Coldest, Driest, Saltiest Antarctic Soils Might Be Inhospitable To Life
Some Antarctic soils might be the only environments on Earth microbes can’t colonize, a finding that goes against scientists’ expectations of our planet’s habitability. Most...
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Podcast: Field Support and Training
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....
Meet the Penguin Misfits
Looks are important for Adelie penguins, but they may not be as critical for breeding as biologists previously thought. New research shows Adelie penguins with...
Cold Hard Facts
There’s more to know about Antarctica than it being the coldest, windiest, highest and harshest continent on Earth....
Podcast: The Search and Rescue Team
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....
Scoping out the seal mating scene
Biologists have been observing how male Weddell seals secure prime locations when courting females to learn more about the southernmost mammal’s mysterious breeding behavior....
Vessels Update: Friday, November 9, 2012
The latest news aboard the USAP research vessels....
The Infamy of the Skua
Like clockwork in late November, the residents of McMurdo Station look to the sky and spot something that many haven’t seen in months – birds....
Antarctic ice shivers from distant earthquakes
Antarctica is the most remote continent on Earth, but new research shows it is still connected to what happens in the rest of the world....
Comics
Take a walk on the lighter side of life in the Antarctic with the latest wit and wisdom from USAP participants on the Ice....
