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Icefin Tests the Waters
Science / Oceans and Atmosphere
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Navigating a robot through the frozen ocean's frigid waters was all in a day's work for the RISE UP science team. From their makeshift mission control in a small fish hut, the...

The Dry Valleys' Briny Deep
Science / Earth
Monday April 22, 2019
Hunting for groundwater has come a long way from divining rods in the days of yore. This past austral summer, scientists in Antarctica used a sophisticated and highly sensitive instrument to look...

The Reality and Revisioning of Antarctica
Features / Perspectives
Monday April 08, 2019
Antarctica is often thought of as a wilderness, both by people who have never been to the continent and people who have worked and lived there for years. Writer Caitlin Scarano wants...

Appreciation: Dick Bowers, 1928-2019
Features / Perspectives
Monday April 01, 2019
Dick Bowers, the U.S. Navy engineer who led the construction of both McMurdo and South Pole stations has died. Bowers passed away on January 29, 2019, at the age of 90....

The First Wave of the "Thwaites Invasion"
Science / Ice and Snow
Monday March 18, 2019
The U.S. and U.K.-funded International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) officially kicked off its science field research in January, when four researchers and their support teams set foot on a remote, fast-melting glacier...

A Next-Generation Antarctic Science Station
Features / Operations
Thursday March 07, 2019
It's official, McMurdo Station will be getting a much-needed revitalization. The National Science Board, the National Science Foundation's (NSF) governing body, in February authorized NSF to begin a comprehensive rebuilding of the...

Research associate Marissa Goerke looks out at a collection of weather monitoring instruments installed behind Palmer Station.

Podcast: Research Associates
Features / Operations
Wednesday February 20, 2019
In Antarctica, scientists conduct cutting edge research on a harsh and barren continent. It's no easy task, but to help make it happen the U.S. Antarctic Program employs small army of support staff to get these researchers the supplies they need, transport them to where they need to go and keep them safe throughout.

From the air, emperor penguins show up as tiny spots against the white ice. Researchers using aerial photos like this are comparing them to satellite photos to get a complete census of emperor penguin colonies.

Penguins From SPAAAAAACCCE
Science / The Biological World
Tuesday February 05, 2019
Scientists want to know how many emperor penguins there are in the world, and they're using Earth-observing satellites to count them.

A Trematomus bernacchii swims up to the surface of a holding tank. Researchers want to know how these and other Antarctic fish will react to warming ocean waters.

Stressed Out Fish?
Science / The Biological World
Monday January 07, 2019
Climate change is expected to be stressful on fish species worldwide: as the climate warms, so too will the oceans, putting a strain on creatures that depend on consistent water temperatures.

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