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When I was a kid we took a field trip to the museum of natural history in New York City and watched the IMAX documentary “Antarctica”. It was a long time ago.
by gdubs 8y ago
When I was a kid we took a field trip to the museum of natural history in New York City and watched the IMAX documentary “Antarctica”.
It was a long time ago. What I remember the most was being in awe of the existence of this place where ice and snow existed in such enormous quantities, that it felt like a wilderness that stretched on forever.
One of the side effects of getting older is that the world seems smaller. Particularly growing up in the past couple of decades, during the Information Age.
But the idea that these vast, frozen parts of the planet may someday disappear — in my lifetime no less — that’s a hard one to process.
- jp555 8y agoDoes it also make you upset that it used to be a rainforest before the ice came and destroyed it all? I not trying to be sarcastic, just thinking about it.
- gdubs 8y agoHa — no, it doesn’t. Nor am I anxious about the sun eventually consuming the earth. But I’m admittedly sentimental of the ‘Goldilocks’ balance of ecosystems we evolved alongside: soft meadows, cool woodlands, gentle rains, etc. Edit: But, I suppose my original comment was more about a sentimentalism of the planet the way I imagined it as a child.
- devereaux 8y agoI want to see (and go) to tropical beaches in Canada and Antarctica!