station. Includes cool science, musings on Lovecraft, the logistics of Antarctic life, and lots of pictures. We're hoping to get out to the Dry Valleys sometime soon." [via mefi projects]

Things that go bump in the night.

bap98189 — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:40:27 -0800

As predicted and previously discussed, the world's largest collision took place in Antarctica when a 115km (71mile) long iceberg collided with the Drygalski ice tongue in McMurdo Sound. The resulting satellite photographs show the results of the collision quite clearly, but somehow fail to convey the sheer scale of the event.

Little people doing huge things

dirtylittlemonkey — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:45:51 -0800

Austrailian pilot stuck in Antarctica That story is interesting enough, but the background on the pilot (just your typical nurse-midwife homebuilt avionics adventurer) available here is fascinating. I love reading these stories about common folk following their dreams and accomplishing huge things. Dare I say inspiring? Lifted from SlashDot