Updated Guidance on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - Environmental Update for USAP Personnel
USAP Headlines
Tuesday September 26, 2023
There is a high risk that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI H5N1) will arrive in the Southern Ocean during the 2023/24 austral summer.

Response to Antarctic Sea Ice Community
USAP Headlines
Thursday September 21, 2023
Earlier this year, the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) received a letter from researchers who depend on sea ice around McMurdo Station to conduct their research.

Morale Program Initiatives for the U.S. Antarctic Program 2023-24 Season
USAP Headlines
Friday August 04, 2023
For the upcoming Antarctic research season (2023-2024), NSF is implementing several changes to morale-related activities across the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP).

Process to build a new pier at McMurdo Station Begins
USAP Headlines
Wednesday August 02, 2023
The National Science Foundation's U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) has begun work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to design, build, deliver, and install a floating barge pier at McMurdo Station

Upcoming South Pole Station Master Plan Charrette
USAP Headlines
Wednesday July 12, 2023
As part of the South Pole Master Planning process, a planning charrette will be held virtually in August.

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Dear Colleague Letter: Request for Information - Technologies to Enable Observations in Remote-Extreme Environments

Office of Polar Programs News
Wednesday November 22, 2023

With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), "Request for Information (RFI) on Technologies to Enable Observations in Remote-Extreme Environments," the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) seeks broad input to answer the question, "What new technologies would allow transformative advances in accessing data and observations from remote-extreme environments (e.g., polar regions, under the sea and seafloor, deep within the Earth's crust, in the air, etc.)?"

OPP welcomes Taiylor Russell as a Student Trainee (Administrative)

Office of Polar Programs News
Wednesday November 22, 2023

The Office of Polar Programs is pleased to welcome Taiylor Russell as OPP's Student Trainee (Administrative).

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Interdisciplinary Program Director, Antarctic Glaciology Program

Update on U.S. Antarctic Program Testing of Electronic Submission for Physical Qualification (PQ) documents

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