Four Lessons From The Remotest Place On Earth
Four Lessons From The Remotest Place on Earth is inspired by entrepreneur Alec Litowitz’s goal to spend time on all seven continents—go to small neighborhoods and local markets, and connect with people. He shared his family’s journey to the elusive South Pole—more than 24 hours of travel, and over 9,300 ft of ice beneath them. Litowitz not only described the uniqueness of Antarctica in its ever-changing landscapes and natural sense of design in nature, he also told that South Pole’s marvels don’t end in nature. In there, you’ll find the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, a masterwork of human engineering built and operated by the United States. It’s the scene of advanced research in climate science, astronomy, geophysics, and other fields, yielding insights that can’t be gained anywhere else.
Four Lessons From The Remotest Place On Earth by Alec Litowitz
- Even at the South Pole station, with its billions of dollars’ worth of high-tech equipment, there is no WiFi; the best they can offer is an Internet connection that works for just an hour or two a day as a lone satellite passes overhead. You can do your “sharing” later: on a trip like this, you have no choice but to unplug all the way.
- When the South Pole is your objective, any change of circumstance can instantly change your plans. It might be a brief delay getting there, a long delay getting out, or any kind of inconvenience in between. The key is not to let changing timetables divert you from your unchanging goal.
- No matter what your nationality, one can’t help but leave this ultimate frontier with a feeling of pride after seeing the cooperative spirit at work there.It might seem a stretch to call the frozen continent a sort of utopia. But when it comes to cooperation among nations, that’s just what it is.
- Being at the far end of the Earth, where there is virtually nothing, can fill a person with appreciation for all that’s missing from the picture – all the beauty and glories that lie elsewhere.Like nowhere else, in Antarctica you find life at an extremity, on a continent that is no one’s country. Every person in Antarctica is a long way from home and homeland. If it weren’t for the few others sharing the experience, everybody would feel the same profound isolation.