Back in Time
Hugh Ducklow and his colleagues aboard the research vessel Laurence M. Gould travel back in time every January. The journey is a spatial one, from...
Month : February 2023
Ten Years and Counting
This season marks The Antarctic Sun’s 10th year as the U.S. Antarctic Program’s official news source for everything you wanted to know about Antarctica, the...
Rapid Retreat
A robotic submarine, making a rare foray underneath an ice shelf, found an important clue as to why one of West Antarctica’s key glaciers is...
Weather Delays Pole Flights
Ann Curry and the Today Show crew reporting live out of McMurdo Station make one last effort to reach the South Pole. Weather has grounded...
Ocean Observations
Underwater robots and marine animals outfitted with scientific sensors are part of a proposed strategy for monitoring polar oceans into the 21st century, particularly a...
Life on the Ice
A grant recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, Rogers spent about six weeks on the Ice in 2005. A writer...
New Wave
The National Science Foundation’s Lisa Clough joined more than 2,300 polar scientists in one place at the International Polar Year (IPY) Oslo Science Conference in...
A Different Perspective
Guy Guthridge spent 35 years of his life with the National Science Foundation working to create the foundation’s unique Antarctic Artists and Writers Program. The...
Fishy Business
Adélie penguins across parts of the northwestern Antarctic Peninsula don’t appear to be getting a balanced diet these days. What’s missing? A sardine-sized fish called...
Dropping In
A C-17 Globemaster III, flown by airmen from McChord Air Force Base in Washington, airdropped more than 20,000 pounds of cargo at the South Pole...
