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Two Antarctic research bases have completed construction of a new wind farm; the United States and New Zealand expect the new turbines to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels ...

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The RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer encountered unusually thick sea ice as it attempted to push south along the eastern edge of the Antarctic Peninsula causing a change in tactic for scientists planning to study the region to learn more about climate change ...

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Before world leaders met for the major climate conference in Copenhagen in December 2009, an international scientific body released the first comprehensive report on the current state of Antarctica’s climate and its relationship to the rest of the globe ...

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In 1969, a handful of women arrived in Antarctica for the first time; over the following decades, hundreds of women flooded the USAP working their way into positions of authority, from running research stations to leading major science expeditions ...

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Researchers with the Antarctic Geological Drilling Program (ANDRILL) found evidence including fossils of marine algae and pollen of woody plants that indicates a remarkably warm period in Antarctica 15.7 million years ago ...

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NASA begins a series of flights October 15, 2009 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers, and ice sheets. The flights are part of a six-year campaign that is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at Earth's polar regions ...

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• New Evidence Demonstrates Climate Warming Affects Ice Sheet Stability
• British NSF-funded Researchers Deploy Automated Submarine
• Climate-related Changes on the Antarctic Peninsula Being Driven from the Ecosystem
• International Polar Year (IPY) LARISSA Project Planned for 2009-10 Field Season in Antarctic Peninsula
• Study Provides Insight into Evolution and Extinction of Vanished Elephant Seal Colony
• Main Field Season Under Way as Planes Bring in Hundreds of People to McMurdo
• Antarctica's IceCube Telescope is Wisconsin-made
• Winter Fly-in 2009
• Improved Data Communications for South Pole Science
• Arctic and Antarctic-themed Activities to Bring a Breath of Polar Air to Baltimore
• Research at the Ends of the Earth
• U.S. Antarctic Program personnel send Midwinter's Greetings
• NSF Plays Major Role in Evacuation of Injured Australian from Antarctica
• Karl A. Erb, NSF's Polar Programs Director, on the Death of Martin A. Pomerantz
• International AGAP Team Poised to Probe One of Antarctica's Last Unexplored Places
• Air Force Makes First Night Landing on Southernmost Continent
• Antarctic Fossils Paint a Picture of a Much Warmer Continent
• A Single Boulder May Prove that Antarctica and North America Were Once Connected
• New Antarctic Ice Core to Provide Clearest Climate Record Yet
• Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record
• Penguins Helped and Hurt by Changing Climate
• Robert Falcon Scott: The Pioneer Who Died for the South Pole
• Antarctica's Sea "Babies" in Limbo
• A Bright Spot of Life on the Icy Continent
• Vistas, Science and Staying Warm at the South Pole
• Antarctic Ice Shelf Disintegration Underscores a Warming World
• NSF Dedicates New South Pole Station
• Explorers Club to Honor NSF-Funded Researchers and Glaciologist
• Using Penguin Remains to Measure Antarctic Ice Movement
• Researchers and Science Teacher to Explore Antarctica
• Locked in Antarctic Glaciers, Ancient Microbes May Return to Life
• Erb Honored by French Republic for International Scientific Contributions
• New Undersea Images Challenge Prevailing Ideas About the Antarctic Ice Sheet
• Antarctic Icebergs: Unlikely Oases for Ocean Life
• Palmer Station, Antarctica Celebrates Earth Day With an Underwater Clean Up
• International Polar Year Web Portal Offers Email Alerts for Educators
• Report Offers Guidance on How to Safely Explore Vast Aquatic Systems Buried Under Antarctic Ice
• International Polar Year (IPY) Funds Research and Exploration by Teachers, Students, and the Public
• Landmark Completion of South Pole Telescope to Help Scientists Learn What the Universe is Made of and How it Got Here
• Students Help Design a Remotely Operated Vehicle for Antarctic Research
• NPR Science Friday - Audio Programs on Antarctic Science
• NSF Commemorates 50th Anniversary of First Flight to Land at the South Pole
• New Lunar Meteorite Found in Antarctica
• Alaskan Storm Cracks Giant Iceberg to Pieces in Antarctica
• Alaskan Storm Plays Role of Butterfly for Antarctica
• Chemical Cause of Ozone Hole Discovered 20 Years Ago This Month
• Polar Melting May Raise Sea Level Sooner Than Expected
• Impact of Climate Warming on Polar Ice Sheets Confirmed
• NASA Mission Detects Significant Antarctic Ice Mass Loss
• Two New Lakes Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
• Students, Faculty Depart For Antarctica
• Hamilton College 2006 Antarctic Expedition: Weekly Journals
• Irresistible Force Meets Immoveable Object
• Arctic, Antarctic Melting May Raise Sea Levels Faster than Expected
• Polar Neutrino Observatory Takes a Big Step Forward
• NSF Launches New Web Portal for International Polar Year
• Crew Member Lost at Sea
• McMurdo Fish May Prove to be New Species
• South Pole Skylab Transition Keeps Sci Techs On the Move
• What's The Dirt? Researchers Track Soil Movement and Land Erosion in the McMurdo Dry Valleys
• Cargo, Fuel Safely Unloaded at Antarctic Research Station
• Icy Overland Trip May Add Ground Vehicles to South Pole Supply Missions
• DNA Studies Show Microevolution in Penguins
• Digging Dinosaurs