Author Archive
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05.07.2013
Glove, sweet glove
When people find out that I work in Antarctica, one of the first questions they usually ask is how I manage to stay warm while living and working outside in such cold temperatures. With the many layers of wool, down and synthetic clothing we wear, it is actually fairly easy to keep warm in even […]
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02.07.2013
“Were there dinosaurs in antarctica?”
postcard & image ©Colin Monteath www.hedghoghouse.com
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02.01.2013
Jana Stefan – Antarctic Heritage Trust
Jana Stefan speaks of the Antarctic Heritage Trust, how and why it came to be and its importance to the conservation of Antarctic heritage and history. “At the turn of the twentieth century Antarctica was the focus of one of the last great races of exploration and discovery. The heroic era of Antarctic exploration (1895 […]
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01.31.2013
“Are there giant squid there?”
postcard & image ©Colin Monteath www.hedghoghouse.com
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01.01.2013
Jana Stefan – August, Ross Island, Antarctica
Jana Stefan discusses the how, where and when of her upcoming trip to Ross Island, Antarctica and what she anticipates to see when she gets there. http://explore.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/
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10.26.2012
“What will you eat?”
postcard & image ©Colin Monteath www.hedghoghouse.com
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10.26.2012
“How do you keep your drinking water from freezing?”
postcard & image ©Colin Monteath www.hedghoghouse.com
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10.26.2012
“Where is the toilet?”
postcard & image ©Colin Monteath www.hedghoghouse.com
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10.26.2012
“How do you get food? Are there any plants? What do killer whale eat?”
postcard & image ©Frank Todd www.hedghoghouse.com
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10.26.2012
“What sort of animals live in Antarctica?”
postcard & image ©Colin Monteath www.hedghoghouse.com
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10.26.2012
“Are you going to see penguins? what kind of penguins will you see? How many differant species of penguins are there in Antarctica? did you see a poalar bear or a penguin yet?”
postcard & image ©Colin Monteath www.hedghoghouse.com
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10.26.2012
“Why do whales go to Antarctica?”
postcard & image ©Colin Monteath www.hedghoghouse.com
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10.01.2012
An Ocean of Ice
Because the only way for the early explorers to approach the Antarctic continent was by ship, all of the historic sites that we work on are situated on the coast. And because the landscape surrounding these sites consists mostly of extremely rough and rocky volcanic cliffs, the easiest way to travel around Ross Island is on the sea ice.