Sep
4
Aurora borealis and aurora australis are the northern lights and southern lights. Admire the above picture showing the aurora australis above Antarctica, seen from a Japanese ship.
Aurora Australis
Aurora australis is also known as the southern lights from Antarctica. It’s an atmospheric phenomenon displaying a diffuse glow in the sky in the southern hemisphere. It’s caused by charged particles from the sun interacting with the magnetic field of the earth.
Aurora Australis is also the first book ever written, printed, illustrated and bound in the Antarctic.
The book was written during the British Imperial Antarctic Expedition or the Nimrod Expedition (1908–09) led by Ernest Shackleton when their Antarctica expedition over-wintered at Cape Royds on Ross Island.
The Aurora Australis is also an icebreaker.
It’s not an Antarctica cruise ship. The Aurora Australis is a multi-purpose research and re-supply ship, built by P&O Polar. It has a hangar and helideck to carry three Squirrels or two Sikorsky S-76 helicopters.
Aurora Borealis
Similar to the aurora australis but seen in the northern hemisphere. These are the more famous greenish "northern lights" you can witness in the night sky.
Every time there is an aurora in the north there is also an aurora in the south.
Please leave a comment when you have more questions about the aurora borealis and aurora australis.
Apr
5
How to get a free Antarctic cruise?
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Well, you need to be:
- a citizen of Malaysia, a scientist,
- it helps to be a woman and
- you need to be totally devoted to go on an Antarctica vacation,
- OOPS you need to be totally devoted to go on a polar research mission…
Polar Research Malaysia
Each year, Malaysia sends an average of 14 scientists to the Arctic and Antarctic. The participants in these Antarctic expeditions are scientists and postgraduate students of which 70% are women.
Most of them undertaking this Antarctica travel are young and very determined. (so I do wonder what the ones are doing there who are not determined to visit Antarctica???)
So if you are crazy about Antarctica but never think of spending the money for going on an Antarctica vacation, why not divert your Antarctic passion into becoming an Antarctic scientist and being paid to go on Antarctic expeditions?
Polar Bears
Polar Bears : Suhaila, Sheeba and Leela
Our above 3 "polar bears" of Malaysia (from the National Antarctic Research Centre) just came back from their first scientific Antarctica travel. You can read how these 3 Malaysian women experienced their Antarctic expeditions in our next posts. For the skeptics amongst you: there is much more involved than counting how many penguins there are on Antarctica…
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