Find Macqueria Island below-- it's below "Balleny"
Maquarie Island is NOT south of 60 deg S!
I just realized this morning, Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 10:26 am MST in Phoenix AZ that Macquarie Island is NOT south of 60! For the past few days, I fooled myself into thinking it was. The result of this new information is that Macquarie is the last stop for the Swiss ACE's AKADEMIC TRESHNIKOV financed by billionnaire-adventurer and president of Fering Pharmaceuticals of Switzerland Frederk Paulson before sailing south beyond 60-- into the NEW SOUTHERN OCEAN only defined by international law in the year 2000. This 60 S. Latitude line is critical because it defines Antarctica now-- and thus marks the point beyond which the Antarctica Treaty for no-development kicks in. It's no longer the "Antarctic Circle" which is somewhat more south than 60. The Vendee Races purportedly take place north of 60.
Antarctic circle is well south of 60.
One would think that I would be well aware of the latitudes of the various important places in the southern hemisphere by now but since I'm an itinerant blogger and often away from this blog, there are lots of discontinuities and I have to refresh my memory every time I get back to this desk. I figure someone's got to do it, so I keep coming back. Looking up the latitude of the Antarctic Circle, I found this tidbit from the CIA's Wicked-Pedia...
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Circle
Quote: The position of the Antarctic Circle is not fixed; as of 8 May 2016, it runs 66°33′46.2″ south of the Equator.[1] Its latitude depends on the Earth's axial tilt, which fluctuates within a margin of 2° over a 40,000-year period, due to tidal forces resulting from the orbit of the Moon.[2] Consequently, the Antarctic Circle is currently drifting southwards at a speed of about 15 m (49 ft) per year.
Rick continues... Oh great. Now the Antarctic Circle "moves". Hmmm.... THAT I didn't realize. Interestingly, if you're into Freemasonic numerology codes, Wikipedia states that the CURRENT Antarctic Circle resides at "66 deg and 33 minutes" south latitude. Great-- there are those 6's.... and of course the famous "33". What are the odds of that.
The part of the A. Treshnikov trip I'm interested in is south of 60
I've pretty much decided that I don't care about the component of the trip by A. Treshnikov for the A.C.E. that is north of 60. Looking at the flat earth projection map, it's clear to me that a number of people have "sailed around the world" in a foreshortened manner that clings to high latitudes and are mere jumps across the oceans from one land mass to another. None have dared to cling to Antarctica's coastline, as near as the ice allows, to visit all the stations or at least have them within reach. The inspection tours visit stations but never very many of them in one trip. Here's an example of single sailors going around the world using an azimuthal projection. (Thanks to GeoShifter for the map and Youtube video).
BEAGLE VOYAGE
Even the voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin complied with this routine of staying close to the major continents. This raises another interesting point however-- that being that I was not aware that Charles Darwin did such a circumnavigation. This put Frederik Paulson's voyage by the Treshnikov on par with the Beagle and Darwn. They actually have a similar purpose in terms of life sciences!
Someone actually drew an AZIMUTHAL PROJECTION of Darwin's trip!
http://myweb.usf.edu/%7Eppamphil/beagle%20voyage.bmp
http://myweb.usf.edu/%7Eppamphil/
Comparing Circumnavigations of Charles Darwin, Jessica Watson & Fred Paulsen
By way of comparison, see (below left) what the Treshnikov's route looks like on a flat earth projection (dotted red line). Notice how Jessica Watson's sailboat route turns sharply toward higher latitudes after leaving Australia (below right)-- whereas the Treshnikov (on the left) dips down presumably under 60 S after leaving Australia. Notice Jessica Watson is well north of New Zealand. And below, you'll see Charles Darwin sails NORTH of New Zealand as well although in the opposite direction. The point still holds since he was well north of New Zealand coming from northern South America. NOTE how (below right) Fred Paulsen's route hits SOUTHERN South America coming from south of Australia, Mertz Glacier on Antarctica's coast specifically.
It is rather odd that we've never seen a complete trip with logs/date/times/distance to any (if not all in complete follow through like you mention) to all of these antarctic stations. I'd assume we'd have droves of into to dig up using your method, however, I like how you point out we actually don't have jack or shit besides old sail logs, journals, and unreliable routes.
ReplyDeleteSomething is off here. I look forward to future updates!
Thanks. The worst (funniest) logs are by the Vendee Race participants. Maybe I'll do an update on that this week. Here's an initial google search and already I see a lot of fails and cancellations... which is a good start for me, at least.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/search?q=%22vendee+race%22+log&btnG=Search&num=100&newwindow=1&safe=off&hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0
Another big aspect to Antarctica that knaws at me is the start contrast offered by the now-online-video-statement of Admiral Byrd about the natural resources vs. the current clinically insane obsession with Antarctic Treaty signers (everyone)-- with absolute non-disturbance-zero-human-footprint-ecology-environment-focus. I grew up in the 70s and 80's when "terraforming" other planets (which turn out to be potentially fake) was the rage. Now we have a "real out-of-bounds planetary area" to apply terraforming to-- and mankind has "choked"-- and nobody is protesting! I still look forward to a Penguin Meat Diner before my lifetime is over. That-- and a barstool where I can sip on Antarctic-water-krill beer with my Penguin-meat-on-a-stick.