Hubris And Genius And Daring And Whimsy

Here are links to a number of things that I think are just amazing about being here. 


This one is a curious bit of history.  A short documentary about the efforts to figure
out just how to get around in Antarctica in some other way than walking. 
The Antarctic Snow Cruiser (16 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR0M7KjnJTE

And here is another that is a cool short about how the annual summer overland traverse
transports fuel and supplies to the Pole, across a round trip of over 1600 miles.
https://vimeo.com/171611894 (5 minutes)

This is also cool.  It is actually an advertisment for Hyundai, but it is definitely
more than that, as it puts a historical link that ups the cool by a magnitude.
Shackleton's Return (5 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J01mqggN0h8

Shackleton's Return making of (5 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TQDmtwNc6A

ICEFIN... this is just a short video showing deployment of an underwate drone.  Britney Schmidt,
the inventor, made the beta in her spare time during another trip to Antarctica a few years back,
and then took it to NASA to ask if they would pony up a grant for a better model... her dream?
To send this under the ice of Saturnian moon Europa.  I got to spend an hour talking to her and
her team in the lab the other day, which ROCKED.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a14572143/europa-icefin-aliens-antarctica/ 

And then for the whimsical... my favorite one from a collection of entries from stations all
over the continent, representing the playful creativity of several countries...
Antarctic 48 Hour Film Festival
Where The Wild Things Are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHnUSDqsVUE