McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory Releases Recording of Antarctic Orca Sounds
News / Wednesday February 20, 2019
Researchers with the OPP-funded McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory at NSF's McMurdo Station, Antarctica have released a 100-minute recording of the world's southernmost killer whales....

A Force of Nature, a Marvel of Logistics
News / Friday February 15, 2019
Paul Cziko, a researcher at the University of Oregon and the principal investigator for the McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory at NSF's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, earlier this month recorded this roughly two-minute, time-lapse video...

Rolling Stone, Rolling Ship: A Correspondent on the Way to Antarctica Shares a Firsthand Experience of the Notorious Drake Passage
News / Tuesday February 12, 2019
Jeff Goodell, a writer for Rolling Stone, is one of two journalists competitively selected to cover a research cruise of NSF's Nathaniel B. Palmer. The cruise is part of the International Thwaites...

"Dressed For Success" in the Antarctic
News / Tuesday February 12, 2019
Marine technician Jennie Howatt pilots a small craft in Antarctic waters as part of a research cruise aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer....

"Cold Pursuits: A Scientist's Quest to Uncover Antarctica's Hidden Secrets" -- The Wall Street Journal
News / Thursday February 7, 2019
In late November, a reporter and photographer from The Wall Street Journal visited NSF-funded researchers in Antarctica under OPP's auspices, to report on science being carried out in the McMurdo Dry Valleys,...

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