The Antarctic Sun turns 25
New USAP Headlines
Wednesday October 26, 2022
This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Antarctic Sun, the U.S. Antarctic Program's website for Antarctic news and information.

Update on Antarctic Communications Improvements
New Station Modernization
Wednesday October 26, 2022
Improving the communications infrastructure for the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) continues to be a priority for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of Polar Programs (OPP).

Rumbles, booms and growls: Listen to the first recordings of these Antarctic whale calls
The Antarctic Sun
Monday October 24, 2022
Biologists are getting their first real listen to the vocalizations made by Antarctic minke whales, the most abundant yet least understood whale species in the Southern Ocean.

New Solicitations: Antarctic Research Requiring and Not Requiring Support for Fieldwork
Science News
Friday October 21, 2022
The Antarctic Sciences Section has released two new solicitations for Antarctic research: one for research requiring field support and one for research not requiring field support.

The Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science construction project returns full activity following COVID-19 Delay
Station Modernization
Friday October 21, 2022
NSF has recently re-baselined the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science (AIMS) project, now comprised of 2 facilities, enabling construction to proceed at McMurdo Station beginning this season.

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Rebecca Gast joins the OPP Antarctic Sciences Section as a Program Director for Organisms and Ecosystems

Office of Polar Programs News
Thursday September 22, 2022

Dr. Rebecca Gast joins the NSF Office of Polar Programs from the Biology Department, Woods Hole Institution of Oceanography, where she is an Associate Scientist.

Dear Colleague Letter: Seafloor Geodesy 2022

Office of Polar Programs News
Tuesday September 20, 2022

A new NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Seafloor Geodesy 2022 has been posted inviting proposals for seafloor geodesy field campaigns to deploy transponders from an existing instrument pool for 1-4 sites at tectonic settings that target volcanic processes, transform processes, plate motions, or polar regions.

NSF Awards $4 million for a National Polar Education and Arts Program

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