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Randall Davis, Lee Fuiman and Terrie Williams will arrive in Antarctica a bit early this season in order to track seal predation behavior through the dark of Antarctica ...

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Helen Amanda Fricker was recently recognized for her achievements in polar science when she was awarded the 2010 Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica ...

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Scientists from around the country spent time this summer at the National Ice Core Laboratory helping to catalog, cut, and ship pieces of ice taken from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) ...

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The first U.S. Antarctic Program flight to Antarctica landed safely at Pegasus airfield near McMurdo Station on August 15, 2010, ushering in the 2010 Winter Fly-in (Winfly) season. ...

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Flights for the 2010 Winfly season are scheduled to arrive a week early using night-vision goggles ...

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NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) 1 supported important research and medical missions in Antarctica for more than a decade ...

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