This year’s mission for the South Pole Traverse team was to re-establish the 1,600-kilometer-long route between McMurdo and South Pole stations, conducting maintenance along the...
Environmental protection of Antarctica has long been a cornerstone of international policy, and many areas of special interest enjoy additional safeguards under various designations that...
Researchers studying the effects of climate change around the Antarctic Peninsula have data stretching back nearly 35 years. To protect the fragile ecosystem and the...
Byrd Polar Research Center is one of the nation’s premiere facilities for studying the Antarctic, Arctic and alpine regions of the world. The Antarctic Sun...
Byrd Polar Research Center was established shortly after the International Geophysical Year in 1960 as the Institute of Polar Studies at The Ohio State University....
The New York Air National Guard, which flies the ski-equipped Lockheed C-130 Hercules for missions around the continent on behalf of the U.S. Antarctic Program,...