Southernmost Telescope Gets an Array of Upgrades
One of the telescopes at the bottom of the world is getting a major upgrade. The South Pole’s venerable Keck Array is being reconstituted into...
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We Are All Scientists
In the midst of the austral winter, as total darkness and below-zero temperatures encompass McMurdo Station, the pace of science slows somewhat. A science fair...
An Aerial Assessment of Adelie Penguins
Flying robots are helping scientists track the population of Adelie Penguins. This past austral summer, researchers flew a small fleet of coordinated unmanned aerial vehicles,...
Fathoming Life Under the Ice
This past austral summer season, two artists who specialize in science communication visited McMurdo Station to begin a multi-media, multi-faceted project with the aim of...
A Bot in the Ocean
During the past austral summer, scientists released an autonomous seafaring robot into the Southern Ocean. For four months, the small “Wave Glider” navigated the frigid...
Podcast: MacOps
The Antarctic Sun is taking a behind-the-scenes look at the workers and what they do to make science at the bottom of the world possible....
Weddell Seals Sing Songs Humans Can’t Hear
The seals of McMurdo Sound are more vocal than previously thought. A new research paper published in the December edition of The Journal of the...
A South Pole Record
The prospect of spending a winter at the desolate South Pole doesn’t appeal to many. It’s no small feat for the few dozen hearty souls...
Counting on Seals
Seal science in Antarctica continues, even as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world. Fewer researchers and support staff traveled to Antarctica in 2020 to...
Science Bouncing Back From a Delayed Start
The first planes of the 2018-2019 Summer Season touched down at McMurdo Station’s Phoenix Airfield in the afternoon of October 16th after more than two...
