At the forefront
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...
Month : January 2023
Upon Further Reflection
Sridhar Anandakrishnan never had any ambitions on becoming an Earth scientist, let alone a specialist in the behavior of Antarctic ice, while attending graduate school...
Back to the ranch
Paul Ponganis is an Antarctic veteran researcher who has studied emperor penguins in the field for more than 20 years. He describes the research and...
Bird Watching
Why do Adélie penguins forage in the locations that they do? Scientists working in the Antarctic Peninsula plan to find out by following the seabirds...
Long-distance correspondence
Adult students in a New Orleans literacy class are swapping stories and e-mails with a group of people spending the dark, cold winter in Antarctica....
Crushing Blow
The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest warming spots on the planet. Now scientists believe at least one species of king crab is slowly...
Caught on Camera
Entertainment can be hard to come by in Antarctica. Those spending the winter on the continent are participating in an international film competition sponsored by...
Aspiring for Knowledge
In a region famously isolated from the rest of the planet, there are plenty of hard-to-reach places in the Antarctic, such as crevassed and thinning...
Byrd Polar Research Center
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....
Ghost particles give scientists first look inside an active galaxy
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has detected about 80 high-energy neutrinos emitted by a single active galaxy over the course of ten years....