Antarctica
Life on the Ice & other science news....
Fri, December 14, 2007
Brrrrr. As the temperature plummets here at Divas East HQ, we are plotting a course for Antarctica - home to penguins and hot bed of climate change research- as part of the new documentary series we’re developing: Science Divas.
In the series we’ll profile women who are pushing the intellectual envelope, and we’ll provide a map for those interested in pursuing a career in science, math, engineering and technology. As always, we’ll endeavor to capture the grit, realities and passions of the ladies who are doing fieldwork all over the globe. Watch our site in 2008 for profiles and the full 411 on the series.
Until then (and continuing our cold theme) you might be interested in a new anthology that just came over our transom, Antarctica: Life on the Ice edited by Susan Fox Rogers. Yesterday we tuned in for a live-from-McMurdo interview with some of the contributors who reported on global warming, other-worldly silence, and the unique community of intrepid explorers and scientists that forms way down under. They declined to reveal the secret of how a girl pees when it’s 160 degrees below…..Anyone know?
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How to pee in Antarctica? That’s a well-guarded secret. But for the adventure divas of the world, I’m willing to let a few things out. Consider that there are no bushes or trees to hide/squat behind. The continent is not to be polluted, so squatting in the open is not ok. That means that when you are in the field your pee has to land in a nalgene bottle. The same color bottle they give you for your drinking water (don’t mix them up!). How to do that requires exceptional aim or help. Any ideas?