The Polar Discovery team has documented science in action from pole to pole during the historic 2007-2009 International Polar Year, and
covered five scientific expeditions. The science projects explored a range of topics from climate change and glaciers, to Earth’s geology, biology, ocean chemistry, circulation, and technology at the icy ends of the earth. Through
photo essays and
other multimedia, they explain how scientists collected data and what they discovered about the rapidly changing polar regions. From the awesome folks at
WHOI.
posted by netbros
on Nov 9, 2009 -
4 comments
Cool Antarctica is a site dedicated to all things Antarctic. There are
pictures (
penguins),
videos (including, among much else, an old
documentary about Edmund Hillary's and Vivian Fuchs' Transantarctic Expedition),
a history section focusing on the famous explorers (e.g.
Amundsen,
Scott,
Shackleton,
Charcot and
de Gerlache) and a
fact file, which includes what may be my favorite section, an
Antarctic slang dictionary (
degomble: removing snow that's stuck to clothing before going inside -
monk-on: a term for being in a bad, usually introspective mood, "he's got a monk-on" -
poppy: alcoholic beverage that is chilled with natural Antarctic ice). All this is but a taster of what's on the website.
posted by Kattullus
on Apr 29, 2009 -
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Unhappy Feet. Penguin populations around the world are crashing. Biologists are mystified but suspect warmer oceans caused by global warming is reducing available food.
posted by stbalbach
on Dec 23, 2006 -
36 comments
Penguins With Angst is the visual tale of a group of hoodlum penguins who vandalize a grain silo & threaten the life of Santa Claus.
Easter Sacrifice is a photostory of the kidnapping of the Easter Bunny & his eventual decapitation by the Dove of Peace. Both art projects courtesy of
Exclusionary, the online gallery of Jasper Thomas' work.
posted by jonson
on Dec 17, 2006 -
10 comments
Gay outrage over penguin sex test BBC News is reporting that gay rights activists are protesting the plans of a zoo in northern Germany to test the sexual orientation of "six male penguins which have displayed homosexual traits". Omitted from the BBC article is a summary of what the protesters are actually concerned about, but
The Scotsman is there.
posted by kcds
on Feb 14, 2005 -
48 comments
Friday Fun Might as well be Friday, really, especially in Texas where we're shutting down the state due to snow. Here's a fun, free online game where you can make penguins dive all day long without getting tired (you OR them). Highly reminiscent of playing too hard for too long doing the same thing over and over when you were a kid, except you don't have to wait for your turn. Or come home in wet, cold clothes crying. You're Everypenguin.
posted by sparky
on Dec 22, 2004 -
22 comments
"Penguins wobble" - a MeFi update (earlier thread
here) For those who wondered, Penguins do
not topple over backwards over when helicopters pass overhead. A small team of British researchers spent $36,000 and five weeks
finding this out. Another study is planned soon with fixed-wing aircraft.
posted by kokogiak
on Feb 2, 2001 -
2 comments
Mario's back! I'm a couple days late on this, but I just want to say that as a sports fan, I'm glad to see
Pittsburgh Penguins owner Mario Lemiuex has returned to the ice in style. He's a class act and a great player.
posted by snarkout
on Dec 29, 2000 -
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