Sea Drifters
The menagerie of drifting ocean creatures that lives off the coast of Palmer Station was under the microscope more than ever this past austral summer....
Tanker Weather
Every year a fuel vessel, above, arrives at McMurdo Station. Invariably, the weather takes a turn for the worse, with colder temperatures and high winds...
Why Antarctic Fish Don’t Freeze Their Tails Off
An innovative project to understand how fish survive in the frigid Antarctic waters is opening up new avenues for researchers monitoring what goes on under...
Running Down a Dream
On a cold, windy Sunday on Ross Island, most residents of McMurdo Station were enjoying the shelter of a warm building and hot food. Not...
Six stunning photos from the Antarctic solar eclipse
A total solar eclipse passed over Antarctica on December 4, 2021, a rare and exciting celestial event for the southernmost continent....
New Priorities
The National Science Foundation’s 2016 budget request to Congress calls for $7.7 billion, which represents a 5.2 percent increase over last year. The FY16 budget...
Where are IceCube’s neutrinos coming from?
Thanks to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, scientists have identified several types of cosmic structures that produce neutrinos....
American Ingenuity
Two Americans inspired by tales of heroism in the age of exploration in Antarctica had a hand in ensuring that part of the continent’s early...
Antarctic fossils shed new light on the lives of ancient amphibians
Fossils of extinct amphibians found in Antarctica are helping paleontologists reconstruct how these ancient creatures once roamed the planet and understand how life evolved in...
Project Complete
Completion of the conservation work at Discovery Hut in January marked the conclusion of a decade-long effort to protect three of the first human-built structures...
