Ice Station Zebra

Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.
pics taken from Arctic Technology by Christian Houge.
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In between dealing with all things technological in the Dabbler engine room, Worm writes the weekly Wikiworm column every Saturday and our monthly Book Club newsletters.

9 thoughts on “Ice Station Zebra

  1. Gaw
    September 21, 2010 at 13:24

    Unsettling air of expectancy to many of these pictures. It’s as if those devices are waiting for something…

  2. jmchugh@imf.org'
    Jim
    September 21, 2010 at 14:59

    This reminds me of my long held ambition of travelling to the Antarctic. It is possible for $30k. However, it means taking a cruise from Cape Horn.

  3. johngjobling@googlemail.com'
    malty
    September 21, 2010 at 18:10

    The Arctic appears to have more aerials than that block of council flats overlooking Kennington Oval. Photies give it an ethereal quality, a feeling of vast stillness, Living there, you must have to like white. No problems keeping frozen chips for a long time.

  4. dassurbanipal@yahoo.com'
    Vern
    September 21, 2010 at 19:48

    I knew a chap (a medic) who lived there for about nine months or so. He found it very depressing, alienating and started to lose his mind.

  5. info@shopcurious.com'
    September 21, 2010 at 21:46

    As usual, breathtaking photography – and these photos are especially cool, worm. Thank goodness we’ve got lots of wonderfully warm woolly tights at ShopCurious.

  6. Worm
    September 21, 2010 at 22:12

    I like to think that these satellite dishes are picking up juicy mobile phone messages to relay back to the News of the World (allegedly)

    They remind me somewhat of the images used in Raymond Briggs’ ‘When the wind blows’.

    Very Cold War

  7. Worm
    September 21, 2010 at 22:13

    and Susan…might just take you up on the tights offer…if you have any that would fit a 6 foot 5 bloke???

  8. andrewnixon@blueyonder.co.uk'
    September 22, 2010 at 09:11

    My brother-in-law spent a year in the Antarctic as an astronomer. He said everyone drank heavily – they had a generous weekly booze ration.

  9. nurr40@gmail.com'
    September 25, 2010 at 03:12

    first post

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