Famous Shipwreck Found 10,000ft Under the Antarctic Sea Antarctica’s famous shipwreck, The Endurance, was recently found in the Weddell Sea. At a depth of 10,000 feet below the surface of the polar waters, the wreck is still in pristine condition. The Endurance, guided by Captain Shackleton, sank back in 1915. Shackleton had planned to attempt the first crossing of the White Continent from the Weddell Sea via the […] Brains Aunika Skogen | March 11, 2022 0 Comments
Colorado Fourth Grader Skis Antarctica on Way Towards Breaking World Record On February 1, 2022, a fourth-grade elementary school student, Keira Lipp, climbed up and skied down two different sides of a mountain in Antarctica, putting her one continent away from breaking the world record of the youngest person to ski all seven continents. Keira and her father traveled with adventure company White Desert by plane from Cape Town, South Africa, […] SnowBrains | February 3, 2022 0 Comments
Antarctica Just Had its Coldest Winter on Record While many areas of the world suffered record-breaking heatwaves, wildfires, and drought this summer, one area was at the other extreme. Antarctica just had its coldest winter on record. Related: Come Ski & Snowboard Antarctica With SnowBrains in November 2022 1/1 Extraordinary coreless winter (April – September) at South Pole Station. The average as been -61.1 °C the coldest ever […] SnowBrains | October 7, 2021 3 Comments
The Secret World Beneath Antarctica’s Ice Antarctica may be the world’s most mysterious continent, a frozen world free from permanent human development or habitation. The unforgiving environment holds the world’s record low temperature of −128.6 °F(−89.2 °C) set in 1983 and is consistently the coldest, driest, and windiest area on Earth. Despite the unique attributes of the surface, scientists have increasingly been drawn to the land hiding […] Brains Lucas Gauthier | August 5, 2021 0 Comments
Trip Report: Skiing Sunny Antarctica With Ice Axe Expeditions 2019 Sunshine. Copious amounts of gorgeous, revealing sunshine. 2019 was my 4th trip in a row to Antarctica where the trip was mostly sunny! We skied powder, soaked in mind-bending vistas, ate delicious food, hung out with penguins, watched whales fly, and smiled a whole helluva lot. ***If interested in skiing/riding Antarctica in 2021, please email me: Contact@SnowBrains.com ***Vaccinations are required.*** […] Trip Report Miles Clark | August 3, 2021 0 Comments
For the First Time in 2-Years, There Are Currently Ski Resorts Open on 6 Continents For the first time in two years, there are ski resorts open across six of the globe’s seven continents. Ironically, the continent with the most snow and ice, Antarctica, is the only continent without an operating ski resort. Related: Photo Tour: It’s Dumping in Africa! Ski Resort Gets First Major Snow of the Season Corralco in Chile opened yesterday, kicking […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 30, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: Sizing Up a Tabular Iceberg This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Kathryn Hansen In terms of size, only one iceberg can reign supreme at a time—a position recently held by Iceberg A-76 in the Weddell Sea. When the ‘berg calved from Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf in May 2021, it became the largest iceberg floating anywhere in the world. Related: […] Brains SnowBrains | June 3, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Tracking a Huge Antarctic Iceberg’s Epic 1,500-Mile Journey [arve url="https://youtu.be/JxdcBNp0cTE"] SnowBrains | April 22, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
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