Science 'Ghost peaks' emerge from the ice

[Notebook]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7908824.stm

Scientists have completed their mission to map one of the most extraordinary mountain ranges on Earth.

Hope they don't get more than they bargained for:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness

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[SiberianTiger]

This is interesting what Antarctica looked like 30 million years ago.

 

[Ghostrider]

Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!

 

[Notebook]

Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!
Was the repetion neccesary? It scared the whits out of me the first time!

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[Ghostrider]

It scared the whits out of me the first time!

Well, it is somewhat eldritch.

 

[Notebook]

You've lost me there Ghostrider! I'll have to go back to the novel
I read H.P Lovecraft, enjoyed all of it, and Edgar Allan Poe, and HGWells....scary stuff in all ways.

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[Dig Gil]

Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!
(...) It scared the whits out of me the first time!

WTF? What does that mean?

That discovery (I've never heard about) is a pretty good on, makes me remember the film "The Day After Tomorrow" (stuff freezes too quickly) eheheh.

 

[Notebook]

You think thats bad, have a look at:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(1959_film)

If you can still get it!

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[tblaxland]

You think thats bad, have a look at:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(1959_film)

If you can still get it!

N.

Ah, the book was better, and you can still get it (in hardcover, too!):
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Beach-Nevil-Shute/dp/0899683657/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235604676&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: On the Beach: Nevil Shute: Books[/ame]

 

[Dig Gil]

Is the 2000's remake the same?

 

[Notebook]

Only film version I know was the Black/White one done in the late 50's early 60's. Dosen't appear on the telly much, should get a DVD of it before the nitrate disintegrates.

I'd be surprised if they did a remake, it wasn't a cheery film, not a happy ending. Quite powerfull at the time.

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[Dig Gil]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(2000_film) fftopic:

 

[Notebook]

I guess they did:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(2000_film)

Sounds like they changed quite a bit, should have kept it in the time period, makes more sense. Haven't seen it of course....

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[JamesG]

Not really much of a surprise if you don't let presumptions lead you by the nose. "Antartica's" current position and ice cap is a relatively recent occurrence. Also glaciation is likely to have accentuated mountain building not reduced it.

 

[Notebook]

So the mountain range may have been there at some pre-Antartic era, and drifted into that position?

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[JamesG]

Most probably. Antarctica is one of Earth's primordial continental plates. It has drifted around like the others since the planet first cooled. So between continental drift and perhaps "pole shift" (a more contriversal theory that Earth periodically tips on its axis) the place has a much more interesting history than as the snow ball we see today.