Former U.S. President Gerald Ford, who has died at his home in California at age 93, was remembered Wednesday by President Bush as a ‘calm and steady hand.’ Vice President Cheney, in a statement, called Ford a ‘dear friend and mentor’. Alexander Haig, Ford’s chief of staff, told CNN that Ford’s pardon of former President [...]
The flyer for the New Year’s Eve party — IceStock — at Antarctica’s McMurdo Station tells a lot about the weirdly normal vibe here: “Come out and dance ’til the sun goes around.”
Unlike almost every other location on the planet, the sun won’t go down on New Year’s [...]
Laurent Hamida has been travelling with the British Army in southern Afghanistan as an ‘embedded’ video journalist. This is his final blog from the assignment.
In the middle of the desert the Padre asked for a minute’s silence. The 105 gun just beside us fired a round, into the emptiness. We were all looking at the ground [...]
This is the third posting from Laurent Hamida who is embedded with the British Army in south Afghanistan.
A few hours later, when I woke up, everything was quiet, the desert had not changed, but we had the visit of a new friend: an icy, dusty wind.
We were all looking like ghosts, keeping our eyes down [...]
This is the second posting from Laurent Hamida who is ‘embedded’ with the British Army in south Afghanistan
After a good night, I went to meet the royal marines who where staying around our place, trying to build some contacts. Had a few words with the c/o [commanding officer], a major – small build but you could [...]
Editors note: Deborah Zabarenko, the Reuters Environment Correspondent pictured left, is reporting in Antarctica on a National Science Foundation Grant. You can read her articles here
When you drive on a frozen sea in Antarctica, you learn to respect the weather. Even if the temperature is below the freezing mark, and there are no clouds on the horizon, and [...]
Laurent Hamida has joined the British Army’s Zulu company in southern Afghanistan. This is the first posting in a series in which Laurent will blog about his experiences as an embedded video journalist.
I had second thoughts about the idea of being embedded, it was going to be my first time, at least officially! When covering a conflict, we always find [...]
Editor’s note: Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters Environment Correspondent based in Washington, is reporting on Antarctica on a National Science Foundation Grant. Gearing up for her trip, she concluded earlier this week, that nobody looks great in insulated bib overalls. Here’s her report upon arriving on the ice…
About halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica, the U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane [...]
