Weddell Seals Sing Songs Humans Can’t Hear
The seals of McMurdo Sound are more vocal than previously thought. A new research paper published in the December edition of The Journal of the...
A South Pole Record
The prospect of spending a winter at the desolate South Pole doesn’t appeal to many. It’s no small feat for the few dozen hearty souls...
Counting on Seals
Seal science in Antarctica continues, even as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world. Fewer researchers and support staff traveled to Antarctica in 2020 to...
Science Bouncing Back From a Delayed Start
The first planes of the 2018-2019 Summer Season touched down at McMurdo Station’s Phoenix Airfield in the afternoon of October 16th after more than two...
On the Wings of Petrels
Ecologist Donna Fraser carefully makes her way across a low rocky ridge towards a mass of gray feathers with a beak. It’s the baby chick...
Podcast: Research Associates
In Antarctica, scientists conduct cutting edge research on a harsh and barren continent. It’s no easy task, but to help make it happen the U.S....
Charting a Genetic Sea Change
Scientists are mapping the coastline of ancient Antarctica using DNA from underwater invertebrates alive today. In October, despite the ongoing COVID pandemic, a team of...
A Next-Generation Antarctic Science Station
It’s official, McMurdo Station will be getting a much-needed revitalization. The National Science Board, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) governing body, in February authorized NSF...
Cruising for Mollusks
Scientists are going to the ends of the Earth to discover all they can about an obscure group of sparkly, worm-like mollusks. There’s lots of...
Appreciation: Dick Bowers, 1928-2019
Dick Bowers, the U.S. Navy engineer who led the construction of both McMurdo and South Pole stations has died. Bowers passed away on January 29,...
