I’ve had a “thing” for Antarctica ever since I was a kid (as evidenced, for example, by the irrational exuberance I expressed this summer over the performance of Nunatak in Live Earth). So I was pleasantly surprised this morning when, while seeking a little diversity in background noise while getting ready to go to work, I discovered NBC’s Today Show broadcasting from McMurdo Station, in Antarctica.
Apparently the Today Show is playing the green card this sweeps period, by broadcasting from the “ends of the earth”—Greenland, Antarctica, and Ecuador (or “the north pole”, “the south pole”, and “the equator”)—to do a series of stories on climate change.
Sadly, I didn’t catch much this morning (other than being very intrigued by the live broadcast from McMurdo, and somewhat annoyed by the north/south pole misrepresentations), but I’ll be interested in seeing what the TiVo captures the next couple of mornings.