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Welcome to the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) web portal.
Funded by the U.S. Government's National Science Foundation (NSF)  , the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) supports scientific research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The USAP carries forward the Nation's goal of supporting the Antarctic Treaty, fostering cooperative research with other nations, protecting the Antarctic environment, and conserving living resources.
The NSF manages the program under guidance of a Presidential memorandum that directs an "active and influential presence in Antarctica designed to support the range of U.S. Antarctic interests."
Since 1956 Americans have been studying Antarctica and its interactions with the rest of the planet. Research disciplines include glaciology, biology and medicine, geology and geophysics, oceanography, climate studies, astronomy, and astrophysics. Contractors and units of the military provide operational support.
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Announcements
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NSF and National Academy of Sciences Celebrate Early IPY Results at Public Event on April 6
On Monday, April 6, 2009 the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) hosted a celebration of early IPY accomplishments ... Read More
View Videos of the Celebration
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ARRA Funds Available For NSF Research Infrastructure and Instrumentation Programs
The NSF will use American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for two special opportunities: the ARI-R2 and MRI-R2 programs ... Read More
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USAP Email Address Format Changing
The format of USAP email addresses for USAP participants is changing ... Read More
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Ice Stories
For the International Polar Year, scientists were given cameras and blogging tools and asked to document their field work. Web cam interviews and video stories show what it’s like for a scientist to conduct research in Antarctica ... Ice Stories Web Site 
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South Pole Station Special Report
Perhaps the world's most remote research environment, the South Pole is a unique scientific laboratory, and the South Pole Special Report captures the ongoing research efforts there ... Read More
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Improved Data Communications for South Pole Science
New science data communications capability enables the NSF to share exciting results of its science programs with the public …
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Unusual Antarctic Microbes Live Life on a Previously Unsuspected Edge
Briny liquid buried under an Antarctic glacier appears to support unusual microbial life in a place where cold, darkness and lack of oxygen would previously have led scientists to believe nothing could survive ...
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Autonomous Antarctic Observatories Gather Space Weather Data
An international scientific consortium has developed autonomous observatories in Antarctica that for the first time provide critical year-round "space weather" data from the Earth's harshest environment ...
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New Evidence From NSF-funded ANDRILL Demonstrates Climate Warming Affects Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability
A five-nation scientific team has published new evidence that even a slight rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that drives global warming, affects the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) ...
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Antarctic Photo Library
Photo of the Week:
The South Pole Traverse team fills an open crevasse in what is called the 'shear zone,' an area with hundreds of crevasses.
The Antarctic Sun Newspaper
Why do people go to Antarctica, and what do they do there? Read the USAP's newspaper to find out about U.S. Antarctic communities ...
National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs
Find out about The Office of Polar Programs' (OPP) operational support in the Antarctic, and how it manages and initiates National Science Foundation funding for basic research ...
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