Hello all,

Just a quick reminder here that the monthly polar philately chat will take
place this Saturday, June 2nd at 9 pm GMT.

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Regards,

Michael

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Dear List,

Partner Program 2001/2 Season:
--------------------------------
70South is presently looking for partners for the build-up and duration of
the coming Antarctic season (Aug 2001 - Feb 2002). Partners may come from a
variety of sectors, and in order to add value to the partner, 70South will
partner with one partner in each sector. If you are interested taking
advantage of this opportunity please contact 70South to discuss the
opportunities available.

What's new at 70South:
------------------------
1. Event Section Improved: The Event calendar section has been improved to
display historic information for the current month.
2. Several photographs from South Georgia were contributed. Thanks to Mike.
3. Several historic dates and quotations. Thanks Jeroen.
4. Data and information on Antarctic Seals were contributed. Thanks Jeroen.
(Tale a look at www.70south.com/resources/animals/seals.)
5. an FAQ was started and already contains several questions with answers
related to the continent. Take a look at (www.70south.com/resources/faq)
6. A page was added to the links section with links to the job sections of
several Antarctic organisations. If you know of more, please let me know.
7. The W@P version of the site was improved to include the latest messages
in the messageboard.

Last week's Polar News:
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Green Green Grass of the Arctic
Global Warming Melts Australia's Glaciers
Anti Bush Protests in Brussels
Back to McTown, Doc?
Enough is enough says Ousland
Antarctic Tourist Hagglund Ride Proves Popular
More Global Warming evidence
Aussie Magazine launched

Contributors last week were:
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History, Seals, Quotes: Jeroen François
(http://home.worldonline.be/~jefranco/)
News: Steven McLachlan  (http://www.newzeal.com/steve/antarctica.htm)
Photographs: Mike Whitley (http://hometown.aol.com/seagypsey/index.html)

Site Tip of the week:
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The event calendar is an easy to use tool to find current or future events
related to Antarctica. Take a look at the event calendar
(www.70south.com/resources/events), and navigate to the date or month you
are interested in. Clicking on the date will display the events registered
for that day. In the event calendar main page you will also find a list of
the events that occurred in Antarctic history in the current month. If you
know about an event please send the details to the webmaster@...

70South presentations in the US:
---------------------------------
Following a series of Antarctic presentations in Europe covering
Environmental, Scientific and life on the Antarctic Continent, 70South will
be performing a few presentations in the USA on Life and Science in
Antarctica. The presentation series includes over 200 slides. I will be in
Atlanta from Wednesday 06 June till Sunday 10 June and in LA from Monday 11
June till 15 June 2001. This is the 3rd time that this presentation series
has been shown in the US.


Keep us posted!


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WAP: www.70south.com/wap (Polar news on your internet enabled phone.)
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device)

70South: the No1. source for Antarcticles.
Updated daily with news and views on Antarctica and other polar related
issues.

Two recent articles in the British newspaper 'The
Guardian' may be of interest:

    <www.guardian.co.uk/global warming>

A British Atartic Survey/Penguin Information
                          <www.antartica.ac.uk/About

Antarica/Wildlife/Birds/Penguins.htlm>

Regards:         Peter
Peter Blackley







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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: J.Z. [mailto:zwirner@...]
Verzonden: maandag 4 juni 2001 13:13
Aan: polar-philately@yahoogroups.com
Onderwerp: [polar-philately] Clothing

Did somebody else hear the story about penguins in australia wearing clothes against oil polution. Due to some german newspapers this action was organised on internet to save the penguins in australia. About 1000 pullovers have been collected. (Mainly in colours of soccer and rugby teams)

Greetings J.Zwirner

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EXPEDITION COVER OF THE OTTO SVERDRUP EXPEDITION FROM RUSSELL SMITHS
COLLECTION

PLEASE READ:

DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS POSTED BY GARY PIERSON ON JUNE
2ND! THIS IS A VIRUS CALLED W32/BADTRANS-A. DELETE THIS E-MAIL AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE!

IT SEEMS THE W32/BADTRANS-A VIRUS HAS AFFECTED GARY'S PC AND CAUSES
HIS E-MAIL PROGRAM TO AUTOMATICALLY SPREAD THIS VIRUS (WITHOUT GARY
KNOWING ABOUT IT). UNFORTUNATELY I OPENED THE ATTACHMENT, AND THE
VIRUS GOT INTO MY PC ALSO. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION ON
THE NET ON HOW TO REMOVE THE VIRUS BUT FOUND VERY LITTLE INFORMATION
ON THE VIRUS AND NO INFO AT ALL ON HOW TO REMOVE IT. IS THERE
SOMEBODY OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP ME? THANKS IN ADVANCE.

MICHAEL
LIST MANAGER/WEBMASTER

Regarding the messages  ,, Clothing "  I want to remark
that fast all Romanian TV-News  have presented informations
about penguins in Australia wearing clothest against oil polution.
It was a nice action  organised by Germany !
Best regards, Alex






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http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.13312@mm.html

http://www.ou.edu/helpdesk/viusinfo.html


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Michael and the others,

Have a look at
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_BADTRANS
.A
for a solution.

Best regards,

Rob.
=============================================
Homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pkv


----- Original Message -----
From: <polaris@...>
To: <polar-philately@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:54 AM
Subject: [polar-philately] VIRUS ALERT! PLEASE READ!


> PLEASE READ:
>
> DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS POSTED BY GARY PIERSON ON JUNE
> 2ND! THIS IS A VIRUS CALLED W32/BADTRANS-A. DELETE THIS E-MAIL AS
> SOON AS POSSIBLE!
>
> IT SEEMS THE W32/BADTRANS-A VIRUS HAS AFFECTED GARY'S PC AND CAUSES
> HIS E-MAIL PROGRAM TO AUTOMATICALLY SPREAD THIS VIRUS (WITHOUT GARY
> KNOWING ABOUT IT). UNFORTUNATELY I OPENED THE ATTACHMENT, AND THE
> VIRUS GOT INTO MY PC ALSO. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION ON
> THE NET ON HOW TO REMOVE THE VIRUS BUT FOUND VERY LITTLE INFORMATION
> ON THE VIRUS AND NO INFO AT ALL ON HOW TO REMOVE IT. IS THERE
> SOMEBODY OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP ME? THANKS IN ADVANCE.
>
> MICHAEL
> LIST MANAGER/WEBMASTER
>
>
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> Visit the Polar Philately Mailing List website at
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>
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The link doesn't show up correctly a  .A  should be added (dot A)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Vlaardingerbroek" <stampcorner@...>
To: <polar-philately@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [polar-philately] VIRUS ALERT! PLEASE READ!


> Michael and the others,
>
> Have a look at
>
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_BADTRANS
> .A
> for a solution.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rob.
> =============================================
> Homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pkv
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <polaris@...>
> To: <polar-philately@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:54 AM
> Subject: [polar-philately] VIRUS ALERT! PLEASE READ!
>
>
> > PLEASE READ:
> >
> > DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT THAT WAS POSTED BY GARY PIERSON ON JUNE
> > 2ND! THIS IS A VIRUS CALLED W32/BADTRANS-A. DELETE THIS E-MAIL AS
> > SOON AS POSSIBLE!
> >
> > IT SEEMS THE W32/BADTRANS-A VIRUS HAS AFFECTED GARY'S PC AND CAUSES
> > HIS E-MAIL PROGRAM TO AUTOMATICALLY SPREAD THIS VIRUS (WITHOUT GARY
> > KNOWING ABOUT IT). UNFORTUNATELY I OPENED THE ATTACHMENT, AND THE
> > VIRUS GOT INTO MY PC ALSO. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION ON
> > THE NET ON HOW TO REMOVE THE VIRUS BUT FOUND VERY LITTLE INFORMATION
> > ON THE VIRUS AND NO INFO AT ALL ON HOW TO REMOVE IT. IS THERE
> > SOMEBODY OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP ME? THANKS IN ADVANCE.
> >
> > MICHAEL
> > LIST MANAGER/WEBMASTER
> >
> >
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http://www.sltrib.com/06052001/tuesday/103078.htm


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http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/nd/A19718-2001Jun4.html


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Hello all,

Maybe some of you count Greenland to the polar regions, like I do, am I correct
to do so?

On my homepage http://www.xs4all.nl/~pkv I revised the article about whales of
Greenland, and added a page with myths and legends from Greenland (the last are
coming from an Eskimo friend of mine in Greenland) If you feel like it, please
have a look.

With best regards,

Rob.
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Clubpage : http://members.tripodnet.nl/NFVSkandinavie




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Hi friends

I'm a new member from Denmark on the Polar Philately Mailing List.

I'm a long time postal history collector (mainly military postal history) - I
have a special interest in WW2 activities in the northern polar regions - esp.
Greenland/Spitsbergen (The Weather War).

Please take a look on my Greenland Censorship and wartime APO site. If you have
any info to ad - please send a mail.

Look forward to hear from you.

Regards
Per Ronberg
war_covers@...

Homepage: http://home6.inet.tele.dk/ron/greenland/geen_main.htm




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Hello Per,

Nice to see you joined this group. Your nice website is well known to me.

With best regards,

Rob Vlaardingerbroek
=============================================
Homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pkv
Clubpage : http://members.tripodnet.nl/NFVSkandinavie


----- Original Message -----
From: "war_covers" <war_covers@...>
To: <polar-philately@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 1:17 AM
Subject: [polar-philately] New member & new postal history site


> Hi friends
>
> I'm a new member from Denmark on the Polar Philately Mailing List.
>
> I'm a long time postal history collector (mainly military postal
history) - I have a special interest in WW2 activities in the northern polar
regions - esp. Greenland/Spitsbergen (The Weather War).
>
> Please take a look on my Greenland Censorship and wartime APO site. If you
have any info to ad - please send a mail.
>
> Look forward to hear from you.
>
> Regards
> Per Ronberg
> war_covers@...
>
> Homepage: http://home6.inet.tele.dk/ron/greenland/geen_main.htm
>
>
>
>
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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/sealab/antarctica/


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Does somebody know which organization collects the clothing for penguins in
Australia? I couldn`t find it out.
Many thanks in advance for the answers  J.Zwirner


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I have today added new pages for both the Chinese antarctic bases to my web
site.
these pages can be seen at;

http://www.newzeal.com/theme/bases/China/Zhong.htm     for Zhong Shan
Station.

http://www.newzeal.com/theme/bases/China/Wall.htm  for The Great Wall
Station.

I have also updated my page for the Chinese Icebreaker/Supply vessel "Xue
long" which can be found at;
http://www.newzeal.com/steve/Ships/xuelong.htm

Regards to all from a wintery Christchurch where we had hail today!
__________________________________________________
STEVEN McLACHLAN,
SHADES STAMP SHOP LTD,
60 Shades Hereford, 112 Hereford St,
CHRISTCHURCH,
NEW ZEALAND.
  Phone (64) 33666390     Fax (64) 33746001
email ;steve@...
ICQ number 3575600
Check out the Antarctic Philately from New Zealand website at
http://www.newzeal.com/steve/antarctica.htm
see recent Antarctic news at
http://www.newzeal.com/steve/antarcticnews.htm
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Hello all,

For those who haven't seen it yet, I've added to the Polar Philately Mailing
List site two
photos of the Mawson Post Office. Look on the South Polar Regions page of the
Polar Post
Offices section.

I've also updated the Polar Philatelic Bibliography.

Regards,

Michael

--- war_covers <war_covers@...> wrote:
> Hi friends
>
> I'm a new member from Denmark on the Polar Philately
> Mailing List.
>
> I'm a long time postal history collector (mainly
> military postal history) - I have a special interest
> in WW2 activities in the northern polar regions -
> esp. Greenland/Spitsbergen (The Weather War).
>
> Please take a look on my Greenland Censorship and
> wartime APO site. If you have any info to ad -
> please send a mail.
>
> Look forward to hear from you.
>
> Regards
> Per Ronberg
> war_covers@...
>
> Homepage:
>
http://home6.inet.tele.dk/ron/greenland/geen_main.htm
>
>
>
>
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> removed]
>
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P.O.Box 222  BOND UNIVERSITY,  QLD.4229  Australia---
ANTARCTICA SERVICES,P.O.Box 7399,GOLD COAST M.C.,Qld.9726-
ANTARCTICA SERVICES,P.O.Box 2025,Christchurch,MC N.Zealand
E-mail:antarctickap@... Tel.+Fax xx64-333-87079
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Hello all,

I've added to the Polar Philately Mailing List website (
http://join.at/polar-philately )
three neat photos of the Post Office of the Australian Antarctic Division
Station on
Macquarie Island. They can be found on the "South Polar Regions" page of the
"Polar Post
Offices" section. This completes the collection of all current and permanent
Australian
Antarctic Division stations .

The Polar Post Offices section is growing into a unique and interesting archive
of photos
of polar post offices. Anyone who has a photo of a polar post office that isn't
featured
yet, please consider sharing it with us and submitting it for inclusion in the
Polar Post
Offices section. Your help in this project is much appreciated.

Regards,

Michael

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Dear List,
I have found some Polar covers connected with China.
I post these covers in the following messages.
Best regards, Alexandru





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JOSEAN   ARBIZU
C/ TAFALLA  NUM. 8
E-31320 MILAGRO (NAVARRA)
ESPAÑA- SPAIN
(948861597(610030507

josean@...  JOARMO@...

http://www.josean.arbizu.net  http://www.galeon.com/arbizu

MEMBER OF:

AMERICAN TOPICAL ASSOCIATION ATA N.49901-2
GRUPO TRABAJO NAVAL POSEIDON N.200
SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE FILATELIA POLAR N.56
CZESLAW SLANIA STUDY GROUP N.247
HAM STAMP GROUP N. EA-3
ASOCIACION FILATELICA GUIPUZCOANA  N.2221


Two new covers had been added on antarctic section on my web site, devoted to
north pole expeditions from spanish army; from 1998 expedition to magnetic north
pole, and from 1999 geographic north pole, both with signatures from expedition
members.

Josean Arbizu


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Alaska Melting?
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Headline:  Is Alaska melting?
Byline:  Ed Hunt
Date: 06/12/2001
(GRAYS RIVER, WASH.)Surveys over the past four years confirm that Alaska's
hundreds of
glaciers are melting at a rapid pace. The Columbia glacier now melts at
half a mile a year, and has retreated eight miles in the past 16 years.
The permafrost - ground that has been frozen for thousands of years -
is frozen no longer. As underground ice melts, roads are cracked and
broken, or twisted out of shape; buildings and telephone poles tilt as
if dislodged by an earthquake.

Is this the face of global warming?

Atmospheric scientists have predicted that a global warming of our
climate would show its face early in the Northern regions. What they
are finding only confirms their fears. While the average global
temperature has risen 1 degree F. in the past 100 years, in Alaska,
Siberia, and Northwest Canada it has gone up 5 degrees F. in 30 years.

While Anchorage saw little snow this winter, other parts of the state
had plenty. More snow may fall in winter as the climate warms, because
warmer air holds more moisture - which means more rain and more snow.
Yet for the past several years, the summers have been longer and drier,
melting whatever snow added to the glaciers during the winter - and
more besides.

Further north, at places like Sachs Harbour, the changes are even more
evident. The western Arctic is warming at a rate approximately three to
five times the global average. Temperatures are so much warmer - at
times 25 degrees F. higher than normal - that barn swallows have
appeared, and, for the first time in memory, salmon are found in sea.
Mosquitoes now survive in the polar desert. Arctic sea ice is an
estimated 40 percent thinner and has shrunk in area by 14 percent.
Something is happening.

Yet there is more going on here than just the melting of millennial
ice. The taiga, an ancient forest, is dying. Environmental stresses
have weakened it: heavy snows in winter have damaged the trees. Warm,
dry summers have stunted their growth; spruce bark beetles are
finishing the job. The beetles are thriving in the new warmer Alaska.
Their territory is spreading, and the vast forest is dying because of
them.

Scientists estimate that a third to half of all the white spruce in
Alaska has been killed in just 15 years. Researchers have discovered
that shrubs are growing larger and spreading across areas of tundra
that have been heretofore barren.

Something is happening.

Talk to climatologists, and they'll tell you something happened around
1976. Since then, glaciers have been melting more quickly, El Ninos
have happened more frequently, and Alaska, Northwest Canada, and
Siberia have become 5 degrees F. warmer. Given the layers and
complexity of our atmospheric machinery, these revelations may seem
hard to sort out. Are the changes natural or man-made?

Techniques that allow us to sample ancient climate indicators from lake
bottoms and arctic ice show that before human civilization rose, our
climate varied wildly, rising and falling in average global temperature
within a few years' time. Human civilization has risen in a period of
relative calm and stability during the last 11,000 years. Human
civilization might not survive a period of renewed volatility, whatever
the cause. Yet this natural ability of the earth's climate to fluctuate
doesn't get us off the hook, as some would hope. Instead, this new
evidence shows we are playing with fire - poking a dangerous animal
with a stick. By pumping gases into the atmosphere at levels far above
what they should be, we are tampering with a system that is capable of
possibly disastrous fluctuations.

That was the message the National Academy of Science delivered to the
Bush administration last week. The scientists told President Bush that
while it is impossible to determine how much of global warming can be
attributed to human influence, there's no doubt that it is happening,
no doubt that humans are playing a role, and no doubt that it will have
profound consequences for people and the planet. The Bush
administration has changed its tone; the president was to make a
statement on global warming yesterday.

Here, Bush has an opportunity to establish himself, and the US, as a
world leader. Should he commit this country's resources to reducing
carbon dioxide emissions, the US economy would benefit through the
manufacture and export of clean energy technology that private industry
has already developed. New energy technology is poised to become a
booming international market as the world transitions away from fossil
fuels. The US can position itself to be a leading maker and seller of
that technology, or simply another buyer.

We can deny that we've created global warming single-handedly. We can
say this is a natural fluctuation in the earth's climate. We can follow
the example of tobacco executives and Exxon Corporation and deny the
obvious - deny what our own research tells us.

What we cannot deny is that we are in a period of significant climate
change. We cannot deny that the damage is already being done. Three
years ago, science writer William K. Stevens called what is happening
in Alaska an "ecological holocaust" - a term both fitting and ironic,
given that when the Holocaust of World War II was occurring, so many
tried to look the other way.

As in the Second World War, the world's great nations are preparing -
uniting - to fight a battle that the US has yet to join. Perhaps this
nation will prove itself a leader in the end. I have little doubt we
will soon join the fight. We can't deny it any longer. Something is
happening.




Ed Hunt is the editor of Tidepool.org news service.

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