http://pilotgcseradicalgeography.co.uk/2006/11/13/processes-processes-confused-and-public-notices/ GCSE Geography Pilot/OCR A Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:57:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://pilotgcseradicalgeography.co.uk/2006/11/13/processes-processes-confused-and-public-notices/#comment-441 Christmas Shopping and Superman.. at pilotgcseradicalgeography.co.uk Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:00:17 +0000 http://pilotgcseradicalgeography.co.uk/2006/11/13/processes-processes-confused-and-public-notices/#comment-441 [...] I thought in the original movies Superman’s Earth home, the ‘Fortress of Solitude’, was based in the Arctic, not in Antarctica, which Lex Luther in the new movie discovers. Surprisingly, Luther is able to land a helicopter on pack ice at the edge of the ice shelf and enter the Fortress! As for their clothing, don’t do there. I would have thought that the Fortress being within the ice shelf would be a problem, i.e. basal slippage and calving. But hey, he’s Superman. [...] [...] I thought in the original movies Superman’s Earth home, the ‘Fortress of Solitude’, was based in the Arctic, not in Antarctica, which Lex Luther in the new movie discovers. Surprisingly, Luther is able to land a helicopter on pack ice at the edge of the ice shelf and enter the Fortress! As for their clothing, don’t do there. I would have thought that the Fortress being within the ice shelf would be a problem, i.e. basal slippage and calving. But hey, he’s Superman. [...]

]]> http://pilotgcseradicalgeography.co.uk/2006/11/13/processes-processes-confused-and-public-notices/#comment-337 Ghost Mountains - The work of scientists. at pilotgcseradicalgeography.co.uk Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:53:36 +0000 http://pilotgcseradicalgeography.co.uk/2006/11/13/processes-processes-confused-and-public-notices/#comment-337 [...] Alan Parkinson gave me this tip-off about the survey of the Gamburtsev mountains in Antarctica, the size of the Alps, extending 1,200 km and reaching heights of 3,400km, but covered by 600m ice. Scientists suggest that the mountains may have been the starting point for the development of the ice sheets in Antarctica, over 30 million years ago. There is a nice animation of ice sheet development on the continent in the article. [...] [...] Alan Parkinson gave me this tip-off about the survey of the Gamburtsev mountains in Antarctica, the size of the Alps, extending 1,200 km and reaching heights of 3,400km, but covered by 600m ice. Scientists suggest that the mountains may have been the starting point for the development of the ice sheets in Antarctica, over 30 million years ago. There is a nice animation of ice sheet development on the continent in the article. [...]

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