Without Pier
An aerial sweep of the sea ice that fills McMurdo Sound reveals a few small, snow-streaked islands. And then there are the telephone poles, vehicle...
Month : December 2022
Spreading Out
Antarctic sea ice extent in mid-August reached a record or near-record level high at 18.7 million square kilometers. The positive growth of total sea ice...
Roof Over Antarctica
Virtually unknown outside the world of academia and polar adventurers, the Transantarctic Mountains bisect the continent of Antarctica for 2,400 kilometers. Few people are as...
Hot Streak
Last month was the warmest August on record for the South Pole, ending a winter that will go down as the mildest ever since record-keeping...
Seeking Shelter
One of the iconic images that has survived from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration shows Norwegian Roald Amundsen and three members of his party...
Coming Out on Top
A study by researchers using data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole reveals new information that may help unravel the longstanding mystery...
South Pole Anniversary
A celebration of the achievements of the past and the promises of the future received a warm reception in a very cold place this week,...
Hunt begins for Antarctica’s oldest ice
U.S. researchers on the southernmost continent are in the midst of their first field season of a multi-year project to find and extract the oldest...
Heat Wave
A rare white Christmas at the South Pole brought with it a record-breaking heat wave for a day. The temperature officially hit 9.9 degrees Fahrenheit...
On the Seashore
Hundreds of sea stars were discovered washed up on the snow-covered beach at Cape Evans on Ross Island earlier this month. The phenomenon has scientists...
