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  • Sailing from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina on the Scandinavian-built ice-breaker Akademik Sergey Vavilov, originally built for the Russian Academy of Science and still used occasionally by scientists, is now predominantly used for adventure touring in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. The ship is currently operated by a Russian crew, and staffed with employees of the adventure touring company Quark Expeditions, and carries around 100 passengers at a time. .
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  • Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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  • Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. On the Russian icebreaker Vavilov bound for Antarctica through the Beagle Channel.
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  • Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. On the Russian icebreaker Vavilov bound for Antarctica
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  • BBQ onboard for dinner, and polar plunge on the Scandinavian-built ice-breaker Akademik Sergey Vavilov, originally built for the Russian Academy of Science and still used occasionally by scientists, is now predominantly used for adventure touring in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. The ship is currently operated by a Russian crew, and staffed with employees of the adventure touring company Quark Expeditions, and carries around 100 passengers at a time. .
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  • Tourists view the sunset on board the Scandinavian-built ice-breaker Akademik Sergey Vavilov, originally built for the Russian Academy of Science and still used occasionally by scientists, is now predominantly used for adventure touring in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. The ship is currently operated by a Russian crew, and staffed with employees of the adventure touring company Quark Expeditions, and carries around 100 passengers at a time. .
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  • Savid Salesin, Adopbe Scientist and tango bon vivant, at home in Berkeley, CA
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  • Tierra Santa religious theme park, Buenos Aires
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  • Self Portrait, Peter Menzel, after photographing in the street during the Holi Festival, a Hindu spring festival, also called the Festival of Colors. On the second day, known as Dhulandi, people spend the day throwing colored powder and water at each other. New Delhi, India. New Delhi, India; MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A local priest at a temple in Belur, South India.
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  • Sheriff Doris Weekly in his county jail, Ashland City, Tennessee, USA. The hands sticking out of the nearest cell belong to Johnny Walton, a neighbor of Menzel's who was serving time for theft. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Frank Ochmann, Stern Magazine writer wearing bug glasses, by old trailer on ranch, Roswell, New Mexico. Model Released (1947 UFO Incident.)  (1997).
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke's daily dose of afternoon table tennis at the Otter Club. He is playing against one of his valets Lenin, and takes his game very seriously. Published in Stern Magazine, 28 December 2000, page 77. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke sits in his wheelchair (he has post-polio syndrome) at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, upon a checkerboard-patterned area facing the sea. Clarke wrote 3001 while living in this hotel. He wrote 2001 while living in the Chelsea Hotel in New York City. When asked about Hal and Hal's legacy (artificial intelligence), Clarke said that Hal was possible but asked if that was a good idea. He said that he believed intelligent machines will come, but then there is the question of consciousness. "I think, therefore I am, I think," he said. The photograph Illustrates this quote. Published in Germany's Stern Magazine, 12 December 2001, pages 74-75 and table of contents. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Professor Robert J. Full's Poly-PEDAL Lab at UC Berkeley has been working with roboticists for years, supplying them with information on small animal locomotion that is used to conStruct innovative robots. Recently, the Lab has been working with the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), testing and evaluating artificial muscles. Dr. Kenneth Meijer (from Holland) compares and measures a Stanford Artificial Muscle with a natural one from the leg of the Death Head Cockroach. After cooling the cockroach and exposing leg extensor muscle number 179, an electrode is suctioned into the muscle to simulate the nerve-to-muscle connection. Published in Stern Magazine, February 11th, 2000.
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  • Nautical application of virtual reality used for undersea viewing. NOAA personnel demonstrating a concept developed by Washington University's Human Interface Technology Laboratory; to be able to see underwater objects, fish or terrain by combining sonar with a computer graphics system that would be viewed by the operator wearing laser micro- scanner glasses. Here, a NOAA operator looks out over the stern of a small boat whilst wearing the pink, plastic-rimmed laser glasses & data glove that connect him to the virtual undersea world created by the computer. (1990)
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke donned scuba gear for this photograph for the first time since 1991 and dives in the pool at the Otter Swim Club. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in part for the excellent scuba diving more than 40 years ago. He is too frail to dive in the ocean. Published in Stern Magazine, 28 December 2000 issue, page 76. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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  • Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sir Arthur C. Clarke sits at his desk with his one-eyed Chihuahua, "Pepsi" tucked inside his shirt. Clarke enjoys telling visitors that this is his reenactment of the alien baby bursting forth from the chest of the astronaut in the sci-fi movie Alien. Published in Stern Magazine, 28 December 2000 issue, pages 76-77. (He has post-polio syndrome) Best known for the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. MODEL RELEASED
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