1 Bankruptcy courts are separate units of the district courts. 2  Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. 3  People or businesses file for bankruptcy when they have more liabilities than they have the ability to pay from their assets and income. 4  Bankruptcy judges serve 14 year terms.
(Australian Antarctic Division (Photo: Paul Brown, Australian Maritime College)) Scientists at institutions in the United States and Australia on Friday published a set of unprecedented ocean observations near the largest glacier of the largest ice sheet in the world: Totten glacier, East Antarctica. And the result was a troubling confirmation of what scientists already feared â Totten is melting from below.
Vinson Massif, at 78Â°35'S, 85Â°25'W is 21km (13 miles) long and 13km (8 miles) wide, is the highest peak in Antarctica. It lies on the southern part of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range. It was named for Carl G. Vinson, a Georgia congressman and a major force in 20th century U.S. Antarctic exploration. Scale the top of the bottom of the world - the highest mountain in Antarctica and one of the most remote mountains on earth. 2  Fly across the Drake Passage and over the sprawling icy interior of Antarctica to reach Vinson Base Camp.