Alexis Averbuck
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Oakland, CA, The United States
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“sorting out the meteorites from what we call the ‘meteorongs’ and ‘leaveorite’ (leave ’er right there) specimens.”
― Antarctica
― Antarctica
“Warren Zapol has been to Antarctica countless times and has led nine expeditions to study the diving mechanisms of the Weddell seal. This led to a treatment for hypoxic human newborns which is now used to save the lives of 10,000 babies each year in the US.”
― Antarctica
― Antarctica
“WWII interrupted the plans of many explorers, although a secret Nazi expedition in 1938–39, led by Alfred Ritscher, was dispatched to Antarctica by Field Marshal Hermann Göring. Göring was interested both in claiming territory and in protecting Germany’s growing whaling fleet. The expedition used seaplanes to overfly vast stretches of the ice sheet, dropping 1.5m darts inscribed with swastikas to establish sovereignty”
― Antarctica
― Antarctica
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