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Astronomer Craig Kulesa installs the HEAT telescope at Ridge A. The three-mirror telescope focuses light to a small cryostat that holds detectors cooled to 50 Kelvin (minus 370 degrees Fahrenheit). A New Plateau
Science / Space and Atmospheric Physics
Friday December 14, 2012

Some consider a trip to the South Pole as going to the literal end of the world. In that case, Craig Kulesa has found a site in Antarctica somewhere between the Earth and starry skies above. The high-altitude polar plateau is home to a new telescope observing interstellar clouds where stars are made.
Former U.S. Antarctic Program participant Jason Anthony at a field camp in the Ford Ranges. From the Gut
Features / Life on the Ice
Friday December 14, 2012

The canon of Antarctic history is by no means small. Yet author Jason Anthony has found a fresh way to tell the story. His account deals with human endurance and dramatic exploits. And the role of food through the brief decades of human occupation in Antarctica.

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