March 30, 2008

Place names of the Antarctic

There was a story on Weekend Edition Sunday this morning about Robert Scott, the Antarctic explorer who died on his way back from the South Pole after being beaten there by Amundson in 1912. It reminded me of something.

When Dad got back from Antarctica he told us he'd had a place named after him.

It's true!

If you want to see it, go here, select Search Antarctic Data on the right, type "Cape Timberlake" into the feature box on the next page, scroll down to the bottom and hit Send Query, then click on the name in the resulting page. Once you've done that, click the map feature on the right.

I love the Internet.

Posted by Linkmeister at March 30, 2008 11:54 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Wow, I am really impressed! The Cape looks lovely on the map. I am wondering if you plan on building on it in the near future..?

Posted by: toxiclabrat at March 31, 2008 08:10 PM

Very cool!

Posted by: DXMachina at April 1, 2008 10:36 AM

It's not zoned residential, Ms. Toxic.

Posted by: Linkmeister at April 1, 2008 02:17 PM