Comments | temvald: Do you want to see something really scary?

temvald

Do you want to see something really scary?

Oct 31, 2008 08:18

From the BBC, Expedition set for 'ghost peaks':

It is perhaps the last great Antarctic expedition - to find an explanation for why there is a great mountain range buried under the White Continent. The Gamburtsevs match the Alps in scale but no-one has ever seen them because they are covered by up to 4km of ice. Geologists struggle to understand ( Read more... )

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aspartaimee October 31 2008, 13:26:32 UTC

i think i am the bigger dork here, since i immediately thought of this.

not a good movie.

and... cthulhia October 31 2008, 13:49:53 UTC

I can't think of Antarctica ever without thinking of this.

(and the way I dealt with the chills I got while reading the appropriate Lovecraft was to mutter to myself "Mountains of Madness? Hah! Cliffs of Insanity!")

Re: and... aspartaimee October 31 2008, 13:55:45 UTC

wow! richard dysart AND wilford brimley? if only donald pleasance had shown up then it would be a random old guy character actor trifecta!

Re: and... temvald October 31 2008, 16:11:05 UTC

This one I have seen. Actually, when I was just skimming the article, it was the first thing (so to speak) that I thought of. It wasn't until I went back to the beginning and noticed that they were specifically exploring the Gamburtsev Mountains that I made the other connection.

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mildmannered October 31 2008, 14:07:40 UTC

oh man, you didn't tell me about the QUOTE.

we are all doomed.

temvald October 31 2008, 16:14:23 UTC

I have to wonder if the person who gave that quote knew exactly in what context it would be heard.