Here are two links to my favorite Antarctic Scientist.
If it were not for her encouragment I would not be here now. I cannot thank her enough.
Dr Kathy Licht 2
Oct 24 Last Sunday evening I attended a lecture by
Dr Brent Christner from the Dept of Bio Sciences at LSU. He studies life in extremely cold climates. He explained
that the old view of Antractica as a sterile dead place is changing to a view that Antarctica is teeming with
life, albeit microscopic life. He explained that large amounts of liquid fresh water exists under the Antarctic ice
sheets and that these lakes may hold many unknown species of life. Here is a link to his research.
Oct 8 Every
Sunday evening in McMurdo a scientist gives a public lecture on the research he or she is doing in Antarctica. Last
evening I attended a fascinating presentation by Dr Paul Ponganis from Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He has been
coming to Antarctica for years to study Emperor Penguins. Emperor Penguins can dive deeper than 1800 feet and stay underwater
for 20 minutes in their hunt for fish. Here is a link to some of his findings on Emperor Penquins.
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"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small
people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great".
Mark Twain
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