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Re: [LbNA] South Pole marker

From: ROC'nRON (salladin@frontiernet.net) | Date: 2005-07-09 10:18:37 UTC-04:00

If a stamp were included with the marker, It could become the South Pole
Letterbox.
R'nR

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>So...who's going to be first to get a box planted near the marker?
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>>ITHACA, N.Y. -- Stephen Parshley, a research support engineer in Cornell
>>University's astronomy department, has plans to leave his mark on the
>>world. Literally. The plans are Parshley's winning design for the 2006
>>South Pole marker.
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>>The marker will be fabricated and placed at the exact geographic location
>>of the Earth's South Pole on New Year's Day 2006 and will remain as the
>>pole's official landmark for one year.
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>>The web version of this story, with accompanying photos, is available at
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Re: [LbNA] South Pole marker

From: (StDebb@aol.com) | Date: 2005-07-09 10:21:53 UTC-04:00

salladin@frontiernet.net writes:

> If a stamp were included with the marker, It could become the South Pole
> Letterbox.
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I'm envisioning the pole where the top part screws off and the letterbox is
inside.

DebBee

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Re: South Pole marker

From: Phyto (phyto_me@yahoo.com) | Date: 2005-07-09 14:23:17 UTC

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, TurtleMcQ wrote:
> So...who's going to be first to get a box planted near the marker?

I'll get back to you once I'm settled in the astrobiology program at
UW. Hopefully I'll have the first box on mars.

hahahahahahah
phyto :)

Re: South Pole marker

From: red_bing (redbng@aol.com) | Date: 2005-07-12 16:04:32 UTC

A truly diabolical letterboxer would have people
"take 40 paces North." What other direction *could*
you go from there?

-Red

--- TurtleMcQ wrote:
> So...who's going to be first to get a box planted near the marker?
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> >The plans are Parshley's winning design for the 2006
> >South Pole marker. The marker will be fabricated and
> >placed at the exact geographic location of the Earth's
> >South Pole on New Year's Day 2006 and will remain as the
> >pole's official landmark for one year.

Re: South Pole marker

From: Lightnin Bug (rpboehme@yahoo.com) | Date: 2005-07-12 16:46:36 UTC

Magnetic North? ;-)

LB

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "red_bing" wrote:
> A truly diabolical letterboxer would have people
> "take 40 paces North." What other direction *could*
> you go from there?
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> --- TurtleMcQ wrote:
> > So...who's going to be first to get a box planted near the marker?
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> > >The plans are Parshley's winning design for the 2006
> > >South Pole marker. The marker will be fabricated and
> > >placed at the exact geographic location of the Earth's
> > >South Pole on New Year's Day 2006 and will remain as the
> > >pole's official landmark for one year.