James McClintock: "Lost Antarctica"
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-09-18/james-mcclintock-lost-antarctica
Giant predatory worms, 50-foot algae, sea spiders and leopard seals are some of the creatures living between the ice and snow of Antarctica. A leading expert on Antarctica explains what's in this fragile ecosystem and why it's under attack.
Guests
James McClintock
marine biologist and professor of polar and marine biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Read An Excerpt
From Lost Antarctica by James McClintock. Copyright © 2012 by the author and reprinted by permission of Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Comments
Please familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct and Terms of Use before posting your comments.
Had a friend who worked at McMurdo station 35 years ago as a cook. He came back with the greatest stories. Digging his own sleep cave 6 feet under the ground. In great sleeping bags with his nose sticking out, herding penguins etc. He also had a story about being the member of the 300 club where workers and scientist ran around the magnetic south pole butt naked from a temperature of 180 in the sauna to 120 below zero. Not sure whether I have the temperatures correct but a 300 degree temperature difference. Doctor were on hand if you started to croak.....Does this club still exist? Are you a member?
what is the status of international agreements in regard to how the land down there is divided up for different countries to work on. How often are there international studies where countries work together? And we read about the desire to eventually divvy up the resources...oil etc? Please discuss