But the freezing process leaves behind cold, dense water that sinks to the sea floor, forming part of an oceanic current that drives circulation on a global scale. The discovery of the hidden world under Antarctica was made at The Ross Ice Shelf. Brian's high strangeness experiences flying cargo and rescue in Antarctica were in the 1983 to 1997 time period and included several observations of aerial silver discs darting around over the . This Extraterrestrial UFO Prank Was PERFECTLY Executed! The Snow Cruiser, built in just 11 weeks the summer of 1939 at a cost of $150,000, was to be the ultimate mobile Antarctic base. All rights reserved. What has happened in Commonwealth Bay may be echoed around the continent in the future. The Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute did not respond to FoxNews.com requests for information on the status of the team, information that did not surprise Priscu. Some of these, like the warming effect of water . TUCKER CARLSON INTERVIEWS ED DOWD (COMPLETE, UNEDITED INTERVIEW). Williams noticed that a lot of kids visiting his practice shared some characteristics in addition to their cardiovascular problems, they also had similar facial features and were especially friendly and outgoing. Monday, March 18, 2002, web news release at 5:25 AM EDT And other expeditions find bodies in Lop Nur all the time though to date none of them have turned out to be Peng. Particle Accelerator Reveals Beginning of Time, The Russian ship they were aboard was freed by better weather this morning, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. But there aren't any good theories to explain why the boat might have gotten into trouble in the first place, especially considering the good weather and its captain's extensive experience. Vostok Station boasts the lowest recorded temperature on Earth: -129degreesFahrenheit (-89.4 degrees Celsius). Warm water is getting into the weakest parts of the glacier and making it worse, Cornell University scientist Britney Schmidt, a lead author on one of the papers, told Reuters. Simple observations told unhappy stories. Currently: -45 F. ACTIONS YOU UNDERTAKE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ANY ANALYSIS, OPINION OR ADVERTISEMENT ON THIS SITE ARE YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY. Antarctica is often considered the coldest, driest, and iciest place on Earth. That morning Brian received a surprising and disturbing phone call. which did not respond to requests for comment this week, remains unclear. "We just wanted to let all our family and friends know there is no risk to the vessel and everyone is well," he wrote on the expedition's website. At any rate, one such disappearance was the case of Boris Weisfeiler, a mathematician who decided one day that Pennsylvania winters were just too danged warm so he was going to go hiking in the mountains of southern Chile. We've received your submission. 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Every now and then one of them pokes out accidentally and photographs are taken, but by the time anyone looks again, the snow is heaped back over it and it disappears from view. The glacier is still in trouble despite small amounts of melting there is still rapid glacier retreat, so it seems that it doesnt take a lot to push the glacier out of balance.. For Russian geologist Vladimir Rusanov, it was Northern Sea Route fever. Its a remarkable achievement and one that will hopefully continue to shed light on this cold and mysterious part of the world. Several times, they all saw rapidly moving silver discs over the Transantarctic Mountains. Princess Elisabeth research station in Antarctica faces wind speeds of up to 155 mph and temperatures as low as -58F. Temps are dropping below -40 Celsius [-40 degrees Fahrenheit] and they have only a week or so left before they have to winterize the station, Dr. John Priscu professor of ecology at Montana State University and former head of the Whillans Antarctic exploration program told FoxNews.com via email. The teams last contact with colleagues in the unfrozen world was six long days ago, and scientists from around the globe areunsure of the fate of the mission and the scientists themselves as Antarcticas killing winter draws near. Fortunately though, from what we learned later, it seems that a lot of work was not harmed, Turney said. The icebound crew of the Akademik Shokalskiy made headlines but, a year on, the fruits of their expedition are revealed. The team from Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) have been drilling for weeks in an effort to reach isolated Lake Vostok, a vast, dark body of water hidden 13,000 ft. below. extremely weird creatures had been found in deep-sea vents off the coast of Antarctica including hairy-chested yeti crabs that feed . You see this remarkable transition with the expansion of sea ice. Davis added that the joint studies could can help make more accurate projections about sea level rise, which can be fed into efforts to mitigate climate change and protect coastal communities. They are running out of time to complete the drilling this year, Pearce said. Brian holding U. S. flag next to the metal pole with yellow top that marked The actual well head itself would be enclosed by a tent, he said, and scientists would sleep in tents as well. Built by an ancient and powerful race and hidden under the ice. When youre outside, its extremely cold minus 30, minus 40, microbiologist Dr. David A. Pearce told FoxNews.com. More data is being crunched by the Shokalskiy team. That weekend, Brian returned to his home in Phoenix, Arizona, and on Monday, June 6, was back at his aerospace job, while I was still at CONTACT. But Williams seems to have voluntarily disappeared, and it was probably because of a spurned marriage proposal. A group of scientists discovered ancient viruses frozen in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China, and most of them are unlike anything ever seen before. In 1980, Amundsen-Scott Station cook Casey Jones died. Chinese, French and Australian icebreakers hurried to the scene only to be defeated by the ice floes themselves. Like so many other stories of mysterious disappearances, though, we won't know until Alexandrov either comes out of hiding or rises from the dead. Here's a list of a few (more or less) modern scientists who are still missing today. Nobody lives in Antarctica permanently. So the mystery is still unsolved, and the only thing we know for sure is it's probably a bad idea to go hiking alone in the foothills of southern Chile. Akademik Shokalskiy. AmundsenScott South Pole Station. Three scientists were riding a Muskeg tractor across the tundra in 1965 when the vehicle plunged into a crevasse, killing everyone on board. But the specks were not due to faulty equipment. There's more to Antarctica than we bargained for. "We're trying to make the best of it, really." The hidden world was found over 1,640 feet below the surface of the ice in Antarctica. To survive the extreme colds there, scientists wear as many layers as possible and do everything they can to work indoors. Located in an area called Wilkes Land on Antarctica . EVERYTHING OLD IS Q AGAIN VIDEO: Loading from Exposing Corruption: LISTEN!! In 2000, documents came to light that suggested Weisfeiler might have been abducted and murdered. Brushlinski, who was also a member of the Russian Academy of Science, was killed on January 28 by what authorities simply . He confided to one friend that he felt threatened and was considering leaving Nepal for his own safety. The actual well head itself would be enclosed by a tent, he said, and scientists would sleep in tents as well. Alvin Stone, the expedition's media and communications manager, said that morale remained high following the rescue. He claims that a collaboration between humans and aliens exist, and that the Antarctica is a major research ground for these incredible collaborations. Brian entered the U. S. Navy in 1977, and retired 20 years later in 1997. And he did tell his friend that he felt like his life was in danger, which seems incompatible with a solo trek into the wilderness. Hewas known for his work with Thakali traders in the upper Kaligandaki river valley and as a professor at Tribhuvan University in Nepal. Antarctic scientists carry Iridium satellite phones for communication, he said, but there are spots without coverage. Often, the only person who can say what led to a disappearance is the missing person, so it's impossible to do much more than speculate about some cases. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. 'The men had intended to make a day trip reconnaissance in fine weather, returning to Petermann Island that day, in which case they would have had survival sacks and limited food and fuel, but not a full field camping outfit with them,' Laws said. We wouldn't have got into Mawson's hut if we hadn't had those Argos." That was all in real time, live, so we can actually bring Antarctica to the public back at home. That New Years Eve an interview with expedition leader Chris Turney was beamed live to Times Square in New York. Its not just physically challenging, its psychologically challenging, Pearce said. Scientific samples and measurements from the voyage are being turned into research papers that reveal striking changes at the southern ice cap. What B09B has done is effectively fast track an area of East Antarctica and given us an insight into what the rest of the place might be experiencing if the trend continues, Turney said. The research station, established by the United States in 1955, is situated near Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, named for a British naval officer who was part of the expedition that first charted . Thesearch team even located a missing camel that had been almost completely buried by shifting sands. If you're stricken with summit fever, nothing will dissuade you from the summit, not even life-threatening illness, because Everest is your dream, and dang it, it cost you a lot of money to get there. Percy Fawcett, besides having the most English name of all time, was a geographer and archaeologist searching for the City of Z, a lost civilization he believed was hidden somewhere in the Amazon. 10 - The Pyramids of Antarctica. 'Never in a million years' would they have expected it, the lead scientist said. Author Douglas Fox accompanied them on an eventful eight-week trip and . Alexandrov wasn't just any physicist (as if there's such a thing as "just any physicist") he came up with the mathematical model for nuclear winter. Which is why scientists are trying to learn more about it. The scientists also found an underwater glacial landscape with staircase terraces and crevasses that are contributing to the recession of the glacier. Passengers and scientists stomp an area of ice next to the Akademik Shokalskiy for a makeshift helicopter landing pad in readiness for evacuation from the trapped ship in Antarctica. Stranded far from home, those aboard the Shokalskiy faced danger amidst the spectacular ice. When they re-appeared, Brians flight crew was assigned to pick them up, and all were silent and appeared scared. CAMBRIDGE, England -- Three British scientists, presumed dead in Antartica, may have fallen through thin sea ice more than a week ago, officials said. As I noted above, Antarctica is often considered one of, if not the coldest, driest, and iciest places on Earth. Image courtesy Brian. 00:25. Two studies published in the journal Nature found that deep cracks and staircase formations in the ice are melting at a faster rate due to rising temperatures, though the pace of melting underneath is slower than previously believed. Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Florida's statewide recount began Sunday morning after a three-hour delay amid a series of technical glitches with Broward County's counting machines. He also said a group of. They are formed when huge slabs of ice are pushed off the land onto the ocean surface. The voyage was meant to retrace the steps of Douglas Mawson, the great polar explorer and scientist who led the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911. Sounds impressive. They need to be out by the 6th of February, Pearce said, when winter sets in and temperatures drop another 40 degrees centigrade. Brian: Brian: And the voice on the other end of the line said, Is this Brian?. Mutch's body was never recovered. 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Dr. Anton Padalka told authorities in Switzerland that the researchers discovered a bizarre and deadly life form dubbed Organism 46-B - Now a defecting Russian scientist had surfaced with a mind-bending account of what REALLY occurred when he and his colleagues went missing for five days in a mysterious lake 12,366 feet beneath the Antarctic ice. Gray's wife hired an underwater search team, Olfactory Receptor Response to the Cockroach Sexual Attractant, Wind-tunnel study on attraction inhibitor in male Coleophora laricella Hbn. Because he vanished nearly 100 years ago and even if he ended up living in a luxurious jungle palace where he ate only vegetables and seafood and never developed cancer or scurvy or fell on anything sharp, he still died of old age some time between 1947 and 1987, if you're being optimistic. This rough-looking vessel carries some 30 scientists; four Zodiac boats; three tracked, floating, all-terrain vehicles called Argos; and an assortment of scientific equipment. According to the BBC, the last time anyone saw or heard from Weisfeiler was in January 1985. Throughout history, just about every explorer or scientist with a dream gets some version of summit fever, whether it's lost city fever or desert fever or cockroach pheromone fever. Scientists announced the discovery of the fossilized trees in Antarctica's Transantarctic Mountains in November. The land of snow and ice was once a flourishing continent. A couple ships went out in search of Rusanov in the years that followed, but the closest anyone ever came to learning the fate of the ship was a few "personal effects" found on Popova-Chukchina Island, and awooden column on another island inscribed with the ship's name, "Gerkules." Technically, this dude is dead. The freshly created ice blows out to sea, as if on a production line. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. 3. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. More justified were complaints that the expedition had disrupted the scientific work of other teams, principally those affected by the diversion of the several nations icebreakers who arrived to help the Shokalskiy. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, On top of providing evidence of a vast ecosystem beneath the ice, nobody expected to find any kind of life there, let alone a hidden world under Antarctica. They need to be out by the 6th of February, Pearce said, when winter sets in and temperatures drop another 40 degrees centigrade. Jim Gray went on a sailing trip in 2007 and was never seen again. Commonwealth Bay has experienced substantial changes in recent years. According to UFO Hunters, not only s Antarctica home to Pyramids, oddly shaped structures, and disc-shaped objects, there is a 150-mile ANOMALY hidden deep beneath the continent. When the weather gets bad, they. You look at satellite information, you look at trends and what the data's showing, you keep an eye on the weather the whole time. Of course not all missing scientists vanished in the line of duty some of them vanished on their days off and some of them probably vanished on purpose. I dont think theres anything sinister or ominous, Pearce said. (Weather station: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica). The NASA Ames Research Center even volunteered to steer a high-altitude aircraft over the search area. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Vostok is right in the center of the Antarctic platter, he said, situated somewhat to the East. [ Editors Note: Antarctic Development Squadron Six VXE-6, or ANTARCTIC DEVRON SIX was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, with forward operating bases at Christchurch, New Zealand and McMurdo Station, Antarctica. A core crew remained behind to sail vessel home once conditions allowed. New research indicates a possible Antarctic location for ice that seemed to be missing at a key point in climate history 34 million years ago. Search parties failed to locate him, and his colleagues concluded he'd met with some kind of accidental death, and then proceeded to divide up all of his stuff. 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