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
Come Ski & Snowboard Antarctica With SnowBrains in November 2022 SnowBrains’ CEO Miles Clark will be guiding two trips to Antarctica in November 2022. ***If interested in skiing/riding Antarctica in 2022, please email us: Contact@SnowBrains.com The first trip is already sold out: November 3-15, 2022. The 2nd trip from November 24- December 6, 2022, has space, and it will be truly epic, as usual. This 2nd trip will sell out. […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 28, 2021 0 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 Andrew | 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 SnowBrains | April 22, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
NASA: The Story Behind the New Iceberg Twice the Size of Chicago This post first appeared on NASA’s Earth Observatory Site Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf finally calved a large iceberg in February 2021, two years after rifts opened rapidly across the ice and raised concerns about the shelf’s stability. The break was first detected by GPS equipment on February 26, 2021, and then confirmed the next day with radar images from the […] Brains SnowBrains | March 4, 2021 0 Comments
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