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Ups And Downs In The White Continent

The wild brutality and immense beauty of Antarctica is the only one in this planet. Man’s wars have never bloodied this very continent. But this white continent which boasts to be greater than the territories of Europe and America combined together, more violent deaths than natural have occurred among men, with the intense cold rendering it germ free most of the time. But then we now see this white continent to be a land where men of antagonistic political faiths work together in harmonious concert, making it a land of contrasts, these people striving to be warm and comfortable as they stay three inches away from 100 below zero temperatures that’s capable of freezing warm blood in less than ten seconds.

Your Guide To Working And Settling In Antarctica

If you want to be in hundred-degree weather in the middle of summer, you go two places - Dallas, Texas, or the South Pole.But at the South Pole it will be 100 degrees below zero.Consider it this way, it will be sufficiently cold to freeze exposed skin in mere seconds.

There are 28 people stationed at the South Pole for six months knowing that they will have no sunlight, virtually no contact with the outside world and no way to get away.They’re meant to keep the American polar base in good condition, as well as observe and record scientific data.Advancements in technology and communications are changing their work.


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