Colonizing Antarctica just so the “we’ll never colonize space since we haven’t even colonized Antarctica” people no longer have a point
ok mutuals who wants to do this with me
colonising space to encourage the Antarctica people to get a fuckin’ move on
There is actually a very good reason not to colonize Antarctica even if we want to colonize space, namely that Antarctica is tightly connected to all the places we already live in. If we try to defrost Mars or otherwise modify it for human life, in the worst case we fuck up an already lifeless planet millions of kilometers across the void. Worst of the worst, we lose the colonists we’ve already sent, and everyone else is fine. If we try to defrost Antarctica, or otherwise get something wrong in the process of colonizing it, that fucks up the global environment of Earth – hundreds of meters of sea level rise and such.
Sea World Orlando - Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin
SeaWorld Orlando has released its latest preview video for Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, showing off the high-tech vehicles that will be used on the new ride.
The video, embedded above features the park’s Creative Director Brian Morrow and Corporate Ride Engineer Mike Denninger. It includes footage of the vehicles undergoing testing, showing how a “trackless” system will be employed to enable the ride to offer a different experience every time.
Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, which will debut in 2013, is being billed by SeaWorld Orlando as “the world’s coldest theme park ride”.
Getting to Antarctica is tough. But just how difficult is it? AND how did folks get there in the past? Learn more from Karen Romano Young in our latest #AntarcticLog
![Our phenomenal purple sunrise over the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica [OC][2000x1333] ✈](https://64.media.tumblr.com/e4d80f596979df730e78ff587529d081/tumblr_ovtcwlwBij1rdem57o1_1280.jpg "Our phenomenal purple sunrise over the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica [OC][2000x1333] ✈")
