Masses of Mosses
As the continent warms, Antarctica is getting greener. Plants are taking hold where glaciers once covered the landscape. Moss in particular is sprouting up in...
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Phoenix Rising
When a C-17 cargo plane landed at McMurdo Station’s recently completed Phoenix runway on Tuesday, Nov. 15, it meant that the station’s newest airfield had...
Stringing Together More Neutrino Detectors
The biggest experiment at the South Pole is getting a significant upgrade. Over the next three years, IceCube, the neutrino detector located at the South...
The End of Summer Armada
Over the course of about three weeks, a flotilla of ships docked at McMurdo Station to help both McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott Couth Pole stations restock...
Facing the Ultimate Acid Test
Some of the Southern Ocean’s smallest animals are facing big challenges. The once-exceedingly stable Southern Ocean around Antarctica is warming, and as it absorbs carbon...
James Stewart
James “Jim” Stewart–the chief diving officer emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the so-called “father” of the U.S. Antarctic Program’s diving program–died in...
Pumping Iron
Cold, hard iron is on the move. Particles of the ferrous metal are trickling into Antarctica’s oceans, and marine algae are gobbling it up....
Podcast: McMurdo Station On The Move
Mass transit may not be one of the first things that comes to mind when thinking about operations on the icy continent, but without it...
Insects in the Extreme
Scientists are taking a close look at Antarctica’s largest land animal. It’s a small insect called the Antarctic midge, and they don’t grow much bigger...
Charles Bentley 1929-2017
Charles Bentley, the pioneering glaciologist who was among the very first wave of scientists to travel to Antarctica, passed away on August 19 at his...
