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Baker Swap

Baker Swap

Features | Life on the Ice
Monday December 21, 2015

In a show of gastronomic diplomacy, McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base swapped chefs for a few afternoons in December, giving the cooks a chance to pick up new tricks and station residents a taste of each other's culinary culture.


McMurdo's Crafty Side

McMurdo's Crafty Side

Features | Life on the Ice
Tuesday December 15, 2015

For one afternoon in December, McMurdo's dining hall was transformed into a small bazaar of handmade wares. At the annual December Craft Fair, station residents gathered to display and swap the arts and crafts projects they've been working on during their off-hours.


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Dec
02
2015

Weighing Seals Without Scales

Science | The Biological World

Scientists working on the longest-running Antarctic seal population study are using a new technique that needs little more than an off-the-shelf digital camera to turn photos of Weddell seals into important new data in their continuing research.


Nov
25
2015

2,000 Dives Under the Antarctic Sea

Features | People Profiles

Party balloons greeted Rob Robbins as he climbed out of the icy waters of McMurdo Sound on October 22. The colorful additions to the typically utilitarian furnishings of the small dive hut marked a major milestone in his career.


Nov
16
2015

Secrets of the Gigantic Sea Spiders

Science | The Biological World

The average sea spider in McMurdo Sound is neither itsy nor bitsy. Although they live in oceans all over the world, to find the really enormous ones, scientists have to trek to Antarctica. It's a phenomenon called polar gigantism, and scientists are studying these marine giants as part of a U.S. Antarctic Program-supported team led by Amy Moran at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.


Nov
12
2015

Two Nations Honor Their Veterans

Features | Life on the Ice

Residents of McMurdo Station and New Zealand's Scott Base joined together on Veterans Day to honor the service of their nations' men and women in uniform. Through speeches, prayers and a ceremonial flag raising, service members and station leaders from both countries recognized the bravery of those in the armed forces.


Oct
28
2015

El Nino in Antarctica

Science | Oceans and Atmosphere

If the weather at the bottom of the world seems a little out of whack this year, blame El Nino. Every few years, the ocean around the eastern and central Pacific warms a few degrees, disrupting weather patterns across the ocean from Alaska to Antarctica. Scientists at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting that this year's El Nino will be a particularly strong one.


Oct
21
2015

The Lost Dry Valleys of the Polar Plateau

Science | Earth

Today the McMurdo Dry Valleys are a unique geographic feature in Antarctica, lowland regions away from the coast with no ice cover. However, unusual mineral mounds discovered along the Transantarctic Mountains indicates that there may have once been more places like them elsewhere on the continent.


Oct
14
2015

International Antarctic Family Welcomes New Members

Features | Operations

In the past 18 months, multiple nations signed on to the international accords that administer Antarctica and the protocol overseeing its environmental stewardship. At the same time, other countries have started new science efforts or announced plans to expand dramatically their permanent presence.


Oct
08
2015

The Dry Valleys Helped Scientists Understand a Wet Mars

Science | Earth

The recent announcement of evidence of flowing, liquid water just below the Martian surface made headlines across the globe. When asked what this water might be like, NASA scientist Chris McKay pointed to Antarctica's briny Don Juan Pond in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.


Sep
16
2015

Despite Storms, Winfly A Success

Features | Operations

As Winfly got underway this year, a spate of nasty storms blew through the area, slowing progress and adding to the annual heavy workload. Despite the inclement weather, more than 200 people safely flew into McMurdo Station, including more than two dozen researchers on multiple science teams.


Sep
03
2015

Report Offers a Vision for the Next Decade of Antarctic Research

Features | Operations

An expert panel convened by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a strategic vision for the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) that lays out three "strategic priorities" for future research.


Aug
19
2015

A Cold Week at the Pole

Features | Operations

It was a frigid start to July for those wintering at the South Pole. An eight-day cold snap at the beginning of the month had temperatures hovering near minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit, with record lows recorded on seven of those days.


Aug
13
2015

Successful Flights Means More Access to McMurdo in Winter

Features | Operations

Residents wintering at McMurdo Station saw a rare sight in June; A United States Air Force C-17 touching down at the Pegasus Airfield during Antarctica's darkest month, which U.S. Antarctic Program officials hope is harbinger of things to come.


Jul
15
2015

Empowering Educators at the School of Ice

Science | Education and Outreach

To the casual observer, mid-June may not seem like the ideal time to explore the science of ancient ice. However, last month, as the hot sun beat down outside, a dozen geoscience professors donned boots and thick red parkas to brave sub-zero freezers and learn the secrets embedded in ice many thousands of years old, from the coldest places on Earth.


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