tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75575166504329013372024-03-12T20:41:46.322-07:00Antarctica, White Heart of our Planet"....that fabulous, awesome and in some ways exquisitely beautiful last frontier" Charles NeiderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557516650432901337.post-82719525108166123182007-12-16T12:15:00.001-08:002008-12-25T15:52:54.812-08:00THE LARGEST POLAR RESEARCH PROGRAM IN 50 YEARS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfyK7SWrGULyXtEtLS5fd7AFKtpnhmf-7br_HRQ_UBdUiJNcjK9ZkxODdW8Ttrm31vunWHJf_j9GaUBfr8tpvUyChadqgTphRcvzs_BBnZNNMTTjNAUV1oAeUX-EX5IGgT1R76SyEUJw/s1600-h/IMG_0008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfyK7SWrGULyXtEtLS5fd7AFKtpnhmf-7br_HRQ_UBdUiJNcjK9ZkxODdW8Ttrm31vunWHJf_j9GaUBfr8tpvUyChadqgTphRcvzs_BBnZNNMTTjNAUV1oAeUX-EX5IGgT1R76SyEUJw/s400/IMG_0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144667166138758258" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >This is the official website of the book <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Antarctica, White Heart of the Planet"</span>. I published the book (in collaboration with Brigitte Huard) to celebrate the <a href="http://www.ipy.org/">Fourth International Polar Year</a> (IPY) and raise the public awareness on the Antarctic, the last great wilderness on Earth.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The International Polar Year is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from <span style="font-weight: bold;">March 2007</span> to <span style="font-weight: bold;">March 2009</span>. IPY, organized through the <a href="http://www.icsu.org/">International Council for Science</a> (ICSU) and the <a href="http://www.wmo.ch/">World </a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.wmo.ch/">Meteorological Organization</a> (WMO), is actually the fourth polar year, following those in 1882-3, 1932-3, and 1957-8. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >In order to have full and equal coverage of both the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Arctic</span> and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Antarctic</span>, IPY 2007-2008 covers two full annual cycles from March 2007 to March 2009 and will involve over <span style="font-weight: bold;">200 projects</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">with 60.000 scientists from over 60 nations </span>examining a wide range of physical, biological and social research topics. It is also </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuUlid-U1OFFpxw_AzFhb_kCTy2s8A8gwkY_gqokQIMGBzGvukAd9c1CawUJy00p3lkSnLaJagZtE37AyMHDFcsafGQOSjzI0x-Hd3KioPHWK8lXQ8KO4crvCzLEXY6M8x6-qDc36ZxM/s1600-h/image001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuUlid-U1OFFpxw_AzFhb_kCTy2s8A8gwkY_gqokQIMGBzGvukAd9c1CawUJy00p3lkSnLaJagZtE37AyMHDFcsafGQOSjzI0x-Hd3KioPHWK8lXQ8KO4crvCzLEXY6M8x6-qDc36ZxM/s400/image001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144872456985572562" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >an unprecedented </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >opportunity to demonstrate, follow, and get involved with, cutting edge science in real-time. The campaign aims to educate and involve the public while helping to train the next generation of engineers, scientists and leaders. IPY 2007-2008 will initiate a new era in polar science with a stronger emphasis on interdisciplinary research including physical, ecological and social sciences, and strong partnerships with indigenous communities and educators.<br /><br />THIS BOOK HAS BEEN SELECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR OFFICE (CAMBRIDGE, UK) TO BE IN THE <span style="font-weight: bold;">IPY POLAR BOOKS COLLECTION</span>. SEE THE LINK TO THE RIGHT.<br /></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557516650432901337.post-24950157294194906362007-12-16T12:11:00.001-08:002008-12-25T15:51:29.603-08:00ANTARCTICA, WHITE HEART OF OUR PLANET<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iEaSgYsN7i55EYsdD76Zp1mJ4xHsJ7LaeUhPn3tFyLx98X2C55OlFTrRUvLDU1ArSeclq8QLazLCMpygNthZZzZJHdrctMeo8VQ0i1eE0l8J8KxNRP6ixOhpSaIagzm0csMsBQsgUu4/s1600-h/SIMION-ANTAR1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iEaSgYsN7i55EYsdD76Zp1mJ4xHsJ7LaeUhPn3tFyLx98X2C55OlFTrRUvLDU1ArSeclq8QLazLCMpygNthZZzZJHdrctMeo8VQ0i1eE0l8J8KxNRP6ixOhpSaIagzm0csMsBQsgUu4/s400/SIMION-ANTAR1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144666259900658786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MQLQnTmAZSQUbiFuoUR7HcSWdeA6L79d-DI6VkExi28Fsyk9d230tSkHOv4zEWTggSRoezUZ4TBP9_4MRTHhUE4iN_-O9Ma4F8vsn7NGE2aiCBwmetF69iN8GDJylXnHXyeqURbh1e0/s1600-h/SIMION-ANTAR2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MQLQnTmAZSQUbiFuoUR7HcSWdeA6L79d-DI6VkExi28Fsyk9d230tSkHOv4zEWTggSRoezUZ4TBP9_4MRTHhUE4iN_-O9Ma4F8vsn7NGE2aiCBwmetF69iN8GDJylXnHXyeqURbh1e0/s400/SIMION-ANTAR2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144666156821443666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >This book of photographs (dimensions: 28 cm x 32 cm - 224 pages ) is entirely focused on the</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >ANTARCTIC and is designed for the general public. It is one of a kind book, with a stunning selection of pictures taken by some of the World renown photographers. The book is divided into four main chapters: </span></span></div><div face="trebuchet ms" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: lucida grande; text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> 1) The Continent</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">2) History of Exploration</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">3) Life in an extreme environment</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">4) A continent of Peace, dedicated to Science</span><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" > These four chapters are illustrated with a selection of pictures taken by photographers (including myself) from many different countries; being a Photo editor as well as a photographer I also made the photo selection, choosing the most spectacular photos I could </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">find (among the photographers are: </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.yannarthusbertrand.com/">Yann Arthus-Bertrand</a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.lanting.com/">Frans Lanting</a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.ingoarndt.com/">Ingo Arndt</a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.georgesteinmetz.com/">George Steinmetz</a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.paulnicklen.com/">Paul Nicklen</a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.hedgehoghouse.com/">Colin Monteath</a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.mindenpictures.com/">Tui de Roy</a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">, </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.stephanecompoint.com/">Stéphane Compoint</a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"> and others).</span><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Yann Arthus-Bertrand is the world-renowned author of "The Earth from Above"; while Frans Lanting, Paul Nicklen, Ingo Arndt are World Press Photo winning awards. Many </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">photos are spread on double-pages.</span> </span></p><div style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">T</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">here are 4 main texts, plus 10 interviews with scientists and other professionals, all from different countries, involved with the Antarctic. At the end of the book is a 32 pages Encyclopedia. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The foreword was written by <a href="http://www.jeanlouisetienne.fr/">Jean-Louis Etienne</a>, a well-known French doctor and pol</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">ar explorer who crossed Antarctica in 1989-90 with 5 other people from different nations, to draw the attention to the Antarctic Treaty. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Jean-Louis Etienne has climbed the Erebus and reached the North Pole on skis, and will soon fly over the Arctic Ocean in an Airship, to study the effects of Global warming on pack ice. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The most important thing for me was that the photographers and those interviewed should come from different countries, and not from a single nation, since the key word in Antarctica is “collaboration”. All the major science projects are international. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The book is published in France by Editions Belin and in Italy by Giunti Editore.</span></span></p><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: justify; font-family: lucida grande;"> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </div><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><a href="http://www.ipy.org/"></a></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">LINK: http://www.ipy.org/index.php?ipy/detail/polar_books</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557516650432901337.post-60316621778522190482007-12-15T11:53:00.001-08:002008-12-11T23:16:16.068-08:00LOOK INSIDE: THREE DOUBLE PAGES OF THE BOOK<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyYC82RT1aLA4HAyeqw-kj7uni7x5ZwRMHxmDwcu-2V66QlaLPoZFAwlZrTWleBNRXWesVeTpyXVLGe6F7uS_fkB3HqQPHBlaqwrskpABLm7hMq1EnON16v2Y3GeojyBwa72FjsVOsDE/s1600-h/sommaire.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyYC82RT1aLA4HAyeqw-kj7uni7x5ZwRMHxmDwcu-2V66QlaLPoZFAwlZrTWleBNRXWesVeTpyXVLGe6F7uS_fkB3HqQPHBlaqwrskpABLm7hMq1EnON16v2Y3GeojyBwa72FjsVOsDE/s400/sommaire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144290493211931522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >ADMIRE</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >THE STUNNING BEAUTY of the Antarctic landscapes</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Photo: Yann Arthus-Bertrand/Altitude</span><br /><br /></div><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrttVn8TzF0vIdtPA7tnPwj_rUD9V0kcynKpeODFppOc-r8QTXmCiMSOm1MMIdebJCyO6vUx0kHLobxc8tHDxH1uliRT3hK7UrbuwiI_ngwBBQ2SQf5tZmIkP_VA9lNltvZrjdlNOPbw/s1600-h/interview.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrttVn8TzF0vIdtPA7tnPwj_rUD9V0kcynKpeODFppOc-r8QTXmCiMSOm1MMIdebJCyO6vUx0kHLobxc8tHDxH1uliRT3hK7UrbuwiI_ngwBBQ2SQf5tZmIkP_VA9lNltvZrjdlNOPbw/s400/interview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144290377247814514" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwvNELMpXg9GXcGLO4c8KpxlLIsH_3PpB0AxWoNplxT0iGQA1MTaEeV1UEwp8o7JtoqEi-3zL5C8ABdl7-IvGPxxtoRtozZFuAcorglttehcvw9s-C3q6Pp6v__XzAwqEOJlyABB1FAs/s1600-h/leopard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwvNELMpXg9GXcGLO4c8KpxlLIsH_3PpB0AxWoNplxT0iGQA1MTaEeV1UEwp8o7JtoqEi-3zL5C8ABdl7-IvGPxxtoRtozZFuAcorglttehcvw9s-C3q6Pp6v__XzAwqEOJlyABB1FAs/s400/leopard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144290278463566690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">LEARN:</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > read interviews with an explorer, a Twin Otter pilot, an expert on Krill, a medical doctor, a meteorite researcher, an ecologist, a glaciologist who participated to the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Third International Polar Year....a scientist who became the <span style="font-style: italic;">Education and Outreach coordinato</span>r with the IPY office, a world renown </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >photographer (Y. Arthus-Bertrand, author of the above photo - summit of Mt. Discovery....)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">BE A WITNESS:</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >OF LIFE AND DEATH IN THE MOST EXTREME OF THE CONTINENTS......</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Photo: Paul Nicklen-World Press Photo Award 2007, in the Nature</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >category</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557516650432901337.post-44821299266469378452007-12-15T11:47:00.001-08:002008-12-11T23:16:16.318-08:00LUCIA SIMION: BIOSKETCH<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvOCEgz4LlTzcX8xr9S1BSyE9K0RJDr0HG25YP84dH-YlcVteAdiAh7F2jsRgq-CjXJS4o_P7FuOj2Nq7yT87jgM0UxwdGClS-eZQ1enYCELM83HYLreVcit2NbaYxWueiNXdgDBwObM/s1600-h/FLORYSE-3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvOCEgz4LlTzcX8xr9S1BSyE9K0RJDr0HG25YP84dH-YlcVteAdiAh7F2jsRgq-CjXJS4o_P7FuOj2Nq7yT87jgM0UxwdGClS-eZQ1enYCELM83HYLreVcit2NbaYxWueiNXdgDBwObM/s400/FLORYSE-3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144288775225013026" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Note on the Author:</span> Lucia Simion (to the right, with Floryse Grimaud, Head of the Press Office at Belin's Publishing House in Paris).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:verdana;" >Lucia Sala Simion was raised and educated in Italy and France, so she feel she belongs to both countries. She grew up in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a stone’s throw from the house of Commander Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Antarctic and Arctic explorer. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Gentleman of the Poles</span>. After getting a degree in Medecine, Lucia became a Science journalist as well as a Photojournalist. <span style="font-weight: bold;">She has taken part in 8 expeditions to Antarctica</span> (3 to Dome C-Concordia, to cover the building of the french-italian station and the EPICA Project).</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:verdana;" >She just came back from The Ice, where she was deployed to cover the <a href="http://www.andrill.org/">ANDRILL</a> SMS project, at Scott base and McMurdo, on Ross Island. She has been to the <a href="http://www.italiantartide.it/">Italian station Mario Zucchelli</a> and back to CONCORDIA as well.</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:verdana;" > Her dream is to make a winter-over in Antarctica. <span style="font-style: italic;">(Photo: Flore Goldhaber)</span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0