The Art of Science
Poet Katharine Coles went to Palmer Station on an Antarctic Artists and Writers grant from the National Science Foundation. What compelled her to go? She...
Month : December 2022
Predator and Prey
There are few places left in the world where the big predators still naturally dominate their ecosystem. Except perhaps one: The Ross Sea is still...
Here Comes the Sun
The sun has returned at McMurdo Station. And the first light heralds the arrival of Winfly, a six-week-long period beginning in August when the U.S....
Bits and Pieces
A satellite image released this month by NASA shows the disintegrating Wilkins Ice Shelf is still shedding icebergs five years after news broke that a...
Deep Freeze
Of all the places in the world, one would not think of the South Pole as the home of a state-of-the-art cryogenic facility. After all,...
Faithful Reproduction
The National Ice Core Laboratory reopened for business once again in May to prepare about 280 meters of ice drilled from a lonely, snowy region...
Birth of Antarctic Science
Historian Edward Larson believes an important thread is missing from the vast tapestry of lore that has been spun about the Heroic Age of Antarctic...
Latest Update
West Antarctica remains the most climatically dynamic region of Antarctica, which continues to be largely shielded from the effects of global warming thanks to the...
Breaking News
After weeks of speculation about whether the U.S. Antarctic Program would be without an icebreaker for the 2011-12 summer field season, the National Science Foundation...
Wild Swings
Winter at the South Pole always has its ups and downs, but the weather at the bottom of the world has been taking some wild...
