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Poetry in a Cold Climate: Ron Smith Found His Muse in Antarcticanew
Tall and thin with close-cropped hair, Ron Smith served with the Air Force's Operation Deep Freeze, rising to commander in 2004. In December 2008, he was transferred to Scott Air Force Base, where he now serves as the Air National Guard adviser for strategic planning.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
01-22-2010 |
Culture
Leslie Carol Roberts Insists We Can All be Antarcticansnew
"I was tired of coffee-table books and BBC documentaries that showed Antarctica as this haunted, blue ice world -- that insisted Antarctica was 'not of this world,'" says Roberts, who teaches at California College of the Arts.
East Bay Express |
Anneli Rufus |
11-19-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Jean Lemire Captures Ice Shelf Changes in 'The Last Continent'new
The one-year mission of a 13-person crew seemingly led by French-Canadian filmmaker Lemire is to witness rapid changes to the southern ice shelf.
The Georgia Straight |
Staff |
08-01-2008 |
Reviews
It's the End of the World and Werner Herzog Knows Itnew
With his latest film, Encounters at the End of the World, he has become the only professional director to have made films on all seven continents. He accomplished the feat by going somewhere entirely unlike, well, everywhere else: Antarctica.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
07-02-2008 |
Reviews
Does Werner Herzog Take Werner Herzog Seriously Anymore?new
Encounters at the End of the World is principally a collection of Herzog's Antarctic vacation pictures; the movie feels like an episode of Travels with Rick Steves if the show were hosted by a perpetually gloomy German.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
05-01-2008 |
Reviews
