The Antarctic Sun: Current Features

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An aurora shimmers above New Zealand's Scott Base during the austral winter in Antarctica.

A Year in the Life

Anthony Powell's normal day job is as a satellite communications engineer at McMurdo Station. He's on his sixth straight austral winter, monitoring and maintaining the satellite equipment that keeps McMurdo connected to the rest of the world. But he recently completed a short summer stint on the Ice as a photographer under the National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artists and Writers Program.

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'United Nations of the World'
Most freelance journalists tackle a different topic nearly every week. A lucky few may engage an assignment for several months. Lucia Simion has made Antarctica her own personal beat for the better part of a decade.

Cool Art
Canadian painter Linda Mackey co-founded the Polar Artists Group two years ago. Coordinating with the International Polar Year, most of the group's 50 artists, photographers, writers and filmmakers have traveled to the Arctic or Antarctic to create art to capture life in these extreme environments.

There and Back Again
Elke Bergholz has been to the bottom of the world twice in nine years as a teacher, though there are no children in Antarctica. She says the experience is about much more than just "having been there." In a personal essay, she writes the memories and experiences will linger with her forever.

Managed Protection
Researchers studying the effects of climate change around the Antarctic Peninsula have data stretching back nearly 35 years. To protect the fragile ecosystem and the integrity of this natural laboratory, the U.S. Antarctic Program has proposed creating an Antarctic Specially Managed Area for the marine-based region.

A Year in the Life

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