US/Swedish expedition to explore Amundsen Sea ecology and potential ‘polynyas’

Tuesday, December 14th 2010 - 17:12 UTC

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In a complex example of “science diplomacy,” teams of U.S. and Swedish scientists are sailing this month aboard two research vessels to study the ecology of the Amundsen Sea, one of the least-explored and most productive bodies in Antarctic waters, and to gauge the potential effects of a changing climate on the Southern Ocean. Read full article

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Denrich
Watch out Argentina, Sweden & the USA are muscling in on the South Atlantic.

Today...research

Next year...military bases.

jajajajajajaja
Dec 14th, 2010 - 05:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Argentina has no interests in the South PACIFIC Ocean....:-)

Jet another Turnip.................
Dec 14th, 2010 - 07:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Redhoyt
“ ... Antarctic Peninsula ...”

Argentina has no interest here ...... well that's interesting!
Dec 14th, 2010 - 11:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
What's wrong with you Bruts and Geography?
Can't you read a map? :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AmundsenSea.jpg
Dec 14th, 2010 - 11:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Redhoyt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Peninsula

All my old maps are covered in red :-)
Dec 15th, 2010 - 01:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Red, white and blue do you mean?
Dec 15th, 2010 - 06:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Redhoyt
;-)
Dec 15th, 2010 - 11:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Lease2740
Great to see them going into the area and checking things out! I was on the crew of the USS Glacier who went into the Amundsen and Billinghausen seas around 1960,to map the coast and and do bottom serveys. It was neat being the 1st humans to investigate a place,wasn't many places left to be the first to see it.
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Marcos Alejandro
#5 Rotted“All my old maps are covered in red ”

What map are you looking at? I guess this 1800's one...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/English_imperialism_octopus.jpg
Or are you talking about red ink?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/English_imperialism_octopus.jpg
Dec 15th, 2010 - 09:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Redhoyt
:-)
Dec 16th, 2010 - 05:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Denrich
@ 2 Think.

“Argentina has no interests in the South PACIFIC Ocean”

Maybe not at the moment, but it's only a matter of time before another imiginary claim is invented.
Dec 17th, 2010 - 11:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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