Comments on: More on the flight to Antarctica http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2011/11/30/more-flight-to-antarctica/?src=fromthefield-rss NASA scientists are in the field and write home to tell about it. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Lora Koenig http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2011/11/30/more-flight-to-antarctica/comment-page-1/#comment-28064 Lora Koenig Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:20:45 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=2957#comment-28064 Geraldo,
A good way to look for geographic names in Antarctica is the through the USGS Geographic Names Information System for Antarctica at this link: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:1:3615130060882871::NO:1:P1_SHOW_ANTAR,P1_SHOW_ADV,P1_SHOW_FIPS55:Y,,

Putting in your friend’s name with a slightly different spelling of Ehrenspeck comes up with the following result:
Mount Ehrenspeck: One of the Cathedral Peaks, a group of summits that form a portion of the wall on the east side of Shackleton Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. This peak (2,090 m) stands 2 mi SW of Mount Kenney. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Helmut Ehrenspeck, geologist with the Ohio State University Party of 1970-71 which geologically mapped this vicinity.

The location is given as 84.46S and 175.35W.

It is truly a great honor for a scientist to have geographic features named in their honor in Antarctica.

Lora

]]> By: Geraldo A. Lobato Franco http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2011/11/30/more-flight-to-antarctica/comment-page-1/#comment-28059 Geraldo A. Lobato Franco Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:20:33 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=2957#comment-28059 Hi Lora,
many years ago I had a geologist friend who went to the South Pole.
Ever since I learned that Helmuth Eherenspeck has died, but someone or another told me that his name was given to a local mountain, else, a geographic feature.
I have no means to confirm this.
Is it possible that you do it in my behalf and of that of UCSB Geology Department? For sure they will be glad to know it.
Thanks, and happy new year!
Geraldo

]]> By: Roland Bursey http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2011/11/30/more-flight-to-antarctica/comment-page-1/#comment-25848 Roland Bursey Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:55:11 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=2957#comment-25848 The white bunny boots are great, I have worn them without socks for a
full day, walking and on snow machine, with temp at -15 F. Really warm.

]]> By: Lora Koenig http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2011/11/30/more-flight-to-antarctica/comment-page-1/#comment-25002 Lora Koenig Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:04:10 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=2957#comment-25002 Geraldo and Preabruth,
We travel to Antarctica as part of the US Antarctica Program (USAP) which is run by the National Science Foundation (NSF). We submit a proposal to do science and if it is funded, the NSF allows us on the flights to Antarctica. The following link has jobs and opportunities listed by USAP for those interested in traveling to Antarctica. http://www.usap.gov/jobsandopportunities/
In recent years private tour companies have also started to offer trip to Antarctica which I am sure can be researched on-line.
Lora

]]> By: PREABRUTH KANHYE http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2011/11/30/more-flight-to-antarctica/comment-page-1/#comment-22572 PREABRUTH KANHYE Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:07:02 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=2957#comment-22572 It appears to be a very interesting trip. I would like to venture there.

Will you tell me how much it costs and about its organization?

Thank you.
Best regards.
P. KANHYE

]]> By: Geraldo A. Lobato Franco http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2011/11/30/more-flight-to-antarctica/comment-page-1/#comment-22525 Geraldo A. Lobato Franco Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:57:29 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=2957#comment-22525 Hi.
How can I get a seat in one of these flights? Are they available to the rest of the world?
I’m not sure I could pay for it, but, would you let me know how I could work for paying for it, at the best American tradition of doing one’s own dishes (or something like it…)
I could bring my own lunch . . .
Thanks,
Geraldo.

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