# So I'm Going To Antarctica... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002 "2005-06-20T05:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CMiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CMiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMiller)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/41 "2006-01-11T06:17:09Z")
Greetings Dopers! I have returned to the States, safe and sound. I will give a more detailed account in the next few days, but let me say that the trip was amazing. I had several moments of ‘Holy shit, I’m actually walking on Anarctica’. My favorite part was actually riding around in the zodiac rafts and checking out the icebergs. The blue of the ice was something I’ve never seen before. I took approximately 700 pictures and short 640x480 videos. I’m going to begin sorting through them this week, but it will take a few days. Does anyone have recommendations about photo services? The photos are roughly 2mb each and I’d like to preserve their resolution so everyone can get the best view posible. Also, Quark will be publishing a CD of the historians photos in about a month which should have additional, professional quality photos. I’ll be sure to post them when I get them. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/42 "2006-01-11T07:58:47Z")
Welcome back, and I’m looking forward to the pictures. [Photobucket](http://photobucket.com/) might be a good place, and [Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/) is astoundingly popular as well. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/43 "2006-01-11T15:21:51Z")
May I interrupt this thread to say, “Wow! Cool!”? Wow! Cool! Thanks. I’m looking forward to seeing the photos. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/44 "2006-01-11T15:42:56Z")
> [@js\_africanus](#): > > May I interrupt this thread to say, “Wow! Cool!”? > > Wow! Cool! > > Thanks. I’m looking forward to seeing the photos. “Cool”? Antacrtica? :smack: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/45 "2006-01-11T15:50:15Z")
I’ve been posting holiday pics over on [http://photos.yahoo.com](http://photos.yahoo.com) myself. > [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > “Cool”? Antacrtica? :smack: :rolleyes: First, it’s “Antarctica”. Second … _:: kicks Bosda in the shins ::_ Boo! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/46 "2006-01-11T15:54:56Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Why on Earth would they station a polar bear skeleton in Greenland? Ask the USAF. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/47 "2006-01-11T16:00:54Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I’ve been posting holiday pics over on [http://photos.yahoo.com](http://photos.yahoo.com) myself. > > First, it’s “Antarctica”. > Second … _:: kicks Bosda in the shins ::_ Boo! 😛 HEY! I’m typing in work gloves, here! ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/48 "2006-01-11T18:26:15Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > “Cool”? Antacrtica? Well, then I’ll have to steal a line from _The Young Ones_: That’s absolutely icebox! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/49 "2006-01-11T18:32:04Z")
> [@js\_africanus](#): > > Well, then I’ll have to steal a line from _The Young Ones_: That’s absolutely icebox! It’s Penguin Cr@p, that’s what it is. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/50 "2006-01-11T18:40:29Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > It’s Penguin Cr@p, that’s what it is. :dubious: Jerzy Balowski is penguin crap? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/51 "2006-01-11T19:23:33Z")
> [@js\_africanus](#): > > Jerzy Balowski is penguin crap? No, just your quick-frozen jokes. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/52 "2006-01-12T03:19:22Z")
Did you happen to meet a female professor from northern Ontario with some outdoor education university students in tow? ---
**Author:** ![CMiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CMiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMiller)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/53 "2006-01-12T06:22:55Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Did you happen to meet a female professor from northern Ontario with some outdoor education university students in tow? No, can’t say that I did. TERRIBLE UPDATE: My hard drive has crashed along with all my photos. And no, I didn’t back them up in the 3 days I’ve been back. :smack: In the event that it won’t boot up again I’ll be taking it to a data recovery service; there’s no way I’m going to lose these pictures. Any advice on how/where to get that done if need be? Thanks in advance. I think I’m going to cry… ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/54 "2006-01-12T06:27:14Z")
How awful **CMiller**. I hope you can recover them all. ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/55 "2006-01-12T15:07:53Z")
There are data recovery services that can help you, but it may not be time for that yet. What is your computer? Mac, PC? System version? Laptop or desktop? ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/56 "2006-01-12T16:57:17Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > No, just your quick-frozen jokes. 😉😃 You’re killing me, man. I haven’t made any jokes. ---
**Author:** ![CMiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CMiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CMiller)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/57 "2006-01-13T14:35:00Z")
> [@MrFantsyPants](#): > > There are data recovery services that can help you, but it may not be time for that yet. What is your computer? Mac, PC? System version? Laptop or desktop? You are indeed correct. After letting my computer sit for a day or so I managed to get it to boot up long enough to transfer my photos to an external hard drive. I have a new computer arriving next week and will upload my photos then. My brother is also uploading his shots soon; I’ll post that link as soon as I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/58 "2006-01-13T15:10:50Z")
Phew! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/59 "2006-01-13T20:05:21Z")
That’s good news. I look forward to your antarctic pics. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002/60 "2006-04-19T03:51:30Z")
Sorry to bump this slightly old thread, but what happened to the pictures, man? We’ve been waiting for months for pictures. Months! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-going-to-antarctica/309002.md?page=4)