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There are a number of web tools available for sharing experiences - photo sites, blog sites, link collections, and maps. With some work it is possible to bring these together, by connecting Google maps to your photo site or your blog. But what if all of these sharing possibilities were brought together in one spot? And what if it was designed with the traveler in mind and made just -click- that easy?

The continent of Antarctica is covered by a thick sheet of ice, averaging over 2 kilometers deep. This frozen mass holds some ninety percent of the fresh water in the world, although much of the continent is paradoxically very dry. Precipitation levels measured at single-digit centimeters per year are common, making the icy expanse in fact one of the "driest" places on Earth.