Week 21 at the Pole

By Jean DeMerit — Monday, June 3, 2013 - 1:15pm
Monday, June 3, 2013 - 1:15pm

Flags proving just how windy Antarctica is.
B. Kuo Tiong, Icecube/NSF

Antarctica is often described as the coldest, driest, and windiest place on earth. Cold and dry might be hard to discern from photos, but windy? These flags give it away—here, they’re taking a real beating. The group photo below (also with flags flapping away) was orchestrated to commemorate the invention of the Ethernet 40 years ago (they’re posing with a long Ethernet cable held between themselves). The photo garnered a response from the inventor himself, Bob Metcalfe, then at Xerox PARC.

The group that was orchestrated to commemorate the invention of the Ethernet
B. Kuo Tiong, Icecube/NSF

 

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