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Antarctica: A Flying Tour of the Frozen Continent

by: Alex Kekesi

Publication date: 2001

Topics: Animation Screening Room 2001

Publisher: GST

For 18 days during the Southern Hemisphere spring of 1997, a NASA-launched Canadian satellite called RADARSAT collected pieces of a puzzle that will help scientists study the most remote and inaccessible part of the earth -- Antarctica. Scientists have now put the puzzle pieces together to form the first high-resolution radar map of the mysterious frozen continent. With detail to the point of picking out a research bungalow on an iceburg, this new map has answered scientist's questions about the icy continent, and has also raised new questions about strange and fascinating features never seen before.

Credits

Ken JezekMarte NewcombeStu Snodgrass

Contact Information: Alex.Kekesi@gsfc.nasa.gov http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ""Code 935, Bldg. 28, Rm. S121"" Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States 301-286-4583 Fax: 301-286-1634

Addeddate: 2002-07-24 00:00:00

Collectionid: at140_35_antarctica_a_flying_tour_of_the_frozen_continent

Director: Alex Kekesi

Identifier: Antarcti2001

Numeric_id: 2231

Proddate: 2001

Run time: 0:05:00

Type: MovingImage

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Reviewer: Jim in Elyria Ohio - - April 3, 2005
Subject: Rather boring

I think the scale of what is being covered is too great for the run time of the piece. You lose perspective very quickly.

Reviewer: Arensky - - January 17, 2005
Subject: A Real Grabber!

This piece is astounding. The problem is that it's so blasted short. I wish it could have been much longer. I was so engrossed in it that it was over before I even knew it. Parents: If your kids are studying geography in school, download this picture and show it to them. In fact, I would recommend this film for anyone with even a passing interest in Antarctica. It's truly a land of mystery.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - August 4, 2004
Subject: Brrrr...

Surprisingly easy sit through tour of Antarctica. I was quite engrossed at the animation and the "we won't waste your time" narration. The film offers an excellent education on just how barren the whole thing is.

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