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Offline archangel1

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Abandoned Antarctica
« on: July 28, 2011, 08:14:54 PM »
Here's some inspiration for those doing any gaming around HPL's At the Mountains of Madness.  Some of the sites abandoned over the years by various expeditions to the end of the world.  Love the pair of half-sunken ships.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/12/ghosts-of-antarctica-abandoned-stations.html
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Offline supervike

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Re: Abandoned Antarctica
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2011, 08:18:42 PM »
Excellent find.  Thanks for sharing that.

Offline Anatoli

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Re: Abandoned Antarctica
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2011, 08:24:32 PM »
Damn , would be really tempting to visit those sites - looks great. Thanks for sharing  :)

Offline Calimero

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Re: Abandoned Antarctica
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2011, 08:47:37 PM »
I think I’ve found my new home ;)
A CANADIAN local hobby store with a small selection of historical wargames miniatures (mainly from Warlords). They also have a great selection of paint and hobby accessories from Vallejo, Army painter, AK Interactive, Green Stuff World and more.; https://www.kingdomtitans.ca/us/

Offline LidlessEye

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Re: Abandoned Antarctica
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2011, 09:36:27 PM »
Ooooh, another destination to add to my ever-growing list of places to see!  Like that needed to grow...  ;D

Offline isaanmini

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Re: Abandoned Antarctica
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2011, 07:58:17 AM »
Yes
Those ships would make a fantastic setting , and one of the abandoned bases
Thanks for posting.......loads of modelling potential
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Barry

Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Re: Abandoned Antarctica
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2011, 11:01:24 AM »
Great find. A lot of useful pics on the main site as well.

Offline Colonel Tubby

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Re: Abandoned Antarctica
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2011, 06:59:32 PM »
Great site. Some of those pictures are really inspiring - those twin peaks looks totally meanacing.

On the other hand it's such a pity that human beings seem to have to leave crap behind them wherever they go!

Offline Calimero

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Re: Abandoned Antarctica
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2011, 07:45:15 PM »
Great site. Some of those pictures are really inspiring - those twin peaks looks totally meanacing.

On the other hand it's such a pity that human beings seem to have to leave crap behind them wherever they go!

I have to agree with you, I somehow had an idyllic idea of a great white plain… :?

Offline starkadder

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Re: Abandoned Antarctica
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2011, 11:21:35 PM »
Cleaning up the sites has been a priority for quite a while in the Australian territories. Some structures (Mawson's camp and so on) are preserved for historical value.

Being a continent it has mountain ranges and valley (one of them is under 4km of ice). All the Arctic has are reaches, sastrugi and deep water with the odd island sticking out. (That's not a criticism of the Arctic, it's just that Antarctica has always interested me more)

I like a place that has Mt Terror as a major landmark
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