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White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia

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Pacific Ocean blocking high contorts the jet stream.
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Los Angeles wildfires. What’s the role of climate change?

  (part of the text below includes my latest newsletter regarding the recent Los Angeles wildfires – with edits. This blog expands on it.) Like many folks, I’ve been tracking …

US McMurdo Station seen from Observation Hill, 2024
Antarctica / Marie Byrd Land / Mighty Bad Land / White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia / Zealandia

What kind of jobs exist in Antarctica?

What kind of jobs exist in Antarctica? Matty K. Jordan wrote an ebook called How To Get a Job In Antarctica. It’s free and online. He is a project manager …

Marie Byrd Land / Mighty Bad Land / White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia

Where’s the toilet in Antarctica?

People ask at my book signings for “Mighty Bad Land“: where’s the toilet in Antarctica? Of course, if you were exploring and not at a research station, the answer is …

Mighty Bad Land / Sea Level Rise / White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia

ExxonMobil and climate crises – redux

  The Earth’s climate and inhabitants are suffering more than usual this summer, and the immediate future might worsen. As of July 2023, the World Weather Attribution (WWA) project has …

What’s it like to live in a Scott Polar tent in Antarctica?
Marie Byrd Land / Mighty Bad Land / White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia / Zealandia

What’s it like to live in a Scott Polar tent in Antarctica?

I lived in a Scott Polar tent for many weeks, and over several periods, during the early 1990s. I had a tent mate, Dave, and four other companions living in …

Marie Byrd Land / Mighty Bad Land / Sea Level Rise / White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia

How does it feel to see Antarctica for the first time?

How does it feel to see Antarctica for the first time?   To see Antarctica, you must travel there. Tourists who want to visit do so through South America, but …

Mount Luyendyk is a summit in the western Fosdick Mountains of the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica. It forms a prominent exposure in the northwestern Iphigene massif.
Marie Byrd Land / Mighty Bad Land / White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia

Where is Mount Luyendyk?

Where is Mount Luyendyk?     Mount Luyendyk is a summit in the western Fosdick Mountains of the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica. It forms a prominent …

Adélie penguins at Sulzberger Bay, Marie Byrd Land. Photo B. Luyendyk
White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia

Penguins are cute but stay back!

Penguins look cute but stay back! I encountered penguins on many occasions in the Antarctic, on sea ice, rocky shores, and the adjacent seas. It’s fun to see them. However, …

Christine Smith Siddoway stands by the wreck of Byrd’s Fokker, Virginia, in the Rockefeller Mountains adjacent to Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Photo was taken during expedition GANOVEX VII in 1992.
Mighty Bad Land / White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia / Zealandia

Wreckage of airplane used by Richard Byrd lies in a lonely Antarctica snowfield

  How did Byrd’s airplane end up near Marie Byrd Land? The wreckage of one of three airplanes Richard Byrd took to Antarctica lies in a lonely snowfield of the Rockefeller …

Marie Byrd Land West Antarctica
Mighty Bad Land / Sea Level Rise / White Ocean of Ice: Finding Zealandia

Where is Marie Byrd Land and who was she?

Where is Marie Byrd Land? On February 21, 1929, The New York Times quoted Richard Byrd naming newly discovered lands in Antarctica “Marie Byrd Land.” Marie Byrd Land is a …

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