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Posted on 7/24/24 at 1:45 pm to 0x15E
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Not really that odd if you think about Antarctica as a place where it would be a logistical nightmare to land an airplane.
Airlines have to follow ETOPS procedures, meaning if they lose an engine they have to be able to make it to another airport safely on the life of the remaining engine.
Are flight paths over the Atlantic ocean altered to follow ETOPS procedures? Seems like there is a lot of nothingness unless taking a northern route.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 1:50 pm to DeBoersTheMan
All the other continents have continental shelves at about the same distance below sea level. Antarctica's is considerably and consistently deeper. The Russians were the first to give this minor publicity.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 1:52 pm to DeBoersTheMan
At the rate it’s melting, 70% of Antarctica will be gone by 2032.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 3:03 pm to 0x15E
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So basically, airlines say, why take the risk?
Air New Zealand used to run flightseeing trips from Christchurch down over Antarctica. Until 1979 when one of the planes slammed into Mt. Erebus and killed 257 people. That was the last time that an airline went down that way.
I went there on an expedition ship last year and it was pretty awesome. They limit landings to 100 people so the ships tend to have fewer than 200 passengers and take two turns with the landings. Ships with more than 500 passengers can't make landings on Antarctica, or South Georgia island (which to me is even more interesting than Antarctica). Around half the people on our ship had problems with sea sickness but it was mostly on the leg to South Georgia. By the time we got to the Drake passage almost eveyone was fine. Coming back in the Drake passage was ROUGH, but I enjoyed it by then and was out on deck taking photos of the Albatross.
A few years ago an expedition ship had a passenger develop a serious medical condition. He had to be flown by helicopter to a nearby airstrip, and a plane was chartered to fly him to Argentina. The bill for the rescue was $2 million. The passengers insurance covered half a million. The tour company ended up having to cover the $1.5 million left over which nearly bankrupted them. Since then it is mandatory to have a large medical evacuation policy.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 3:10 pm to cyarrr
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Are flight paths over the Atlantic ocean altered to follow ETOPS procedures? Seems like there is a lot of nothingness unless taking a northern route.
Depends on the type and route
Posted on 7/24/24 at 5:45 pm to Shamoan
Can we get whoever patrols Antarctica's border to patrol our southern border? 
Posted on 7/24/24 at 5:48 pm to Obtuse1
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Funny that the reason I went to Antarctica was to climb Vinson Massif (one of the Seven Summits) which is over 16k ft and higher than anything in CONUS.
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Obtuse1
Dude always has a story. Was waiting for you to check in.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 5:49 pm to Tigris
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Tigris
Your post is better than anything else in this thread. I’m checking out.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 5:51 pm to kciDAtaE
Y'all don't want to know the truth...
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 7/24/24 at 6:14 pm to DeBoersTheMan
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Has anyone on the OT visited Antarctica?
No, I’d rather not go to jail.
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it's illegal to travel to the continent and you can be placed in jail for visiting (1 year per offense)
Posted on 7/24/24 at 6:18 pm to RaginCajunz
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Who even enforces that?
Cook County DA Kim Foxx?
Posted on 7/24/24 at 6:28 pm to RickAstley
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I was surprised to learn that Antarctica was discovered in 1820
Antarctica is on maps from the 1500s.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 6:32 pm to DeBoersTheMan
I’ve been there a few times but never stayed longer than a few hours.
Went in August and it was -72°F and I didn’t even leave the plane. I did stick my head out and was immediately met with frozen eyelashes and a perfect red circle on my face from my ski mask hole.
Went in January and it was about 20°F and honestly super nice out. The “snow” there is really just ice like a snowball.
Went in August and it was -72°F and I didn’t even leave the plane. I did stick my head out and was immediately met with frozen eyelashes and a perfect red circle on my face from my ski mask hole.
Went in January and it was about 20°F and honestly super nice out. The “snow” there is really just ice like a snowball.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 6:38 pm to Obtuse1
quote:I had a conversation with someone years ago who was trying to make all seven summits. The remoteness of this one sounded daunting (and expensive). Care to share your story? Did you make the summit? How many of the seven do you have left?
Funny that the reason I went to Antarctica was to climb Vinson Massif (one of the Seven Summits)
Posted on 7/24/24 at 6:52 pm to DeBoersTheMan
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In total around 5,000 live there in the summer and 1,000 people in the winter.
1,000 too many in the winter.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 6:56 pm to Godfather1
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quote:Has anyone on the OT visited Antarctica?
No, I’d rather not go to jail. quote:
it's illegal to travel to the continent and you can be placed in jail for visiting (1 year per offense)
This poster is lazy.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 6:57 pm to DeBoersTheMan
How do they protect their air space?
Posted on 7/25/24 at 8:32 am to LSURussian
I added one more photo to my post on page 2.
The photo is of a rock formation on the Antarctica Peninsula at the edge of the water called "Una's Tits."
The story of how it got that name as told to us by one of the crew members is that early Norwegian explorers who passed by the formation said it reminded one of their shipmates of his wife back in Norway name Una.
The photo is of a rock formation on the Antarctica Peninsula at the edge of the water called "Una's Tits."
The story of how it got that name as told to us by one of the crew members is that early Norwegian explorers who passed by the formation said it reminded one of their shipmates of his wife back in Norway name Una.
Posted on 7/25/24 at 8:49 am to DeBoersTheMan
Something is going on down there.
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