Warm Ocean Water is Eroding Thwaites Ice Shelf From Below
Scientists got their first glimpse at the ocean conditions surrounding the Thwaites Ice Shelf in 2019, and recently published results are worrisome for the rapidly...
The Worst Journey – and the Best Journey to Create a Polar Expedition Graphic Novel
Artist Sarah Airriess is sharing one of the most celebrated accounts of the golden age of Antarctic exploration with a new generation. The Worst Journey...
Coldest, Driest, Saltiest Antarctic Soils Might Be Inhospitable To Life
Some Antarctic soils might be the only environments on Earth microbes can’t colonize, a finding that goes against scientists’ expectations of our planet’s habitability. Most...
Podcast: Field Support and Training
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....
Meet the Penguin Misfits
Looks are important for Adelie penguins, but they may not be as critical for breeding as biologists previously thought. New research shows Adelie penguins with...
Cold Hard Facts
There’s more to know about Antarctica than it being the coldest, windiest, highest and harshest continent on Earth....
Podcast: The Search and Rescue Team
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....
Scoping out the seal mating scene
Biologists have been observing how male Weddell seals secure prime locations when courting females to learn more about the southernmost mammal’s mysterious breeding behavior....
Vessels Update: Friday, November 9, 2012
The latest news aboard the USAP research vessels....
The Infamy of the Skua
Like clockwork in late November, the residents of McMurdo Station look to the sky and spot something that many haven’t seen in months – birds....
