-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- for those with too much money but not enough time or common sense -- here 's the perfect travel solution . a weekend trip to the other side of the planet . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- how did this happen ? that is what many people were asking wednesday , after news broke that a health care worker had flown commercially at a time she was supposedly monitoring herself for a possible ebola infection . amber vinson , 29 , is the third person to be diagnosed with ebola in the united states -- after thomas eric duncan , the liberian national who fell ill after coming to texas , and nina pham , who like vinson had cared for duncan at dallas ' texas health presbyterian hospital . a uk-based tour operator has begun offering whistle-stop sightseeing excursions from london to australia that depart friday afternoon and return `` just in time for work '' on tuesday morning . austravel -- a specialist in down under destinations -- says the 33,800-kilometer -lrb- 21,000 mile -rrb- , 46-hour round trip is ideal for anyone trying to maximize vacation time . tickets starting at $ 1,840 include airfare , two hotel nights and rental car for three days . as with pham , many questions surround how vinson contracted ebola despite efforts to prevent health care workers like them from getting the disease . now they are compounded with others about safeguards for those who had contact with duncan , who succumbed to the disease on october 8 , to prevent the disease from spreading further . by . mark prigg . published : . 09:51 est , 11 october 2012 . | . a man has narrowly avoided jail time for impersonating a police officer to ` deviously ' track down his wife and child at a women 's refuge . on friday , ruben costa , 35 , pleaded guilty to impersonating a member of the police force , but was only handed a two-month suspended sentence , according to the nt news . the incident occurred when the northern territory man returned home from work to find his wife had left him , taking their son and possessions . ruben costa , 35 , pleaded guilty to impersonating a member of the police force , but was only handed a two-month suspended sentence . the father pretended to be a police officer investigating a crime over the phone , claiming he needed the assistance of taxi drivers in the area . costa was unable to contact his wife but , assuming she had left in a taxi , lied about his identity in a conversation with the taxi company to hunt down his spouse . updated : . 11:47 est , 11 october 2012 . scientists have produced the first . three dimensional map of the surface beneath antarctic sea ice , helping . them better understand the impact of climate change on antarctica . you 'll need the car because as well as the time spent cooped up in a jet , there 's a 12-hour drive from sydney to melbourne to make the return flight . austravel 's naomi moreno-melgar concedes traveling to australia for a weekend is `` extreme '' but insists it 's `` do-able . '' the father pretended to be a police officer investigating a crime over the phone , claiming he needed the assistance of taxi drivers in the area . prosecutor marilyn lester told the darwin magistrates court that costa told the taxi operator that he was searching for a woman who had abducted a young boy . the taxi company put a call out to all staff and subsequently located costa 's wife and son at women 's shelter . the incident occurred when the northern territory man returned home from work to find his wife had left him , taking their son and possessions -lrb- stock pic -rrb- . when costa received this information he confronted his wife at the shelter , resulting in an argument . according to costa 's defence lawyer peter orr , costa has been denied access to his son since the altercation . orr insisted that costa 's actions were due to serious worry and concern . magistrate cavanagh told the darwin magistrates court that costa 's actions were ` devious and dishonest ' , according to the nt news . however , he was spared a prison sentence due to his ` remorse , work ethic and high standing in the community . prosecutor marilyn lester told the darwin magistrates court that costa told the taxi operator that he was searching for a woman who had abducted a young boy . the . team of scientists from eight countries have used a robot submarine to . chart a frozen and inverted world of mountains and valleys , allowing . `` a trip to the land down under does not need take up all of your holiday allowance , but with four time zones , three million square miles and 22 million people , it would be nice , '' she says . forget about sleep . the itinerary sees passengers depart london on friday afternoon , arriving in sydney on saturday evening . after a night in a four-star hotel and visits to sydney 's opera house , harbour bridge and tower , they bundle themselves into their rental car and hit the coastal road south . there 's a night and morning in melbourne , before a return flight that lands in london at 6:40 a.m. on tuesday . more : 10 natural wonders of australia . if that 's not enough , austravel says passengers willing to forgo all sleep can buy `` bolt-on '' trips to see attractions such as the great ocean road -lrb- more driving -rrb- or melbourne 's yarra valley wine region . a spokesperson for the tour operator tells cnn it 's received `` a number of enquiries '' about the trip , but was unable to share actual booking figures . accurate measurements of the crucial thickness of antarctic sea ice . by . combining the data with airborne measures of surface ice and snow , . scientists can now accurately measure changes in ice thickness and . better understand the affects of global warming . the world may just have gotten a little smaller . an early version of the 3d map . ` the ice thickness is regarded . amongst climate scientists as the holy grail of determining changes in . the system , ' antarctic marine glaciologist jan lieser told reuters . ` if . we can determine the change in the thickness of the sea ice we can . estimate the rate of change that is due to global warming . ' scientists . have ice thickness data for the arctic region dating back to the 1950s , . also , a little more nuts . would you travel to the other side of the world for just a weekend ? let us know in the comments . allowing for analysis of changes in the arctic ocean , but similar data . has been unavailable for the ice around the frozen southern continent . lieser , . who is aboard an australian icebreaker in antarctic waters , is part of . the sea ice physics and ecosystem experiment project , involving . scientists from australia , belgium , canada , france , germany , japan , new . zealand and the united states . a free-swimming robot submarine , manoeuvres beneath sea ice in eastern antarctica to collect data for the 3d map . the robot was carried aboard the australian antarctic division 's icebreaker , aurora australis . they are using a . free-swimming robot submarine , which moves about 20 meters -lrb- 65 feet -rrb- . below the ice and travels in a grid pattern , using multi-beam sonar to . measure the underside of the ice . lieser . said changes in sea ice thickness affects the formation of cold , salty . antarctic bottom water that drives global ocean currents and is crucial . for sea life , from phytoplankton and krill to whales . ` we . can actually get a full 3d image of what we are measuring . it 's never . been done before and that 's really exciting , ' lieser added . the . results will help set a baseline to establish how climate change . affects antarctic sea ice . scientists will also be able to examine how . changes to sea ice affect the ecosystem . similar tests in 2007 used only airborne equipment and produced only two dimensional maps , which are less accurate . the icebreaker aurora australis awaiting the return of the scientific teams and their equipment in the antarctic .
comes as antarctic ice levels are at a record high . was created using a specially adapted robot submarine . will help researcher analyse the effect of climate change .
the disease on october 8 , to prevent the disease from spreading further . by . mark prigg . published : . 09:51 est , 11 october 2012 . | . a man has narrowly avoided jail time for impersonating a police officer to ` deviously ' track down his wife and child at a women 's refuge . on friday , ruben costa , 35 , pleaded guilty to impersonating a member of the police force , but was only handed a two-month suspended sentence , according to the nt news . the incident occurred when the northern territory man returned home from work to find his wife had left him , taking their son and possessions . ruben costa , 35 , pleaded guilty to impersonating a member of the police force , but was only handed a two-month suspended sentence . the father pretended to be a police officer investigating a crime over the phone , claiming he needed the assistance of taxi drivers in the area . costa was unable to contact his wife but , assuming she had left in a taxi , lied about his identity in a conversation with the taxi company to hunt down his spouse . updated : . 11:47 est , 11 october 2012 . scientists have produced the first . three dimensional map of the surface beneath antarctic sea ice , helping . them better understand the impact of climate change on antarctica . you 'll need the car because as well as the time told the darwin magistrates court that costa told the taxi operator that he was searching for a woman who had abducted a young boy . the . team of scientists from eight countries have used a robot submarine to . chart a frozen and inverted world of mountains and valleys , allowing . `` a trip to the land down under does not need take up all of your holiday allowance , but with four time zones , three million square miles and 22 million people , it would be nice , '' she says . forget about sleep . the itinerary sees passengers depart london on friday afternoon , arriving in sydney on saturday evening . after a night in a four-star hotel and visits to sydney 's opera house , harbour bridge and tower , they bundle themselves into their rental car and hit the coastal road south . there 's a night and morning in melbourne , before a return flight that lands in london at 6:40 a.m. on tuesday . more : 10 natural wonders of australia . if that 's not enough , austravel says passengers willing to forgo all sleep can buy `` bolt-on '' trips to see attractions such as the great ocean road -lrb- more driving -rrb- or melbourne 's yarra valley wine region . a spokesperson for the tour operator tells cnn it 's received `` a number of enquiries '' about the trip , but was unable to share actual booking figures . accurate measurements of the crucial thickness of antarctic sea ice . by . combining the data with airborne measures of surface ice and snow , . scientists can now accurately measure changes in ice thickness and . better understand the affects of global warming . the world may just have gotten a little smaller . an early version of the 3d map . ` the ice thickness is regarded . amongst climate scientists as the holy grail of determining changes in . the system , ' antarctic marine glaciologist jan lieser told reuters . ` if . we can determine the change in the thickness of the sea ice we can . estimate the rate of change that is due to global warming . ' scientists . have ice thickness data for the arctic region dating back to the 1950s , . also , a little more nuts . would you travel to the other side of the world for just a weekend ? let us know in the comments . allowing for analysis of changes in the arctic ocean , but similar data . has been unavailable for the ice around the frozen southern continent . lieser , . who is aboard an australian icebreaker in antarctic waters , is part of . the sea ice physics and ecosystem experiment project , involving . scientists from australia , belgium , canada , france , germany , japan , new . zealand and the united states . a free-swimming robot submarine , manoeuvres beneath sea ice in eastern antarctica to collect data for the 3d map . the robot was carried aboard the australian antarctic division 's icebreaker , aurora australis . they are using a . free-swimming robot submarine , which moves about 20 meters -lrb- 65 feet -rrb- . below the ice and travels in a grid pattern , using multi-beam sonar to . measure the underside of the ice . lieser . said changes in sea ice thickness affects the formation of cold , salty . antarctic bottom water that drives global ocean currents and is crucial . for sea life , from phytoplankton and krill to whales . ` we . can actually get a full 3d image of what we are measuring . it 's never . been done before and that 's really exciting , ' lieser added . the . results will help set a baseline to establish how climate change . affects antarctic sea ice . scientists will also be able to examine how . changes to sea ice affect the ecosystem . similar tests in 2007 used only airborne equipment and produced only two dimensional maps , which are less accurate . the icebreaker aurora australis awaiting the return of the scientific teams and their equipment in the antarctic .
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- for those with too much money but not enough time or common sense -- here 's the perfect travel solution . a weekend trip to the other side of the planet . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- how did this happen ? that is what many people were asking wednesday , after news broke that a health care worker had flown commercially at a time she was supposedly monitoring herself for a possible ebola infection . amber vinson , 29 , is the third person to be diagnosed with ebola in the united states -- after thomas eric duncan , the liberian national who fell ill after coming to texas , and nina pham , who like vinson had cared for duncan at dallas ' texas health presbyterian hospital . a uk-based tour operator has begun offering whistle-stop sightseeing excursions from london to australia that depart friday afternoon and return `` just in time for work '' on tuesday morning . austravel -- a specialist in down under destinations -- says the 33,800-kilometer -lrb- 21,000 mile -rrb- , 46-hour round trip is ideal for anyone trying to maximize vacation time . tickets starting at $ 1,840 include airfare , two hotel nights and rental car for three days . as with pham , many questions surround how vinson contracted ebola despite efforts to prevent health care workers like them from getting the disease . now they are compounded with others about safeguards for those who had contact with duncan , who succumbed to a member of the police force , but was only handed a two-month suspended sentence . the father pretended to be a police officer investigating a crime over the phone , claiming he needed the assistance of taxi drivers in the area . costa was unable to contact his wife but , assuming she had left in a taxi , lied about his identity in a conversation with the taxi company to hunt down his spouse . updated : . 11:47 est , 11 october 2012 . scientists have produced the first . three dimensional map of the surface beneath antarctic sea ice , helping . them better understand the impact of climate change on antarctica . you 'll need the car because as well as the time told the darwin magistrates court that costa told the taxi operator that he was searching for a woman who had abducted a young boy . the . team of scientists from eight countries have used a robot submarine to . chart a frozen and inverted world of mountains and valleys , allowing . `` a trip to the land down under does not need take up all of your holiday allowance , but with four time zones , three million square miles and 22 million people , it would be nice , '' she says . forget about sleep . the itinerary sees passengers depart london on friday afternoon , arriving in sydney on saturday evening . after a night in a four-star hotel and visits to sydney the crucial thickness of antarctic sea ice . by . combining the data with airborne measures of surface ice and snow , . scientists can now accurately measure changes in ice thickness and . better understand the affects of global warming . the world may just have gotten a little smaller . an early version of the 3d map . ` the ice thickness is regarded . amongst climate scientists as the holy grail of determining changes in . the system , ' antarctic marine glaciologist jan lieser told reuters . ` if . we can determine the change in the thickness of the sea ice we can . estimate the rate of change that is due to global warming . ' scientists . have ice thickness data for the arctic region dating back to the 1950s , . also , a little more nuts . would you travel to the other side of the world for just a weekend ? let us know in the comments . allowing for analysis of changes in the arctic ocean , but similar data . has been unavailable for the ice around the frozen southern continent . lieser , . who is aboard an australian icebreaker in antarctic waters , is part of . the sea ice physics and ecosystem experiment project , involving . scientists from australia , belgium , canada , france , germany , japan , new . zealand and the united states . a free-swimming robot submarine , manoeuvres beneath sea ice in eastern antarctica to collect data for the 3d map . the robot was carried aboard the australian antarctic division 's icebreaker , aurora australis . they are using a . free-swimming robot submarine , which moves about 20 meters -lrb- 65 feet -rrb- . below the ice and travels in a grid pattern , using multi-beam sonar to . measure the underside of the ice . lieser . said changes in sea ice thickness affects the formation of cold , salty . antarctic bottom water that drives global ocean currents and is crucial . for sea life , from phytoplankton and krill to whales . ` we . can actually get a full 3d image of what we are measuring . it 's never . been done before and that 's really exciting , ' lieser added . the . results will help set a baseline to establish how climate change . affects antarctic sea ice . scientists will also be able to examine how . changes to sea ice affect the ecosystem . similar tests in 2007 used only airborne equipment and produced only two dimensional maps , which are less accurate . the icebreaker aurora australis awaiting the return of the scientific teams and their equipment in the antarctic .
-lrb- cnn -- for those with too much money but or common sense -- here 's the perfect travel solution. a weekend trip. -lrb- cnn -- how did? that what many people were asking wednesday, after news a health care worker flown commercially at she supposedly monitoring herself a possible ebola infection amber vinson, 29 is diagnosed ebola the united states -- after thomas eric duncan the liberian national who fell coming texas nina pham like cared duncan at dallas ' texas health presbyterian hospital a uk-based tour operator has begun whistle-stop sightseeing excursions from london that depart friday afternoon return `` just work ''. austravel -- a specialist down under destinations -- says the 33,800-kilometer -lrb- 21,000, 46-hour round trip ideal anyone trying maximize vacation time. tickets starting 1,840 include airfare, two hotel nights rental car. as with pham, many questions surround how vinson contracted ebola despite efforts health care workers like them. now they compounded others about safeguards those had contact duncan, succumbed on october 8, to prevent. by. mark prigg. published :. 09:51 est, 11 october. |. a man has narrowly to ` deviously ' track at a women 's refuge. on friday, ruben costa, 35 pleaded impersonating but only handed according the nt news. the incident the northern territory man returned, taking their son possessions ruben costa, 35 pleaded impersonating but only handed the father pretended investigating over, claiming needed the assistance taxi drivers costa was unable contact but, assuming left in a taxi lied his identity in a conversation to hunt his spouse updated :. 11:47 est, 11 october. scientists produced. three dimensional map the surface beneath antarctic sea ice, helping. them better understand the impact antarctica. you 'll need the car because as well the time spent cooped a jet, there sydney melbourne make the return flight austravel 's naomi moreno-melgar concedes traveling a weekend is `` extreme '' insists 's do. '' the father pretended investigating over, claiming needed taxi drivers. prosecutor marilyn lester told the darwin magistrates court costa told the taxi operator searching abducted. the taxi company put a call all staff subsequently located costa 's wife son women 's shelter. the incident the northern territory man returned, taking their son possessions -lrb- stock pic -rrb-. when costa received this information confronted at the shelter, resulting. according costa 's defence lawyer peter orr denied his son since the altercation. orr insisted costa 's actions due serious worry. magistrate cavanagh told costa 's actions ` devious dishonest ', according the nt news. however, he spared due his ` remorse, work high standing prosecutor marilyn lester told the darwin magistrates court costa told the taxi operator searching abducted. the. team of scientists eight countries used a robot submarine. chart a frozen and inverted world mountains, allowing. `` a trip the land down does need take your holiday allowance, with four time zones, three million square miles 22 million people, '' she. forget sleep. the itinerary sees passengers depart london friday afternoon, arriving sydney after a night and visits sydney 's opera house, harbour bridge tower they bundle themselves hit the coastal road south. there 's a night and morning melbourne, before a return flight that lands at tuesday more : 10 natural wonders. if that 's, austravel says passengers willing forgo all sleep buy `` bolt '' trips see attractions the great ocean road -lrb- more driving -rrb- melbourne yarra valley wine region a spokesperson the tour operator tells cnn it 's received `` a number '', was share actual booking figures accurate measurements the crucial thickness. by. combining the data airborne measures surface ice,. scientists can accurately changes ice thickness. better understand the affects. the world may just gotten smaller. an early version the 3d map. ` the ice thickness regarded. amongst climate scientists as determining changes. the system, ' antarctic marine glaciologist jan lieser told reuters. ` if. we can determine the change the thickness we. estimate the rate that. ' scientists. have ice thickness data the arctic region dating,. also, a little nuts. would travel for just a weekend? let us. allowing analysis changes the arctic ocean, but similar data. has unavailable the ice around the frozen southern continent. lieser,. who aboard an australian icebreaker in antarctic waters, is part. the sea ice physics and ecosystem experiment project, involving. scientists australia, belgium canada france new. zealand and the united states. a free-swimming robot submarine, manoeuvres beneath eastern antarctica collect the 3d map. the robot was carried aboard the australian antarctic division 's icebreaker, aurora they using a. free-swimming robot submarine, moves -lrb- 65 -rrb-. below the ice travels a grid pattern, using multi-beam sonar. measure the underside the ice. lieser. said changes sea ice thickness affects the formation cold, salty. antarctic bottom water that drives global ocean currents is crucial. for sea life, from whales ` we. can actually get a full 3d image what we measuring. it 's never. been done that 's really exciting, ' lieser added. the. results will help set a baseline to establish how climate change. affects antarctic sea ice. scientists will also examine. changes sea ice affect the ecosystem. similar tests in 2007 used only airborne equipment produced only two dimensional maps, less the icebreaker aurora australis awaiting the scientific teams and in.
told the darwin magistrates court that costa told the taxi operator that he was searching for a woman who had abducted a young boy . the . team of scientists from eight countries have used a robot submarine to . chart a frozen and inverted world of mountains and valleys , allowing . `` a trip to the land down under does not need take up all of your holiday allowance , but with four time zones , three million square miles and 22 million people , it would be nice , '' she says . forget about sleep . the itinerary sees passengers depart london on friday afternoon , arriving in sydney on saturday evening . after a night in a four-star hotel and visits to sydney 's opera house , harbour bridge and tower , they bundle themselves into their rental car and hit the coastal road south . there 's a night and morning in melbourne , before a return flight that lands in london at 6:40 a.m. on tuesday . more : 10 natural wonders of australia . if that 's not enough , austravel says passengers willing to forgo all sleep can buy `` bolt-on '' trips to see attractions such as the great ocean road -lrb- more driving -rrb- or melbourne 's yarra valley wine region . a spokesperson for the tour operator tells cnn it 's received `` a number of enquiries '' about the trip , but was unable to share actual booking figures . accurate measurements of the crucial thickness of antarctic sea ice . by . combining the data with airborne measures of surface ice and snow , . scientists can now accurately measure changes in ice thickness and . better understand the affects of global warming . the world may just have gotten a little smaller . an early version of the 3d map . ` the ice thickness is regarded . amongst climate scientists as the holy grail of determining changes in . the system , ' antarctic marine glaciologist jan lieser told reuters . ` if . we can determine the change in the thickness of the sea ice we can . estimate the rate of change that is due to global warming . ' scientists . have ice thickness data for the arctic region dating back to the 1950s , . also , a little more nuts . would you travel to the other side of the world for just a weekend ? let us know in the comments . allowing for analysis of changes in the arctic ocean , but similar data . has been unavailable for the ice around the frozen southern continent . lieser , . who is aboard an australian icebreaker in antarctic waters , is part of . the sea ice physics and ecosystem experiment project , involving . scientists from australia , belgium , canada , france , germany , japan , new . zealand and the united states . a free-swimming robot submarine , manoeuvres beneath sea ice in eastern antarctica to collect data for the 3d map . the robot was carried aboard the australian antarctic division 's icebreaker , aurora australis . they are using a . free-swimming robot submarine , which moves about 20 meters -lrb- 65 feet -rrb- . below the ice and travels in a grid pattern , using multi-beam sonar to . measure the underside of the ice . lieser . said changes in sea ice thickness affects the formation of cold , salty . antarctic bottom water that drives global ocean currents and is crucial . for sea life , from phytoplankton and krill to whales . ` we . can actually get a full 3d image of what we are measuring . it 's never . been done before and that 's really exciting , ' lieser added . the . results will help set a baseline to establish how climate change . affects antarctic sea ice . scientists will also be able to examine how . changes to sea ice affect the ecosystem . similar tests in 2007 used only airborne equipment and produced only two dimensional maps , which are less accurate . the icebreaker aurora australis awaiting the return of the scientific teams and their equipment in the antarctic .
 The article discusses how scientists have used a robot submarine to map and study the Antarctic ice sheet. The team of scientists from eight countries used the robot to collect data on the thickness of the ice sheet, which is crucial in understanding climate change. The robot was able to travel under the ice sheet and collect data that would be difficult or impossible for humans to obtain. The data collected will help scientists better understand the dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet and its impact on global sea levels.