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@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:

I have put a link at the bottom of this post that will take you to a
WEBCAM in antarctica in which is of pretty high quality with icebergs
in the distance and everything. I do have a few questions about these
pictures.

1--- Do ICEBERGS move? The reason I ask is because they seem to
change shape and size within a matter of hours on any given day. I was
always under the impression that icebergs changing was a process that
took days or even weeks. Can they actually change dimensions within a
given day?

2 --- How close is this webcam to the actual south pole? I mean, it
looks fairly cold there but not anything like I have seen in pictures
of the south pole. I have been looking around trying to find out where
that webcam is but I'm not having much luck.

Thanks in advance.

DAVID :-)

http://vlbi.leipzig.ifag.de/ohiggins/ohig-web1.jpg South Pole
Webcam Link

According to:

http://www.caf.dlr.de/caf/technologi...n/o_higgins/;i
nternal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en

(apologies if that wrapped)

The station is located on the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula, at
63°19'S, 57°54'W - about as far as you can get from the south pole and
still be in Antarctica - I calculate about 1850 miles from the pole.

Icebergs can move quite swiftly, depending on ocean currents and winds.
They can also change shape rather abruptly as they melt, capsize, and/or
break up.

Bob ^,,^