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Geological Feature on Mercury Named for Antarctic Research Vessel 15 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
A geological feature on one of the most inhospitable planets in the solar system has been named for the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, an ice-capable Antarctic research vessel chartered for the National Sci...
Antarctic Ice Core Sheds New Light On How the Last Ice Age Ended 15 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
Analysis of an ice core taken by the National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide drilling project reveals that warming in Antarctica began a few thousand years ear...
Giant Iceberg Calves From Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf 12 Jul 2013 | 07:36 pm
Nearly two years after NASA scientists discovered a huge crack across the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf, an iceberg bigger than the city of Chicago calved off into the Amundsen Sea.
Former USAP Participants Land Spots on Latest Astronaut Class 12 Jul 2013 | 07:36 pm
Antarctica is a huge continent, but it’s a small world when it comes to those who have lived and worked there. Yet Christina Hammock and Jessica Meir never met while working at different stations. Now...
Midwinter Day 2013 21 Jun 2013 | 07:36 pm
Spending a winter in Antarctica is often compared to a marathon: slow and steady wins the race back to summer and sunlight. Scientists and support personnel at the U.S. Antarctic Program's three resea...
New Zealand Coroner Rules January Plane Crash Killed Antarctic Crew 18 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm
The deaths of three crew members of a Twin Otter aircraft that crashed into a mountain in Antarctica in late January have been officially attributed by a New Zealand coroner to injuries sustained in t...
NSF-Supported Antarctic Science Documentary Is Also a Teaching Tool 18 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm
Under the guidance of researchers and filmmakers, Rutgers undergraduates are fusing science and art into a story with broad appeal...
Two-month Time-lapse Video of Antarctic Ice Goes Viral 18 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm
Cassandra Brooks, a Stanford University doctoral student, spent two months aboard the National Science Foundation-operated icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer. She-and a video she produced on the voyage-be...
NSF Releases Plan to Guide Development of its Largest Antarctic Research Station 13 Jun 2013 | 03:25 pm
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a master plan for updating its largest Antarctic research station, McMurdo, on Ross Island, that will, among other goals, increase energy efficiency,...
New Study on Carbon Dioxide Absorption in Antarctic Seas 13 Jun 2013 | 03:25 pm
Large-scale experiments where scientists spray iron into the waters to fertilize phytoplankton are controversial and, according to a new study at the Georgia Institute of Technology, perhaps not as ef...
