Finshaggy
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There is nothing in there about things needing to be grown Hydroponically. AT ALL.
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Finshaggy
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Article 1 – The area to be used for peaceful purposes only; military activity, such as weapons testing, is prohibited but military personnel and equipment may be used for scientific research or any other peaceful purpose;
Article 2 – Freedom of scientific investigations and cooperation shall continue;
Article 3 – Free exchange of information and personnel in cooperation with the United Nations and other international agencies;
Article 4 – The treaty does not recognize, dispute, nor establish territorial sovereignty claims; no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force;
Article 5 – The treaty prohibits nuclear explosions or disposal of radioactive wastes;
Article 6 – Includes under the treaty all land and ice shelves but not the surrounding waters south of 60 degrees 00 minutes south;
Article 7 – Treaty-state observers have free access, including aerial observation, to any area and may inspect all stations, installations, and equipment; advance notice of all activities and of the introduction of military personnel must be given;
Article 8 – Allows for good jurisdiction over observers and scientists by their own states;
Article 9 – Frequent consultative meetings take place among member nations;
Article 10 – All treaty states will discourage activities by any country in Antarctica that are contrary to the treaty;
Article 11 – All disputes to be settled peacefully by the parties concerned or, ultimately, by the International Court of Justice;
Articles 12, 13, 14 – Deal with upholding, interpreting, and amending the treaty among involved nations.
Article 2 – Freedom of scientific investigations and cooperation shall continue;
Article 3 – Free exchange of information and personnel in cooperation with the United Nations and other international agencies;
Article 4 – The treaty does not recognize, dispute, nor establish territorial sovereignty claims; no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force;
Article 5 – The treaty prohibits nuclear explosions or disposal of radioactive wastes;
Article 6 – Includes under the treaty all land and ice shelves but not the surrounding waters south of 60 degrees 00 minutes south;
Article 7 – Treaty-state observers have free access, including aerial observation, to any area and may inspect all stations, installations, and equipment; advance notice of all activities and of the introduction of military personnel must be given;
Article 8 – Allows for good jurisdiction over observers and scientists by their own states;
Article 9 – Frequent consultative meetings take place among member nations;
Article 10 – All treaty states will discourage activities by any country in Antarctica that are contrary to the treaty;
Article 11 – All disputes to be settled peacefully by the parties concerned or, ultimately, by the International Court of Justice;
Articles 12, 13, 14 – Deal with upholding, interpreting, and amending the treaty among involved nations.
Finshaggy
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That doesn't mean I couldn't use Antarctica soil, which I am sure is super fertile from years of seal and penguin shit. And I'm sure there is no rule about not bringing soil, that doesn't really make sense. Since I just listed the treaty in its entirety and it has NO mention of anything like that. Antarctica soil VS Store bought soil would actually be a pretty cool research project. Just to see if Antarctica soil is awesome for growing stuff.
HeartlandHank
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I think we are both wrong... after a little more reading.
You cannot bring in non native organisms... microbes are a no no.
soil contains these. You cannot bring them.
BUT, you could bring sterile soil... but, it wouldn't work out very well for you... And, it wouldn't be easy I am sure as they would want proof about its sterile state.
There is a reason why the stations are only producing hydroponically... you cannot bring in non native microbes and organism.
I'm not sure if you can use native soil or not... but I do know that the pros over there are not using it. And there is a reason why....
HeartlandHank
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Fin... you think there are not more details to what you posted up there?
Nope. Antarctic soils are NOT nutritious. Think organic matter breaking down, adding to the soil... the lack of. They are not like the soil out behind the dumpster you wake up in every morning.
Nope. Antarctic soils are NOT nutritious. Think organic matter breaking down, adding to the soil... the lack of. They are not like the soil out behind the dumpster you wake up in every morning.
Finshaggy
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Reading about Antarctica for 5 minutes doesn't make you an expert.
HeartlandHank
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Are you serious? Ever heard of a soil analysis?
A 4th grader with google could complete that project.
Not to mention it is breaking the conservation act by introducing non native organisms... They would not let you do it. Not only because of the microbes... because it is a stupid idea that requires no tests to complete.
FailBaggy, you are really outdoing yourself with this one.
Just stop... right now. Abandon this thread and never try to do this sort of thing again. Get yourself a job doing something simple and mindless, abandon all creative thought, and please... PLEASE do not reproduce. Your genes could be the end of humanity one day.
Finshaggy
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So you're telling me that ANY 4th grader with Google could tell me the difference between a marijuana plant grown with Miracle Grow, VS soil from the Dry Valley, VS Quarts from Faz VS soil from Delphi?
Finshaggy
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The concept of cities in Antarctica is different than the concept elsewhere in the world.
For one thing, each Antarctican city has its own unique design. It is hard to imagine someone strolling through a city in Antarctica and not immediately knowing which of the cities they are in, based solely on the architecture.
For another, there are no streets in Antarctican cities. People get from one area to another either by walking along the boulevards and forest paths, or calling upon their flyer to drop them off at their next destination.
Because the people of Antarctica handle much of their own needs through home-based technology, most of the buildings in Antarctican cities are devoted to the arts and sciences, private residences, and a generous representation of restaurants, rather than commerce (office buildings, as that term is understood elsewhere in the world, make up less than ten percent of city structures). Antarctican cities also contain an unusually large amount of space set aside for parks and natural habitats. No matter where you are in an Antarctican city, you are never more than a five minute walk from a small forest, or a ten minute walk from a waterfall.
In addition to the hundreds of small cities, townships and villages within the continent, there are seven major metropolises. The scope of this article is limited to a brief description of each of those seven. Anyone curious to know greater details about these seven, or information on Antarctica's hundreds of charming smaller municipalities, is urged to contact the nearest Antarctican embassy. (Please see Tourism for a complete list of embassies and their locations).
All visitors to Antarctica arrive first in the oceanside city of Delphia, located on Antarctica's southern shore. The city is famous for its magnificent blue and green bays, which stretch all the way within the city itself. Nearly all structures in Delphia are built of gray granite, so that after a fresh rain the city glistens like a seal. Hot air ballooning is a popular pastime, and in fact there are some families and individuals whose homes are kept aloft by balloons year-round. In addition to its extensive collection of libraries, Delphia is also known for its restaurants, such as the Irunijef, which stretches across seven city blocks, serving hundreds of different seafood dishes.
Dell, on the eastern shore of the continent, is built around its miles of white beaches. Because many of the beaches extend into the city itself, it is not unusual, strolling the boulevards to get from one building to the next, to spot whales surfacing, and dolphins leaping, in the adjacent coves. In addition to its reputation for some of the finest museums in Antarctica, Dell is also known for its extensive space exploration complex, which has been in operation since the mid-eighteen hundreds.
One of the most unusual cities in Antarctica is Faz, a massive underground city in northern Antarctica. Faz consists entirely of underground caverns, some eighty stories high, carved by water over millions of years. The caverns themselves are comprised of a highly reflective form of rose quartz, so that the entire city can be illuminated by a single candle placed near the entrance (but away from drafts). At seven o'clock each evening, the candle's light is puffed out. Faz is best known for its research facilities, and the awe-inspiring Heart of Waterfalls located in the center of the underground city, where one hundred and thirty-six different waterfalls of various heights (some as tall as a skyscraper) tumble ceaselessly down into a blue pool fifty miles in diameter. Visitors also usually take time to explore the extensive moss forest tucked into the eastern corner of the city.
The oldest city in Antarctica, and also the seat of the "government" of Antarctica, such as it is, is the city of Urdz, located on the northern shore. Urdz is home to the Great Hall, the most ancient man-built structure in Antarctica, dating back 40,000 years. The buildings in the city are comprised entirely of red quartz and blue glaciers. Urdz is the largest producer of roses in the nation, with over 10,000 varieties, including 100 different species of pure blues.
At least once in each Antarctican's lifetime, a pilgrimage is made to Mimosa, on the western shore of Antarctica, site of the continent's only battle, in 1403 B.C., to repel foreign invaders. Mimosa is home to the world's largest sculpture, consisting of 620,000 intricately-carved life-sized statues which fill the bay, shoreline and hills. The city also offers an excellent example of a Fes, the circular area of common buildings often found in early Antarctican towns.
Suh, located halfway up the western peninsula of the continent, is composed entirely of huge statues in which its citizens live and work. The tallest of these, a tribute to Hal Felix, who conceived the notion of the Five Concepts, is eighteen stories high. The city is famous for its noodles, its huge population of elfs, a cat-like creature native to Antarctica, and its botanical research.
Squirbranchrel, in the northern forest, is the oldest and largest example of the original Antarctican communities, when the natives lived in trees (Antarcticans did not go through a cave-dwelling phase). Fifty miles wide, and thirty miles deep, the city is built entirely in the treetops of the region, its buildings connected to one another through an elaborate series of multi-level wooden bridges. Squirbranchrel boasts the continent's tallest skyscraper, measured from base to wooden observation deck, as well as the world's largest aquarium (twelve miles wide, eight miles deep, three miles high).
For one thing, each Antarctican city has its own unique design. It is hard to imagine someone strolling through a city in Antarctica and not immediately knowing which of the cities they are in, based solely on the architecture.
For another, there are no streets in Antarctican cities. People get from one area to another either by walking along the boulevards and forest paths, or calling upon their flyer to drop them off at their next destination.
Because the people of Antarctica handle much of their own needs through home-based technology, most of the buildings in Antarctican cities are devoted to the arts and sciences, private residences, and a generous representation of restaurants, rather than commerce (office buildings, as that term is understood elsewhere in the world, make up less than ten percent of city structures). Antarctican cities also contain an unusually large amount of space set aside for parks and natural habitats. No matter where you are in an Antarctican city, you are never more than a five minute walk from a small forest, or a ten minute walk from a waterfall.
In addition to the hundreds of small cities, townships and villages within the continent, there are seven major metropolises. The scope of this article is limited to a brief description of each of those seven. Anyone curious to know greater details about these seven, or information on Antarctica's hundreds of charming smaller municipalities, is urged to contact the nearest Antarctican embassy. (Please see Tourism for a complete list of embassies and their locations).
All visitors to Antarctica arrive first in the oceanside city of Delphia, located on Antarctica's southern shore. The city is famous for its magnificent blue and green bays, which stretch all the way within the city itself. Nearly all structures in Delphia are built of gray granite, so that after a fresh rain the city glistens like a seal. Hot air ballooning is a popular pastime, and in fact there are some families and individuals whose homes are kept aloft by balloons year-round. In addition to its extensive collection of libraries, Delphia is also known for its restaurants, such as the Irunijef, which stretches across seven city blocks, serving hundreds of different seafood dishes.
Dell, on the eastern shore of the continent, is built around its miles of white beaches. Because many of the beaches extend into the city itself, it is not unusual, strolling the boulevards to get from one building to the next, to spot whales surfacing, and dolphins leaping, in the adjacent coves. In addition to its reputation for some of the finest museums in Antarctica, Dell is also known for its extensive space exploration complex, which has been in operation since the mid-eighteen hundreds.
One of the most unusual cities in Antarctica is Faz, a massive underground city in northern Antarctica. Faz consists entirely of underground caverns, some eighty stories high, carved by water over millions of years. The caverns themselves are comprised of a highly reflective form of rose quartz, so that the entire city can be illuminated by a single candle placed near the entrance (but away from drafts). At seven o'clock each evening, the candle's light is puffed out. Faz is best known for its research facilities, and the awe-inspiring Heart of Waterfalls located in the center of the underground city, where one hundred and thirty-six different waterfalls of various heights (some as tall as a skyscraper) tumble ceaselessly down into a blue pool fifty miles in diameter. Visitors also usually take time to explore the extensive moss forest tucked into the eastern corner of the city.
The oldest city in Antarctica, and also the seat of the "government" of Antarctica, such as it is, is the city of Urdz, located on the northern shore. Urdz is home to the Great Hall, the most ancient man-built structure in Antarctica, dating back 40,000 years. The buildings in the city are comprised entirely of red quartz and blue glaciers. Urdz is the largest producer of roses in the nation, with over 10,000 varieties, including 100 different species of pure blues.
At least once in each Antarctican's lifetime, a pilgrimage is made to Mimosa, on the western shore of Antarctica, site of the continent's only battle, in 1403 B.C., to repel foreign invaders. Mimosa is home to the world's largest sculpture, consisting of 620,000 intricately-carved life-sized statues which fill the bay, shoreline and hills. The city also offers an excellent example of a Fes, the circular area of common buildings often found in early Antarctican towns.
Suh, located halfway up the western peninsula of the continent, is composed entirely of huge statues in which its citizens live and work. The tallest of these, a tribute to Hal Felix, who conceived the notion of the Five Concepts, is eighteen stories high. The city is famous for its noodles, its huge population of elfs, a cat-like creature native to Antarctica, and its botanical research.
Squirbranchrel, in the northern forest, is the oldest and largest example of the original Antarctican communities, when the natives lived in trees (Antarcticans did not go through a cave-dwelling phase). Fifty miles wide, and thirty miles deep, the city is built entirely in the treetops of the region, its buildings connected to one another through an elaborate series of multi-level wooden bridges. Squirbranchrel boasts the continent's tallest skyscraper, measured from base to wooden observation deck, as well as the world's largest aquarium (twelve miles wide, eight miles deep, three miles high).
HeartlandHank
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Well, you were a 4th grader once.. So, no. That is not true.
I like that your defense is that not EVERY 4th grader could do it though... Not the stupidest of stupid 4th graders...
Looks like you found potential citizens of FailPennies town.
Finshaggy
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Many visitors assume Antarctica is a socialist state, because so few of its inhabitants appear to have jobs.
In truth, Antarcticans have little need for money. Antarctica is completely self-sufficient (it neither imports nor exports), and its citizens nearly so. They enjoy hand-making most of their possessions, the materials for which are abundantly available.
If an Antarctican needs furniture, for example, she and possibly some of her friends will stroll out into the woods, find a fallen tree whose grain is pleasing, and haul it back to her home, where she can take her time fashioning the perfect dining room set. If an Antarctican needs to build a home, he looks around until he finds a piece of available land that pleases him, marks off the acreage he wishes others to consider to be his (which is always honored), and builds the home he has imagined out of the stone and wood in that area (albeit often, but not always, with the help of a rented klammerhoppper). There is no cost for the land (all land outside the cities not marked-off is free. Whomever marks it off, owns it).
Nearly all Antarcticans maintain year-round farms on a part of their land, and therefore have a more than adequate food supply. Free water comes from an Antarctican's own property (almost all of Antarctica is pleasantly saturated with lakes, creeks and rivers, and all of the water is pure). Power is supplied by small windmills on each property. What an Antarctican does not have the talent to create himself, he barters for with an Antarctican who does, offering an equivalent object in exchange.
Money is used for items it is impractical for an Antarctican to create on her own, such as computer chips, lightbulbs and flyers; for rent for a city apartment (most Antarcticans own a country home and rent a city apartment); and for meals eaten out.
Antarcticans generally work only four months out of each year, which is sufficient to maintain a very comfortable existence. Even during those four months Antarcticans work only three days a week, and six hours a day. Most Antarcticans enter the workforce at age thirty, and retire at age fifty. Unlike the peoples of most nations, working at a job for income is only a small part of an Antarctican's life.
All businesses in Antarctica are privately owned (there are no publicly-traded companies, and therefore no stock exchange). Because there is virtually no crime in Antarctica, citizens keep their life savings at home. As a consequence, the concept of banks never arose. Although there is a government, it owns no property. All "public buildings" (libraries, concert halls, hospitals) are built through contributions.
A common practice in Antarctica which contributes confusion towards the nature of Antarctican economy is the voluntary program usually referred to as "deferral". Under deferral, the government provides a citizen with an annual grant until such time as the citizen begins working (usually at age thirty). The citizen then repays the government the amount of the grant out of his salary. There is no interest on the grant, because there is no inflation in Antarctica (the amount repaid is therefore equal in value to the amount lent), and the government's purpose in lending the money is not to gain a profit.
The basic unit of exchange is a heavy in the palm, circular coin with notched edges and bright surfaces known as the devo. It is made of solid gold. One side depicts the continent of Antarctica, the other, a short, engraved poem or text which changes with each minting. A ruse is worth one twelfth of a devo, and a penny one twelfth of a ruse. A ruse is made from treated pyrite. A penny is made from silver.
The average annual salary in Antarctica for four month's work is 3,600 De. To place this amount in context, a year's rental of a spacious, well-appointed suite high above one of the cities is about 450 De.
There are no taxes in Antarctica. The government, small as it is, is supported by contributions.
In truth, Antarcticans have little need for money. Antarctica is completely self-sufficient (it neither imports nor exports), and its citizens nearly so. They enjoy hand-making most of their possessions, the materials for which are abundantly available.
If an Antarctican needs furniture, for example, she and possibly some of her friends will stroll out into the woods, find a fallen tree whose grain is pleasing, and haul it back to her home, where she can take her time fashioning the perfect dining room set. If an Antarctican needs to build a home, he looks around until he finds a piece of available land that pleases him, marks off the acreage he wishes others to consider to be his (which is always honored), and builds the home he has imagined out of the stone and wood in that area (albeit often, but not always, with the help of a rented klammerhoppper). There is no cost for the land (all land outside the cities not marked-off is free. Whomever marks it off, owns it).
Nearly all Antarcticans maintain year-round farms on a part of their land, and therefore have a more than adequate food supply. Free water comes from an Antarctican's own property (almost all of Antarctica is pleasantly saturated with lakes, creeks and rivers, and all of the water is pure). Power is supplied by small windmills on each property. What an Antarctican does not have the talent to create himself, he barters for with an Antarctican who does, offering an equivalent object in exchange.
Money is used for items it is impractical for an Antarctican to create on her own, such as computer chips, lightbulbs and flyers; for rent for a city apartment (most Antarcticans own a country home and rent a city apartment); and for meals eaten out.
Antarcticans generally work only four months out of each year, which is sufficient to maintain a very comfortable existence. Even during those four months Antarcticans work only three days a week, and six hours a day. Most Antarcticans enter the workforce at age thirty, and retire at age fifty. Unlike the peoples of most nations, working at a job for income is only a small part of an Antarctican's life.
All businesses in Antarctica are privately owned (there are no publicly-traded companies, and therefore no stock exchange). Because there is virtually no crime in Antarctica, citizens keep their life savings at home. As a consequence, the concept of banks never arose. Although there is a government, it owns no property. All "public buildings" (libraries, concert halls, hospitals) are built through contributions.
A common practice in Antarctica which contributes confusion towards the nature of Antarctican economy is the voluntary program usually referred to as "deferral". Under deferral, the government provides a citizen with an annual grant until such time as the citizen begins working (usually at age thirty). The citizen then repays the government the amount of the grant out of his salary. There is no interest on the grant, because there is no inflation in Antarctica (the amount repaid is therefore equal in value to the amount lent), and the government's purpose in lending the money is not to gain a profit.
The basic unit of exchange is a heavy in the palm, circular coin with notched edges and bright surfaces known as the devo. It is made of solid gold. One side depicts the continent of Antarctica, the other, a short, engraved poem or text which changes with each minting. A ruse is worth one twelfth of a devo, and a penny one twelfth of a ruse. A ruse is made from treated pyrite. A penny is made from silver.
The average annual salary in Antarctica for four month's work is 3,600 De. To place this amount in context, a year's rental of a spacious, well-appointed suite high above one of the cities is about 450 De.
There are no taxes in Antarctica. The government, small as it is, is supported by contributions.
Finshaggy
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There are no churches, synagogues, temples, or other "houses of worship" in Antarctica. Such buildings are not forbidden- there is nothing in Antarctica that is forbidden- however, the people themselves have no interest in what is generally referred to as "organized religion". The sense of most Antarcticans is that religion is an attempt to reproduce the epiphany, authentic or not, of the religion's founder or inspiration, through ritual. Antarcticans tend to find gentle humor in this concept.
There is no one in Antarctican history who is thought to have been a god. There are no texts which are believed to be divinely inspired.
Although Antarcticans are not religious, they are a spiritual people. Most of them do believe in prayer, an afterlife, and the importance of helping others. Indeed, almost any conversation in Antarctica other than the most casual one will at some point float towards the metaphysical. Antarcticans enjoy having long discussions about the nature of existence, which can unintendedly put to a disadvantage visitors not used since adolescence to participating in serious conversation. Many of these discussions, at least when only Antarcticans are present, are conducted in German, because of the subtlety of philosophical meaning which can be expressed in that language.
When reference by Antarcticans to the "Five Concepts" was first made, and perhaps because of the casualness of those early allusions, there was speculation among those studying Antarctica that the concepts might in fact be religious precepts, much like the "Ten Commandments" of the West. However, although there is still very little known about the concepts, it now appears that although the concepts are meant to provide insight, it is an insight meant to be practical rather than religious.
At this point, we know the name of only two of the five concepts, nin, pronounced like the German "nein" or the English "nine", and elf.
nin is bus, which makes translation difficult, but the word apparently holds as one of its aspects the idea of "absence [end], which by its absence [end], creates [makes more significant][deceives] possibilities [truths][broadenings or expansions]." "Deceives" is sensed to not have a negative connotation in the context of the translation.
As a concept, nin apparently has a wide variety of applications, both philosophical and physical (it is suspected each of the concepts exist not only in language form but also in physical form, but this is speculation at this point).
It is known that nin, in one of its physical manifestations, refers to the idea of invisibility as it was practiced by Antarcticans while they traveled abroad over the eons prior to the revelation of the "true" Antarctica. In that aspect, nin translates roughly as "being where the other [where the other's attention] is not". Antarcticans achieved invisibility during travels abroad not by actually being invisible, but by remaining outside the vision field of anyone who might see them. For example, an Antarctican might be in a room where there is also another person, but not be seen by that person simply because the Antarctican, with the extraordinary adeptness of their race, always remains behind the person's back. "Not invisible, but not see-able, and therefore not visible," as it's sometimes expressed. (It should be added that the practice of this particular physical aspect of nin, being invisible among others, was done only as a means of self-defense, and is not done today, other than as a physical exercise among Antarcticans).
About the second concept, elf, little is known, although it is likely the concept includes the Elf animal native to Antarctica. The names of the remaining three concepts are not known, nor is anything known about their nature. It is also unclear how the concepts were developed, and the extent to which they are used in everyday life. Because each of the concepts is extraordinarily complex, discussion of them among Antarcticans is conducted almost exclusively in bus, rather than German.
Not surprisingly, Antarcticans, because of their long, uninterupted history, have created a vast store of folklore. Unlike most races, however, Antarcticans appear to place some credence in these stories, as if they were historical events, rather than imaginative fairy tales. Presumably, this suspension of disbelief is meant as a gesture of good will or respect towards the creators of the tales. The most prominent figures in Antarctican folklore are the notisas, a race who supposedly inhabit the "Great Hollow" region of the continent, and who are portrayed as the still-extant ancestor race of the wohui (the bus word for "Antarctican". The bus word for "Antarctica" is wohum).
There is no one in Antarctican history who is thought to have been a god. There are no texts which are believed to be divinely inspired.
Although Antarcticans are not religious, they are a spiritual people. Most of them do believe in prayer, an afterlife, and the importance of helping others. Indeed, almost any conversation in Antarctica other than the most casual one will at some point float towards the metaphysical. Antarcticans enjoy having long discussions about the nature of existence, which can unintendedly put to a disadvantage visitors not used since adolescence to participating in serious conversation. Many of these discussions, at least when only Antarcticans are present, are conducted in German, because of the subtlety of philosophical meaning which can be expressed in that language.
When reference by Antarcticans to the "Five Concepts" was first made, and perhaps because of the casualness of those early allusions, there was speculation among those studying Antarctica that the concepts might in fact be religious precepts, much like the "Ten Commandments" of the West. However, although there is still very little known about the concepts, it now appears that although the concepts are meant to provide insight, it is an insight meant to be practical rather than religious.
At this point, we know the name of only two of the five concepts, nin, pronounced like the German "nein" or the English "nine", and elf.
nin is bus, which makes translation difficult, but the word apparently holds as one of its aspects the idea of "absence [end], which by its absence [end], creates [makes more significant][deceives] possibilities [truths][broadenings or expansions]." "Deceives" is sensed to not have a negative connotation in the context of the translation.
As a concept, nin apparently has a wide variety of applications, both philosophical and physical (it is suspected each of the concepts exist not only in language form but also in physical form, but this is speculation at this point).
It is known that nin, in one of its physical manifestations, refers to the idea of invisibility as it was practiced by Antarcticans while they traveled abroad over the eons prior to the revelation of the "true" Antarctica. In that aspect, nin translates roughly as "being where the other [where the other's attention] is not". Antarcticans achieved invisibility during travels abroad not by actually being invisible, but by remaining outside the vision field of anyone who might see them. For example, an Antarctican might be in a room where there is also another person, but not be seen by that person simply because the Antarctican, with the extraordinary adeptness of their race, always remains behind the person's back. "Not invisible, but not see-able, and therefore not visible," as it's sometimes expressed. (It should be added that the practice of this particular physical aspect of nin, being invisible among others, was done only as a means of self-defense, and is not done today, other than as a physical exercise among Antarcticans).
About the second concept, elf, little is known, although it is likely the concept includes the Elf animal native to Antarctica. The names of the remaining three concepts are not known, nor is anything known about their nature. It is also unclear how the concepts were developed, and the extent to which they are used in everyday life. Because each of the concepts is extraordinarily complex, discussion of them among Antarcticans is conducted almost exclusively in bus, rather than German.
Not surprisingly, Antarcticans, because of their long, uninterupted history, have created a vast store of folklore. Unlike most races, however, Antarcticans appear to place some credence in these stories, as if they were historical events, rather than imaginative fairy tales. Presumably, this suspension of disbelief is meant as a gesture of good will or respect towards the creators of the tales. The most prominent figures in Antarctican folklore are the notisas, a race who supposedly inhabit the "Great Hollow" region of the continent, and who are portrayed as the still-extant ancestor race of the wohui (the bus word for "Antarctican". The bus word for "Antarctica" is wohum).
HeartlandHank
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Love you, Fin. Have a good one.
Finshaggy
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the elf (no apparent relation to the imaginary creature bearing the same name in English), a cat-like monkey whose mature size ranges from one foot to one yard, depending upon the subspecies, and which can be found in nearly all temperate areas of the continent (they are not found outside cities in the northern extremes of the nation). Elfs, as the plural is spelled, generally walk on all fours, although they can stand on their hind legs, with grasping, opposable-thumb front paws (the rear paws are clawed; in most sub-species the front paws are clawed at birth, but the claws eventually drop off as the animal matures). Elfs come in a remarkable range of fur markings, and in this and the triangular, forward projection of their faces (as opposed to the flat faces of most simians), most clearly reveal their feline influence. Their tails are usually quite long, often as long as the length of their body, and are used for both communication and grasping. Of all the animals existing in Antarctica, the elf is considered one of the most intelligent, and most human-like, and indeed nearly all Antarcticans live with one or several elfs. Their lifespan is normally somewhat shorter than Antarcticans.The term "elf" is one of the five concepts (please see Beliefs).
It is a contention of the Antarcticans, as yet unproved by non-Antarcticans, that they and elfs descend from a common ancestor. As part of this belief, the Antarcticans point to the existence (as yet unverified by outside researchers) of the notisas, a race the Antarcticans claim they are directly descended from, and who, they claim, live within the Great Hollow area of the continent. The notisas are said to be of equal parts cat, human and simian, walking upright, covered in beautifully marked fur, who live in the wild but are intelligent creatures with their own culture and civilization (the notisas are said to have created the Antarctican language bus). It is not possible, of course, this early in Antarctican studies, to confidently separate myth from reality, although it would seem almost certain that we are simply misunderstanding the Antarcticans, or they us, when they speak seriously of the existence of the notisas. It should be noted that the Antarcticans also claim the Great Hollow is host to abundant herds of dinosaur, such as have been extinct elsewhere in the world for millions of years. This is so extravagant a claim, and yet made so casually during conversation, that it is hard to know what to make of it until proper research can be carried out.
While we are on the subject of questionable statements, it is probably appropriate here to speak of Val, a region of Antarctica usually visited by Antarcticans only once or twice in their lives, for reasons we don't yet know, where the trees supposedly grow so closely together that one must inch carefully around them, and where, so the Antarcticans claim, live a variety of animals, some quite ordinary, others less so, that speak. It appears from what Antarcticans have said on this subject that when they refer to the animals as speaking, they mean actual vocalization, rather than using the term "speak" in any metaphorical sense. Again, judgement must be reserved for now.
Even if all the Antarcticans' claims about the notisas, still-extant dinosaurs, and talking animals prove to be a comical misunderstanding, there is still such an abundance and diversity of animal life on the continent that their absence would hardly be noticed. Even in the cities, it is not unusual to occasionally see animals roaming about, whether it be giraffes pulling leaves off a tree outside a theatre, or a pair of Bengal tigers sunning themselves on the corner of a terrace. The sight of certain animals, such as tigers, hawks and rhinoceroses being so near to one, and without any restraints, is at first frightening to an outsider, who of course expects the worse, but these animals have apparently lived among the Antarcticans for so many thousands of years now that there are never any dangers of an attack. Once a visitor is assured of this, it can be very pleasant to have such animals nearby. The present writer recalls one morning having coffee at an outside café in Suh, along the Western shore, going over his notes, and looking up from buttering a roll to see a small procession of black and white pandas ambling past on their way to the river.
Lepidopterists are especially keen to visit the continent because of its magnificent abundance of butterflies. One sees them everywhere in Antarctica, even, often, inside. And of course one of the most popular weekend vacations is Butterfly Bay on the western shore. Along with butterflies, other insects found in Antarctica are several species of non-stinging ant, including the bean ant, which builds elaborate, mathematically precise mazes aboveground, with maze walls up to a half-inch high, a wide variety of bees, hornets and wasps, not known to sting humans (they prefer to sting each other), several tank battalions of different species of beetle, the largest of which is the size of a brightly-painted thumbnail, and a garden's variety of spiders, all of which are web weavers, and all but one of which, the palm spider, are harmless. The palm spider, which grows to the size of a child's palm, making it the largest insect in Antarctica, is found only in the Qualye region, a small, dense rain forest of approximately one hundred square miles located inland from the southeastern shore of Antarctica. The spiders live high up in the xitaxis, a member of the Palmae family unique to Antarctica, with arborescent habit, and drop on people as they pass under the tree, scurrying off their heads down their arm to their hand, where they place a venomous bite in the palm. Although the individual bitten is unaffected, he or she then becomes a carrier for buzzereet, the disease spread by the palm spider's saliva. The first person the host individual comes in contact with who touches the wound contracts buzzereet, a nonfatal disease which causes the victim to have delusions that he or she does not exist. Symptoms last approximately one week. If the host avoids having his palm come in contact with any other person for six months, the virus dies and the disease is no longer transmittable. The palm spider is considered the only dangerous animal in Antarctica. People avoid it by simply not visiting that small, remote region. There are no cockroaches in Antarctica (it is in fact the only area on earth without cockroaches), and no flies, fleas, ticks, centipedes or millipedes. Worms are nicely distributed in the rich, dark soil.
Those who dislike them have asked if there are snakes in Antarctica, and it must be honestly reported that there are; however, all the snakes on the continent are herbivorous, fangless, and quite harmless to humans. Lengths vary from under a foot to a little over three feet. They tend to be shy around humans, although they can sometimes be coaxed out from under a bush with a bunch of grapes, their preferred food. Of reptiles and amphibians in general there are a variety, but mostly small garden lizards, non-snapping turtles, and chameleons. All are non-poisonous.
Birds are everywhere in Antarctica, even in the colder climes to the north. Nearly all of them will be familiar to outsiders, including cardinals, blue birds, robins, parakeets, parrots, cockatoos, finches, peacocks, and eagles.
Sea life is plentiful, so much so that Antarcticans frequently stop by the crystal clear shore on their way home and spend a moment catching their own dinners. Lobster comes in several varieties, including the Antarctican Blue Lobster, which has thicker sidelegs than its Atlantic cousin, and is considered to have a sweeter, more pleasing taste. Shrimp is everywhere, as are scallops, periwinkles and crab. Clams and oysters are also quite plentiful (mussels are found only along the northern shores). The Wem is a fish unique to Antarctica: it has no bones or scales, and is therefore easy to prepare for a late Friday night meal. Other fish present in the seas include tuna, snapper, flounder, halibut and sea bass; and in the many lakes, rivers and streams of Antarctica, trout and salmon. Whales, sea lions, penguins and seals are frequently seen along the shores. There are no sharks in Antarctica's waters.
It is a contention of the Antarcticans, as yet unproved by non-Antarcticans, that they and elfs descend from a common ancestor. As part of this belief, the Antarcticans point to the existence (as yet unverified by outside researchers) of the notisas, a race the Antarcticans claim they are directly descended from, and who, they claim, live within the Great Hollow area of the continent. The notisas are said to be of equal parts cat, human and simian, walking upright, covered in beautifully marked fur, who live in the wild but are intelligent creatures with their own culture and civilization (the notisas are said to have created the Antarctican language bus). It is not possible, of course, this early in Antarctican studies, to confidently separate myth from reality, although it would seem almost certain that we are simply misunderstanding the Antarcticans, or they us, when they speak seriously of the existence of the notisas. It should be noted that the Antarcticans also claim the Great Hollow is host to abundant herds of dinosaur, such as have been extinct elsewhere in the world for millions of years. This is so extravagant a claim, and yet made so casually during conversation, that it is hard to know what to make of it until proper research can be carried out.
While we are on the subject of questionable statements, it is probably appropriate here to speak of Val, a region of Antarctica usually visited by Antarcticans only once or twice in their lives, for reasons we don't yet know, where the trees supposedly grow so closely together that one must inch carefully around them, and where, so the Antarcticans claim, live a variety of animals, some quite ordinary, others less so, that speak. It appears from what Antarcticans have said on this subject that when they refer to the animals as speaking, they mean actual vocalization, rather than using the term "speak" in any metaphorical sense. Again, judgement must be reserved for now.
Even if all the Antarcticans' claims about the notisas, still-extant dinosaurs, and talking animals prove to be a comical misunderstanding, there is still such an abundance and diversity of animal life on the continent that their absence would hardly be noticed. Even in the cities, it is not unusual to occasionally see animals roaming about, whether it be giraffes pulling leaves off a tree outside a theatre, or a pair of Bengal tigers sunning themselves on the corner of a terrace. The sight of certain animals, such as tigers, hawks and rhinoceroses being so near to one, and without any restraints, is at first frightening to an outsider, who of course expects the worse, but these animals have apparently lived among the Antarcticans for so many thousands of years now that there are never any dangers of an attack. Once a visitor is assured of this, it can be very pleasant to have such animals nearby. The present writer recalls one morning having coffee at an outside café in Suh, along the Western shore, going over his notes, and looking up from buttering a roll to see a small procession of black and white pandas ambling past on their way to the river.
Lepidopterists are especially keen to visit the continent because of its magnificent abundance of butterflies. One sees them everywhere in Antarctica, even, often, inside. And of course one of the most popular weekend vacations is Butterfly Bay on the western shore. Along with butterflies, other insects found in Antarctica are several species of non-stinging ant, including the bean ant, which builds elaborate, mathematically precise mazes aboveground, with maze walls up to a half-inch high, a wide variety of bees, hornets and wasps, not known to sting humans (they prefer to sting each other), several tank battalions of different species of beetle, the largest of which is the size of a brightly-painted thumbnail, and a garden's variety of spiders, all of which are web weavers, and all but one of which, the palm spider, are harmless. The palm spider, which grows to the size of a child's palm, making it the largest insect in Antarctica, is found only in the Qualye region, a small, dense rain forest of approximately one hundred square miles located inland from the southeastern shore of Antarctica. The spiders live high up in the xitaxis, a member of the Palmae family unique to Antarctica, with arborescent habit, and drop on people as they pass under the tree, scurrying off their heads down their arm to their hand, where they place a venomous bite in the palm. Although the individual bitten is unaffected, he or she then becomes a carrier for buzzereet, the disease spread by the palm spider's saliva. The first person the host individual comes in contact with who touches the wound contracts buzzereet, a nonfatal disease which causes the victim to have delusions that he or she does not exist. Symptoms last approximately one week. If the host avoids having his palm come in contact with any other person for six months, the virus dies and the disease is no longer transmittable. The palm spider is considered the only dangerous animal in Antarctica. People avoid it by simply not visiting that small, remote region. There are no cockroaches in Antarctica (it is in fact the only area on earth without cockroaches), and no flies, fleas, ticks, centipedes or millipedes. Worms are nicely distributed in the rich, dark soil.
Those who dislike them have asked if there are snakes in Antarctica, and it must be honestly reported that there are; however, all the snakes on the continent are herbivorous, fangless, and quite harmless to humans. Lengths vary from under a foot to a little over three feet. They tend to be shy around humans, although they can sometimes be coaxed out from under a bush with a bunch of grapes, their preferred food. Of reptiles and amphibians in general there are a variety, but mostly small garden lizards, non-snapping turtles, and chameleons. All are non-poisonous.
Birds are everywhere in Antarctica, even in the colder climes to the north. Nearly all of them will be familiar to outsiders, including cardinals, blue birds, robins, parakeets, parrots, cockatoos, finches, peacocks, and eagles.
Sea life is plentiful, so much so that Antarcticans frequently stop by the crystal clear shore on their way home and spend a moment catching their own dinners. Lobster comes in several varieties, including the Antarctican Blue Lobster, which has thicker sidelegs than its Atlantic cousin, and is considered to have a sweeter, more pleasing taste. Shrimp is everywhere, as are scallops, periwinkles and crab. Clams and oysters are also quite plentiful (mussels are found only along the northern shores). The Wem is a fish unique to Antarctica: it has no bones or scales, and is therefore easy to prepare for a late Friday night meal. Other fish present in the seas include tuna, snapper, flounder, halibut and sea bass; and in the many lakes, rivers and streams of Antarctica, trout and salmon. Whales, sea lions, penguins and seals are frequently seen along the shores. There are no sharks in Antarctica's waters.
Finshaggy
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Ok person from Pueblo.
Finshaggy
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They can't do it because no one has ever done that research. The 4th grader would literally have to go to Antarctica to figure that shit out.
Finshaggy
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Antarcticans are a single race. Skin and hair color ranges from poetically pale to yellow, peach, red, brown and black. Eye colors are blue, green, gold, brown and black. Antarcticans are slightly taller than Americans on average, and are generally perceived by others as being very attractive physically.
One of the great mysteries of Antarcticans is their metabolism. Unlike most peoples, Antarcticans' ability to quickly metabolize food does not slow as they age. As a consequence, nearly all Antarctican men and woman stay at whatever is their ideal weight, either lean or stocky for the males, and slender or pleasingly plump for the females. No one suffers from morbid obesity in Antarctica, nor are there any anorexics or bulimics. Antarcticans' seemingly effortless ability to remain at ideal weight regardless of the amount eaten (and Antarcticans are fond of feasts) has encouraged many in the West to believe the race might hold the secret to many of the diseases associated with obesity such as heart disease and diabetes, although it is unclear at this point, with so little research done, if Antarcticans' ability to remain at ideal weight is something intrinsic to their metabolic systems, or a property of the food they eat, even as high-caloric as that food can sometimes be.
Some believe the food Antarcticans eat may also be a key to their general good health. Antarcticans rarely fall ill, and have an average life span of one hundred and forty years, nearly all of it spent physically and intellectually fit. The major diseases (cancer, diabetes, stroke) do not exist in Antarctica, despite a diet often high in fat, and wide use of tobacco and alcohol (80% of Antarcticans smoke, and nearly all of them drink), nor are there any sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or certain other infectious diseases such as influenza. Illness in Antarctica is generally limited to the common cold, which the average Antarctican contracts three times during a lifetime; ubu, which temporarily weakens; and buzzereet, which causes delusions. None, though, are life-threatening. Most Antarcticans die in old age, from withung, a sleeping disease, or die younger from accidental causes.
What is probably the greatest influence on Antarcticans, and has been most responsible for allowing them to achieve all they have, is their strong sense of honor. It is not that it is impossible for an Antarctican to lie, or steal, or cheat, or be rude. It is that even though all those activities are, of course, possible, no Antarctican would ever debase himself or herself with such pursuits. As a consequence, there is virtually no crime in all of Antarctica; people are generally cheerful all the time, since there is no negative aspect to social encounters; and costs are only a fraction of what they are in the outside world.
It is said that when an outsider first meets an Antarctican, she notices first his non-threatening nature, then his intelligence, then his sense of humor, and then his kindness. Many people who have met Antarcticans say they remind them of a favorite aunt or uncle from childhood.
Slightly less than fifty percent of Antarcticans have children. Those that do, generally have three. Twins and triplets are extremely rare-- much more so than in other nations.
Antarctican children do not begin school until age ten, and usually complete their studies at age twenty-five. The school system in Antarctica is quite different from those of other countries, in that there are no structured grade levels (kindergarten, grade school, high school, college). Instead, each child progresses at his or her own rate through the body of knowledge accumulated by Antarcticans, and as a consequence may be with older children while learning chemistry, for example, and with younger children while learning history, according to each child's natural talents and interests. Most classes do not use textbooks, and are held outside. School attendance is voluntary. The school year usually consists of three months at the beginning of the year, and three months in the middle. The normal school day is six hours.
At around age sixteen, most Antarctican children participate in the first of at least three "walk-ins", an Antarctican custom. In this first walk-in, fourteen children unknown to each other enter the woods together and spend anywhere from a week to a month in the wilderness (it is up to them, by majority vote, to decide the length of their stay). Why there must be fourteen of them is unknown. Presumably, the exercise is to teach them both self-sufficiency and cooperation with others, which may also be why all the children must be strangers to each other. No adults are present during the childrens' time in the forest, and the children, although usually outfitted with sleeping bags and some basic tools, are not allowed to take any food into the woods with them.
The second walk-in normally occurs at age nineteen. This time, a child goes into the woods by himself or herself, and it is literally a "walk in", in that the child enters the woods only with the clothes they are wearing, and traditionally does so on the spur of the moment, without notifying anyone of their intention to begin the walk-in. This walk-in usually lasts a half year, during which time the child is cut off from all communication with the outside world. It is only during this second walk-in that an Antarctican, according to custom, may enter Val, a dense forest towards the center of Antarctica where the trees grow so close to each other one must squeeze between them in many places, and where the animals are alleged to talk to humans (there may be a problem of understanding here: Antarcticans speak of the animals in Val as communicating with humans through actual vocalizations, but it is difficult to not assume that Antarcticans are speaking metaphorically).
The third walk-in, and for many Antarcticans the final, occurs when two Antarcticans choose each other as mates, which normally occurs in an Antarctican's late twenties. Both then enter the forest together, again with only the clothes they are wearing, and remain in the woods from anywhere from three months to a year. Most Antarcticans then marry, upon emerging from the forest.
Given that Antarcticans are advanced in so many ways, one would expect their divorce rate to be extremely low, or perhaps non-existent, but in truth approximately one-third of all Antarctican first marriages end in divorce. Since there are no laws in Antarctica there is no formal procedure which must be followed to begin or end a marriage, although most couples traditionally post a notice of the start or end of a marriage in a local newspaper.
Once Antarcticans marry, they tend to spend more and more time with each other, and less in society. It is usually during this period that a couple will build their home, create furnishings for it, and begin work on their garden (Antarcticans, who love gardening, tend to create elaborate, park-like gardens on their properties, often several acres in size, full of waterfalls, hidden paths, sudden vistas and quiet ponds). When not with each other, most couples are in adjacent rooms in their home, each pursuing their special interests, with frequent breaks to talk. Since there are no such things as university degrees in Antarctica (a student simply leaves school once he or she feels confident they have learned the body of knowledge common to Antarcticans), all Antarcticans are, in the best sense, great amateurs, much like the naturalists of the nineteenth century. The two great lifelong Antarctican pursuits are art and science; it is not unusual for an Antarctican to near the end of his life having created, in his spare time (of which he has much), a significant body of writings and/or artwork or music, and to have also contributed at least several important papers in those sciences he found himself most inclined to study, such as entomology or astronomy. It is an experience for an outsider to read a botanical paper extraordinary in its clarity and comprehensiveness, then view beautifully-realized sculptures, while listening to an intricate musical work, and realize they were all created by the same mind, and that there are millions of other minds just as creative on this same continent.
One of the great mysteries of Antarcticans is their metabolism. Unlike most peoples, Antarcticans' ability to quickly metabolize food does not slow as they age. As a consequence, nearly all Antarctican men and woman stay at whatever is their ideal weight, either lean or stocky for the males, and slender or pleasingly plump for the females. No one suffers from morbid obesity in Antarctica, nor are there any anorexics or bulimics. Antarcticans' seemingly effortless ability to remain at ideal weight regardless of the amount eaten (and Antarcticans are fond of feasts) has encouraged many in the West to believe the race might hold the secret to many of the diseases associated with obesity such as heart disease and diabetes, although it is unclear at this point, with so little research done, if Antarcticans' ability to remain at ideal weight is something intrinsic to their metabolic systems, or a property of the food they eat, even as high-caloric as that food can sometimes be.
Some believe the food Antarcticans eat may also be a key to their general good health. Antarcticans rarely fall ill, and have an average life span of one hundred and forty years, nearly all of it spent physically and intellectually fit. The major diseases (cancer, diabetes, stroke) do not exist in Antarctica, despite a diet often high in fat, and wide use of tobacco and alcohol (80% of Antarcticans smoke, and nearly all of them drink), nor are there any sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or certain other infectious diseases such as influenza. Illness in Antarctica is generally limited to the common cold, which the average Antarctican contracts three times during a lifetime; ubu, which temporarily weakens; and buzzereet, which causes delusions. None, though, are life-threatening. Most Antarcticans die in old age, from withung, a sleeping disease, or die younger from accidental causes.
What is probably the greatest influence on Antarcticans, and has been most responsible for allowing them to achieve all they have, is their strong sense of honor. It is not that it is impossible for an Antarctican to lie, or steal, or cheat, or be rude. It is that even though all those activities are, of course, possible, no Antarctican would ever debase himself or herself with such pursuits. As a consequence, there is virtually no crime in all of Antarctica; people are generally cheerful all the time, since there is no negative aspect to social encounters; and costs are only a fraction of what they are in the outside world.
It is said that when an outsider first meets an Antarctican, she notices first his non-threatening nature, then his intelligence, then his sense of humor, and then his kindness. Many people who have met Antarcticans say they remind them of a favorite aunt or uncle from childhood.
Slightly less than fifty percent of Antarcticans have children. Those that do, generally have three. Twins and triplets are extremely rare-- much more so than in other nations.
Antarctican children do not begin school until age ten, and usually complete their studies at age twenty-five. The school system in Antarctica is quite different from those of other countries, in that there are no structured grade levels (kindergarten, grade school, high school, college). Instead, each child progresses at his or her own rate through the body of knowledge accumulated by Antarcticans, and as a consequence may be with older children while learning chemistry, for example, and with younger children while learning history, according to each child's natural talents and interests. Most classes do not use textbooks, and are held outside. School attendance is voluntary. The school year usually consists of three months at the beginning of the year, and three months in the middle. The normal school day is six hours.
At around age sixteen, most Antarctican children participate in the first of at least three "walk-ins", an Antarctican custom. In this first walk-in, fourteen children unknown to each other enter the woods together and spend anywhere from a week to a month in the wilderness (it is up to them, by majority vote, to decide the length of their stay). Why there must be fourteen of them is unknown. Presumably, the exercise is to teach them both self-sufficiency and cooperation with others, which may also be why all the children must be strangers to each other. No adults are present during the childrens' time in the forest, and the children, although usually outfitted with sleeping bags and some basic tools, are not allowed to take any food into the woods with them.
The second walk-in normally occurs at age nineteen. This time, a child goes into the woods by himself or herself, and it is literally a "walk in", in that the child enters the woods only with the clothes they are wearing, and traditionally does so on the spur of the moment, without notifying anyone of their intention to begin the walk-in. This walk-in usually lasts a half year, during which time the child is cut off from all communication with the outside world. It is only during this second walk-in that an Antarctican, according to custom, may enter Val, a dense forest towards the center of Antarctica where the trees grow so close to each other one must squeeze between them in many places, and where the animals are alleged to talk to humans (there may be a problem of understanding here: Antarcticans speak of the animals in Val as communicating with humans through actual vocalizations, but it is difficult to not assume that Antarcticans are speaking metaphorically).
The third walk-in, and for many Antarcticans the final, occurs when two Antarcticans choose each other as mates, which normally occurs in an Antarctican's late twenties. Both then enter the forest together, again with only the clothes they are wearing, and remain in the woods from anywhere from three months to a year. Most Antarcticans then marry, upon emerging from the forest.
Given that Antarcticans are advanced in so many ways, one would expect their divorce rate to be extremely low, or perhaps non-existent, but in truth approximately one-third of all Antarctican first marriages end in divorce. Since there are no laws in Antarctica there is no formal procedure which must be followed to begin or end a marriage, although most couples traditionally post a notice of the start or end of a marriage in a local newspaper.
Once Antarcticans marry, they tend to spend more and more time with each other, and less in society. It is usually during this period that a couple will build their home, create furnishings for it, and begin work on their garden (Antarcticans, who love gardening, tend to create elaborate, park-like gardens on their properties, often several acres in size, full of waterfalls, hidden paths, sudden vistas and quiet ponds). When not with each other, most couples are in adjacent rooms in their home, each pursuing their special interests, with frequent breaks to talk. Since there are no such things as university degrees in Antarctica (a student simply leaves school once he or she feels confident they have learned the body of knowledge common to Antarcticans), all Antarcticans are, in the best sense, great amateurs, much like the naturalists of the nineteenth century. The two great lifelong Antarctican pursuits are art and science; it is not unusual for an Antarctican to near the end of his life having created, in his spare time (of which he has much), a significant body of writings and/or artwork or music, and to have also contributed at least several important papers in those sciences he found himself most inclined to study, such as entomology or astronomy. It is an experience for an outsider to read a botanical paper extraordinary in its clarity and comprehensiveness, then view beautifully-realized sculptures, while listening to an intricate musical work, and realize they were all created by the same mind, and that there are millions of other minds just as creative on this same continent.
Finshaggy
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To understand the origin of the 'false' Antarctica, one must go back to March 26, 1403 B.C., when an armada of 20,000 warriors from overseas appeared off the shore of Antarctica's western city, Mimosa, their black ships filling the peaceful blue bay.
By the time the battle was over, and the invaders destroyed, over 600,000 Antarcticans, at that time twenty percent of the continent's population, had died defending their homeland.
Roos Jann, who helped organize Antarctica's tribes in the defense, and who herself lost an arm in the struggle, put forth the idea of creating a 'false' Antarctica to project to the rest of the world, as the best way of protecting the continent from further attempts at conquest.
Because of the immense sorrow all Antarcticans felt as a result of the Mimosa battle, it was decided the best image to project of Antarctica was of a vast, cold wasteland.
Only now, after over 3,000 years, and after fully developing the Five Concepts which provide absolute security to the continent from invading forces, have Antarcticans decided to lift that illusion of the 'false' Antarctica, and to allow the rest of the world to perceive the 'true' Antarctica which has existed all along.
By the time the battle was over, and the invaders destroyed, over 600,000 Antarcticans, at that time twenty percent of the continent's population, had died defending their homeland.
Roos Jann, who helped organize Antarctica's tribes in the defense, and who herself lost an arm in the struggle, put forth the idea of creating a 'false' Antarctica to project to the rest of the world, as the best way of protecting the continent from further attempts at conquest.
Because of the immense sorrow all Antarcticans felt as a result of the Mimosa battle, it was decided the best image to project of Antarctica was of a vast, cold wasteland.
Only now, after over 3,000 years, and after fully developing the Five Concepts which provide absolute security to the continent from invading forces, have Antarcticans decided to lift that illusion of the 'false' Antarctica, and to allow the rest of the world to perceive the 'true' Antarctica which has existed all along.
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