Sunday, May 15, 2016

1983 Antarctic Circumnavigation by POLAR STAR

I can't yet find any of the timing data on the 1983 Polar Star US Coast Guard 3/4 circumnavigation (they claim) but here's the map. I'll post more in coming days and weeks on this. You can find it in the index under Polar Star USCG expeditions - 1983.

Rick's comment-- The map is split on the left because I had to take copies from each side of an online image of a book.  I'll post sources later. Notice that in 1983, the Polar Star visited many stations and completely avoided the Unclaimed Area of Marie Byrd Land in the lower left. 

2 comments:

  1. Hi Rick

    Did you see this comment from DVid Weiss?
    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1616560118663376&id=1449429422043114
    Cheers Phil

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  2. That's interesting-- And notice how the comments on that page refer to the windsurfing, not the denial by the captain and crew. I'll try to follow up on this lead. Thanks.

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Hi, I'm Captain Rick of the Virtual Circumference Voyage of Antarctica. I intend to prove definitively if Earth is flat or a sphere by paying careful attention to how many miles we cover as we travel "around" Antarctica. Flat earth theory says it's 50-60,000 miles. Spherical Earth theory says it 14,000 miles. Join me and ask any questions that you think would help our mission.