On the Wings of Petrels
Ecologist Donna Fraser carefully makes her way across a low rocky ridge towards a mass of gray feathers with a beak. It’s the baby chick...
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Podcast: Research Associates
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....
Charting a Genetic Sea Change
Scientists are mapping the coastline of ancient Antarctica using DNA from underwater invertebrates alive today. In October, despite the ongoing COVID pandemic, a team of...
A Next-Generation Antarctic Science Station
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...
Cruising for Mollusks
Scientists are going to the ends of the Earth to discover all they can about an obscure group of sparkly, worm-like mollusks. There’s lots of...
Appreciation: Dick Bowers, 1928-2019
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,...
Thwaites Glacier – Past
Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting because of climate change, and if it collapses completely, could add about two feet to global sea level. Glaciologists...
The Reality and Revisioning of Antarctica
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...
Thwaites Glacier – Present
Thwaites Glacier is melting fast because of climate change, causing sea levels to rise the world over. Of all the world’s glaciers, it’s the one...
Podcast: The South Pole Traverse
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....
