Antarctica News:

• DVD Reviews: 11.15.08- 11.22.08
  2008-11-15 - 'Wall-E,' 'Tropic Thunder,' and...
• Travel nightmares: Cockroaches, sinking ships and the unexpected
  2008-10-29 - Jim Conran of Orinda is finally all smiles as he prepares to board his plane from Guyana to Suriname after a lengthy overnight delay. Long security lines at the airport, a smoky smell in a hotel room and a rental-car gas gauge hovering on empty seem...
• 25th Research Team Arrives at Zhongshan Station
  2008-11-19 - 28 inland researchers will travel over 1300 kilometers to Dome A, where they will set up china's third base on Antarctica, Kunlun Station....
• Literary calendar for the week of Nov. 16-22.
  2008-11-16 - East Bay A Great Good Place for Books -- 6120 La Salle Ave., Montclair Village, Oakland. 510-339-8210. Events are at 7 p.m. unless noted. Monday: "Edgewise," Jan...
• Don't overtax
  2008-11-18 - You can travel with the Ackermans from Antarctica to Zimbabwe on a myriad of adventures. Their travel adventures cover 50 years of travel to 120 countries,...