For a corporation, Caterpillar sure makes extensive use of Youtube to demonstrate the success of their heavy equipment. Of interest in this blog of course are the operations they have in Antarctica. Here's an example of an Antarctica video they posted. One wonders if Caterpillar Corporation "knows" Antarctica is an ice rim-- not a mere island "at the bottom of the globe". Nothing says "industrialization" and "commercial expansion" more than heavy construction equipment. This is the real cutting edge of the possible infinite outer rim of Antarctica-- with the phony baloney ecology angle being used as a cover for the big move "out" from the Earth Pond to possible infinite plains or new Earth ponds on an infnitely expanding flat universe. As Byrd pointed out in the 1950's, the resources "out there" rival what we imagined would be the resources in "asteroids" and "other planets". In the Flat Earth scenario however, those resources and worlds are "out there", in the "land beyond the Pole" as Byrd called it.
Here's a link to the Caterpiller Youtube site run under the Antarctica search term
Cat® Products - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/CaterpillarInc/search?query=antarctica
Sir Ranulph Fiennes selects Cat® Dozer for first winter crossing of Antarctica.
Finning Mechanic Servicing Cat® Equipment in Antarctica
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The Coldest Journey | Into the Depths of Antarctica
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The Coldest Journey | Mary Mouse Camp Update in Antarctica
Cat® D6Ns Deal with the Punishing Elements of Antarctica
The Coldest Journey | Mary Mouse Camp Update in Antarctica
Team Digs out Cat® Equipment from Blizzard in Antarctica
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Keeping the Cat® D6N Dozer Moving in Antarctica
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Challenging Weather Conditions in Antarctica | Our Coldest Journey
A TOUCH OF ANTARCTICA - Our Coldest Journey
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The Coldest Journey | Walk the Longest Winch Line in Polar History
Wanted: Engineer to Work in -70 temperatures for six months
Here's a link to the Caterpiller Youtube site run under the Antarctica search term
Cat® Products - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/CaterpillarInc/search?query=antarctica
Sir Ranulph Fiennes selects Cat® Dozer for first winter crossing of Antarctica.
Finning Mechanic Servicing Cat® Equipment in Antarctica
Keeping Cat on Track in Antarctica
The Coldest Journey | Into the Depths of Antarctica
Cat® D6Ns Deal with the Punishing Elements of Antarctica
The Coldest Journey | Mary Mouse Camp Update in Antarctica
Cat® D6Ns Deal with the Punishing Elements of Antarctica
The Coldest Journey | Mary Mouse Camp Update in Antarctica
Team Digs out Cat® Equipment from Blizzard in Antarctica
Coldest Journey - Winter Traverse | Cat® Machines in Antarctica
Coldest Journey Team Antarctica - Challenging Weather Conditions
Keeping the Cat® D6N Dozer Moving in Antarctica
Keeping the Cat® D6N Dozer Moving in Antarctica
The Fuel Depot - Featuring Cat® D6N Dozers in Antarctica
Cat® D6Ns Maneuvering Sleds in Antarctica | Our Coldest Journey
Challenging Weather Conditions in Antarctica | Our Coldest Journey
A TOUCH OF ANTARCTICA - Our Coldest Journey
I'M NOT HAPPY - Our Coldest Journey Antarctica
The Coldest Journey | Walk the Longest Winch Line in Polar History
Wanted: Engineer to Work in -70 temperatures for six months
I looked through the twitter feed and it looks like they never seem to go anywhere in the images.
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The original plan was to cross Antarctica in the winter from the East Antarctic to McMurdo
http://www.thecoldestjourney.org/the-expedition/timeline-2/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22442346
lots of images of CATs though, which didn't appear to be a sponsor.
However the plan was....
A base camp will be established inland from Crown Bay at around S70,71398 E23,60958. Prior to the start of the traverse, equipment will be tested and checked and scientific work will be undertaken. A fuel depot will be placed above the initial steeper crevassed glacier section of the route at S72.72517 E24.15302. A further fuel depot may be laid further south at around 75S.
Phase 3: Traverse from the coast to Geographic South Pole
Distance: Approx. 2,223km
Duration: Approx. 84 days (63 days skiing; 21 days rest/contingency)
Phase 4: Traverse from Geographic South Pole to the Ross Sea
Distance: Approx. 1,600km
Duration: Approx. 61 days (46 days skiing; 15 days rest/contingency)
Scheduled departure date is 21 March, 2013.
On Feb 17 2013 they are at the Belgian base, Princess Elisabeth in East Antarctica and on November 14 2013, they're..... back in the same place
https://twitter.com/IanPrickett/status/401017622575083521
There's also some experiment allegedly being carried out at the time..
http://www.thecoldestjourney.org/science/the-white-mars-project/
NASA has previously suggested that polar traverses could be seen as an excellent analogue for space research but, although fixed polar bases have been used for spaceflight studies, similar work has never been performed on a small travelling group who are truly isolated. The Coldest Journey is therefore of great interest with research aiming to study both the physical and psychological effects of the expedition’s extreme nature, particularly:
NASA again...
Here's the map of the route - which didn't seem to happen.
http://www.thecoldestjourney.org/the-expedition/map-of-route/
http://www.thecoldestjourney.org/wp-content/uploads/map_of_route_-_october_2012_685x685.jpg
Ah. the journey was abandoned in June 2013:
It is clear from their recent reconnaissance work that the terrain to the south is a complex and uncharted mass of crevasses which are hard to detect in the darkness, covered, as they are, by snow bridges.
June 18 2013
http://www.thecoldestjourney.org/blog/news-from-hq/polar-crossing-halted-science-programme-to-take-precedence/
Under the circumstances, and against their instincts, it has been agreed by the expedition team and their supporters that they should desist from their attempt to cross Antarctica and concentrate upon their scientific work.
http://www.thecoldestjourney.org/blog/news-from-hq/an-update-from-hq/
Here's the announcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpyzbrEnUi4
https://twitter.com/coldestjourney/status/347066297953161216
In less than 3 months, they have covered over 300 km inland....and it's mid winter....
Soooo... that's interesting because--- it shows that they're NOT doing what they planned? ...that the trip was abandoned?
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