Halfway Done
Construction of the world’s largest, and perhaps most unique, telescope is 50 percent complete. Drillers deployed the 18th string of digital sensors for the IceCube...
SPT Upgrades Sensors
The South Pole Telescope was constructed during the 2006-07 austral summer. The following winter, the telescope achieved what scientists call “first light” (meaning, it worked),...
After the Icebergs
A couple of years ago, life at Cape Royds for the world’s most southerly Adélie penguin colony looked dire. But after two successful reproductive seasons,...
Getting Warmer
Soon we may have to call it the Subantarctic Peninsula. Scientists who monitor the ecosystem at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula say a...
High-Resolution Record
Researchers involved in the United States component of the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE) make use of many tools, from ice cores to satellites, as...
The Score on Sea Ice
Antarctic sea ice remains relatively healthy while the sea ice in the Arctic continues a precipitous decline in overall volume, according to the latest report...
Life in the Cold and Dark
Alison Murray studies tiny critters with a potentially big role in the marine ecosystem of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. She is interested in how...
Breaking Up
The spectacular disintegration of a large chunk of the Wilkins Ice Shelf off the Antarctic Peninsula in March may be part of an accelerating pattern...
Taking The Plunge
The search for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa will begin in an ice-covered lake in Antarctica, where scientists and engineers will test an autonomous robot...
Going Beyond the Movies
A new online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, provides a one-stop site of resources specifically designed for teachers of grades K-5. The NSF-funded site...
