Race Around the World
In the last four years, Rickey Gates has competed around the world as a top mountain runner. Now the 29-year-old Coloradoan can truly say he’s...
Month : December 2022
Subterranean Survey
The discovery of a lava lake on Mount Erebus 40 years ago offered a window into the “plumbing” of Antarctica’s southernmost active volcano. It turns...
Piping Hot
The National Science Foundation allocated $3 million from its portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to replace the heat-trace system at McMurdo Station....
Clean Conduct
There are few places in Antarctica that have been studied as long as Mount Erebus, with continuous research atop of the active volcano stretching across...
The Penguin Perspective
Penguins truly are one of the feel-good animals in the popular imagination. But there is very little fun loving or playful about the lives of...
Early Arrival
The first support staff arrived at the remote WAIS Divide field camp in West Antarctica on Oct. 26, only a day after the first LC-130...
Condition One
The Antarctic and the city of Detroit: These two places, separated by more than 9,000 miles and residing in different hemispheres, would seem to be...
Magical Realism
The biggest research program of the post-International Polar Year (IPY) era for the U.S. Antarctic Program, WISSARD brings together more than a dozen principal investigators...
Science Takes Off
Charles Hood’s book will explore the relationship between aviation and science in Antarctica. He wonders: Is there really a strong relationship between flying and doing...
Shrinking Down
The annual ozone hole that forms above Antarctica during the Southern Hemisphere spring is the second smallest recorded in two decades....