I was checking out SciArt.org's projects and was inspired to create this by their deep musings on Antarctica.

In other news, it hailed so hard in Newcastle overnight that the entire university campus is closed and I got to stay home today.The fact that everything is covered in ice, there are currently a few whales cruising down the coast past Newcastle, and that my brother has pointed out he's been in colder temperatures than I'll get in Antarctica while working in the freezer at the chicken farm down the road, makes me feel like Australia is conspiring to make Antarctica seem ordinary.