Madsenblog

Madsenblog RSS Feed

• Svalbard 2010 August 29, 2010
  Have just returned from my trip to Svalbard, which was part of a course on “Climatic changes in the Arctic region” that I’m currently following… Svalsat (link): Fossile of a leaf…around 65 million years old: Polar bear guard…No one leaves Longyearbyen without being armed: Madsen @ Scott Turner Glacier: Unbelievable pla […]
  Madsen
• Colberts nuclear explosion August 17, 2010
  Hilarious!
  Madsen
• Umm nom nom August 17, 2010
  Madsen Restaurant
  Madsen
• Men’s 100 metres world record 1910 - 2010 August 14, 2010
  More than a full second…incredible. Bonus info: Long jump world record 1901: Peter O’Connor (Ireland) 7.61 meters Long jump world record 1991: Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 meters High jump world record 1912: George Horine (USA) 2.00 meters High jump world record 1993: Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.45 meters
  Madsen
• Documentary - “Taliban - Behind the masks” August 7, 2010
  “Taliban behind the masks” from vid on Vimeo. A few additional links: A group of eight doctors, thought to include a Briton, have been found shot dead alongside three bullet-riddled cars in a remote northern province of Afghanistan. (The Telegraph) Taliban Wages War on Afghan Girls’ Schools (NPR) Taliban treatment of women (Wikipedia […]
  Madsen