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 ====== Green Antarctica ====== ====== Green Antarctica ======
  
-An [[asb timelines|ASB timeline]] written by [[offtopic:DValdron]], in which [[Antarctica]] never fully glaciates. The wildlife that evolves there, along with the later appearing local human civilization, is inventive and unique, bizzarely adapted to the extreme conditions... and often incredibly disturbing to the rest of the world.+An [[asb timelines|ASB timeline]] written by [[offtopic:DValdron]], in which [[Antarctica]] never fully glaciates. The wildlife that evolves there, along with the later appearing local human civilization, is inventive and unique, bizarrely adapted to the extreme conditions... and often incredibly disturbing to the rest of the world.
  
 You can read it [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=158364|here]] (if you have the guts, since the whole timeline can get pretty eerie at times). Alternatively, you can use the chapter guide available below (it is currently under construction, please be patient). You can read it [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=158364|here]] (if you have the guts, since the whole timeline can get pretty eerie at times). Alternatively, you can use the chapter guide available below (it is currently under construction, please be patient).
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 ==== Chapters ==== ==== Chapters ====
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3379222&postcount=1|Prologue: Introducing the premise]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3379222|Prologue: Introducing the premise]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3379287&postcount=2|Chapter 1: Miocene Antarctica]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3379287|Chapter 1: Miocene Antarctica]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3379360&postcount=3|Chapter 2: Enter Humans]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3379360|Chapter 2: Enter Humans]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3395531&postcount=6|Chapter 3: Tsa]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3395531|Chapter 3: Tsa]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3398598&postcount=14|Chapter 4: From the Journals of Captain James Cook (approx. July 1774)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3398598|Chapter 4: From the Journals of Captain James Cook (approx. July 1774)]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3398644&postcount=15|Chapter 5: "Invasion: How Species and Peoples Have Transformed the World" by Jared Diamond (2012)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3398644|Chapter 5: "Invasion: How Species and Peoples Have Transformed the World" by Jared Diamond (2012)]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3398760&postcount=20|Chapter 6: The Human Era Begins]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3398760|Chapter 6: The Human Era Begins]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3398786&postcount=21|Chapter 7: Hive Monkeys]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3398786|Chapter 7: Hive Monkeys]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3400085&postcount=27|Chapter 8: Early Human Expansion]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3400085|Chapter 8: Early Human Expansion]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3401088&postcount=34|Chapter 9: A Written Geography of Antarctica]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3401088|Chapter 9: A Written Geography of Antarctica]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3403363&postcount=50|Chapter 10: Tsalmothua, Near the glacier (circa 18,000 BCE)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3403363|Chapter 10: Tsalmothua, Near the glacier (circa 18,000 BCE)]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3403406&postcount=51|Chapter 11: Prehistoric Agriculture Among the Tsalal]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3403406|Chapter 11: Prehistoric Agriculture Among the Tsalal]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3403959&postcount=54|Chapter 12: Principle Tsalal Crops]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3403959|Chapter 12: Principle Tsalal Crops]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3406079&postcount=79|Chapter 13: Early Domestications - Monkeys and Penguins]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3406079|Chapter 13: Early Domestications - Monkeys and Penguins]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3406115&postcount=80|Chapter 14: From the Journal of Captain Cook]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3406115|Chapter 14: From the Journal of Captain Cook]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3406574&postcount=84|Chapter 15: Tsalmothua, Circa 17,000 BCE]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3406574|Chapter 15: Tsalmothua, Circa 17,000 BCE]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3406629&postcount=87|Chapter 16: "The Horsepower Revolution - Draft Animal Domestication of the Middle Human Era" by Anton Kovacs (University Press, Cambridge, 2002)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3406629|Chapter 16: "The Horsepower Revolution - Draft Animal Domestication of the Middle Human Era" by Anton Kovacs (University Press, Cambridge, 2002)]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3408122&postcount=105|Chapter 17: Mothbeasts and domestication]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3408122|Chapter 17: Mothbeasts and domestication]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3408184&postcount=107|Chapter 18: Tragedy and Transformation - The Tsalal Middle Era]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3408184|Chapter 18: Tragedy and Transformation - The Tsalal Middle Era]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3408273&postcount=108|Chapter 19: Tsalmothua, Circa 8000 BCE]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3408273|Chapter 19: Tsalmothua, Circa 8000 BCE]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3408351&postcount=109|Chapter 20: Birthplace of Tsalal Civilization Uncovered, New Register, April 17, 1966 (AP/CE)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3408351|Chapter 20: Birthplace of Tsalal Civilization Uncovered, New Register, April 17, 1966 (AP/CE)]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3408827&postcount=110|Chapter 21: Coal Age]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3408827|Chapter 21: Coal Age]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3409162&postcount=114|Chapter 22: Predator Domesticates - Daggerfoots, Hoppers, Shupa and Devils]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3409162|Chapter 22: Predator Domesticates - Daggerfoots, Hoppers, Shupa and Devils]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3410799&postcount=129|Chapter 23: Significant Events in Tsalal History Revealed to Date (First Update)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3410799|Chapter 23: Significant Events in Tsalal History Revealed to Date (First Update)]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3412024&postcount=136|Chapter 24: National Geographic - Yag Country]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3412024|Chapter 24: National Geographic - Yag Country]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3412201&postcount=139|Chapter 25: Tulu, the Calendar Man]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3412201|Chapter 25: Tulu, the Calendar Man]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3413643&postcount=140|Chapter 26: The Yag Proto-Civilization]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3413643|Chapter 26: The Yag Proto-Civilization]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3413741&postcount=141|Chapter 27: The War Against the Water Kings, and the Flood]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3413741|Chapter 27: The War Against the Water Kings, and the Flood]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3415607&postcount=145|Chapter 28: Yag II - An Overview, 12,500 to 8,000 Years Ago]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3415607|Chapter 28: Yag II - An Overview, 12,500 to 8,000 Years Ago]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3418579&postcount=149|Chapter 29: Warlord of the Tsalal - Story of a Yag Mythic Hero]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3418579|Chapter 29: Warlord of the Tsalal - Story of a Yag Mythic Hero]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3418628&postcount=151|Chapter 30: "Getting High the Tsalal Way", part 1]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3418628|Chapter 30: "Getting High the Tsalal Way", part 1]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3421423&postcount=161|Chapter 31: Innovation and Social Transformation among Primitive Tsalal Cultures]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3421423|Chapter 31: Innovation and Social Transformation among Primitive Tsalal Cultures]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3421552&postcount=162|Chapter 32: The Birth of the Zhu people - The Suffering Path]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3421552|Chapter 32: The Birth of the Zhu people - The Suffering Path]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3421570&postcount=164|Chapter 33: The Sea Peoples of the Pole]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3421570|Chapter 33: The Sea Peoples of the Pole]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3425228&postcount=178|Chapter 34: The Coal Kingdoms - an Overview (8900 - 4500)]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3425228|Chapter 34: The Coal Kingdoms - an Overview (8900 - 4500)]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3425282&postcount=179|Chapter 35: Timeline of the Antarctic Coal Age]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3425282|Chapter 35: Timeline of the Antarctic Coal Age]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3426009&postcount=182|Chapter 36: Ptahr - The First Empire]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3426009|Chapter 36: Ptahr - The First Empire]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3426612&postcount=184|Chapter 37: National Geographic - Sunken Cities of the South Pole]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3426612|Chapter 37: National Geographic - Sunken Cities of the South Pole]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3428440&postcount=192|Chapter 38: Antarctic Coasts and Seaborn Isolation - Howard Phillips's Travelers Guide]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3428440|Chapter 38: Antarctic Coasts and Seaborn Isolation - Howard Phillips's Travelers Guide]]**
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3429980&postcount=198|Chapter 39: Rise of the Ptarh]]**+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3429980|Chapter 39: Rise of the Ptarh]]**
  
  
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 ==== Literary allusions within the timeline ==== ==== Literary allusions within the timeline ====
  
-The Tsalal natives themselves [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3398466&postcount=10|take their name]] and some aspects of their culture from Edgar Allan Poe's famous novel //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Narrative_of_Arthur_Gordon_Pym_of_Nantucket|The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket]]//. Jules Verne later wrote an unofficial sequel to Poe's creepy adventure novel, the //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sphinx_of_the_Ice_Fields|Sphinx of the Ice Fields]]//.+The Tsalal natives themselves [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3398466|take their name]] and some aspects of their culture from [[offtopic:Edgar Allan Poe]]'s famous novel //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Narrative_of_Arthur_Gordon_Pym_of_Nantucket|The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket]]//[[offtopic:Jules Verne]] later wrote an unofficial sequel to Poe's creepy adventure novel, the //[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sphinx_of_the_Ice_Fields|Sphinx of the Ice Fields]]//.
  
-An alternate version of Howard Phillips Lovecraft appears in the timeline as an intrepid journalist and adventurer who travels Antarctica in order to study the bizarre history and culture of the Tsalal. Many subtle and overt references to the themes of OTL Lovecraft's fantasy/sci-fi horror works appear throughout the timeline.+An alternate version of [[offtopic:Howard Phillips Lovecraft]] appears in the timeline as an intrepid journalist and adventurer who travels Antarctica in order to study the bizarre history and culture of the Tsalal. Many subtle and overt references to the themes of OTL Lovecraft's fantasy/sci-fi horror works appear throughout the timeline.
  
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 **[[http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6304/greenantarcticamap.png|A map of Green Antarctica]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Rubberduck3y6]] - The map uses the place names  described earlier by the TL's author. There are two narrow channels completing the Polar Channel (Khihrul Lul) and linking it to the Sea of Discord (Tsaotuhgua Lul). **[[http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6304/greenantarcticamap.png|A map of Green Antarctica]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Rubberduck3y6]] - The map uses the place names  described earlier by the TL's author. There are two narrow channels completing the Polar Channel (Khihrul Lul) and linking it to the Sea of Discord (Tsaotuhgua Lul).
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=178757&stc=1&d=1340785126|Face of an average Tsalal male (early concept)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]]+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/178757/|Face of an average Tsalal male (early concept)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]]
  
 **[[http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/189/2/3/tsalal_by_bensen_daniel-d555jqo.jpg|Face of an average Tsalal male (finished concept)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]] **[[http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/189/2/3/tsalal_by_bensen_daniel-d555jqo.jpg|Face of an average Tsalal male (finished concept)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]]
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 **[[http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/207/0/3/green_antarctica_by_bensen_daniel-d58ovzu.jpg|Various mammals of the timeline's version of Antarctica]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]] **[[http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/207/0/3/green_antarctica_by_bensen_daniel-d58ovzu.jpg|Various mammals of the timeline's version of Antarctica]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]]
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=178627&stc=1&d=1340651555|Tamed and armour-equipped giant sloth carrying harness with Tsalal rocket artillery (early sketch)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]]+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/178627/|Tamed and armour-equipped giant sloth carrying harness with Tsalal rocket artillery (early sketch)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]]
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=178650&stc=1&d=1340686690|Tamed and armour-equipped giant sloth carrying harness with Tsalal rocket artillery (early concept)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]] +**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/178650/|Tamed and armour-equipped giant sloth carrying harness with Tsalal rocket artillery (early concept)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]] 
  
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=178755&stc=1&d=1340785014|Tamed and armour-equipped giant sloth carrying harness with Tsalal rocket artillery (finished concept)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]] +**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/178755/|Tamed and armour-equipped giant sloth carrying harness with Tsalal rocket artillery (finished concept)]]**, courtesy of [[offtopic:Danbensen]] 
  
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