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Monday November 25, 2019
In a relatively rare occurrence, the NSF Antarctic research vessels Laurence M. Gould and Nathaniel B. Palmer lie alongside one another at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula. The last time they were both at the station at the same time was in 2000. The Palmer, largest of the two, was rafted next to the Gould to transfer passengers and equipment to the station.
Two-million-year-old Ice Provides Snapshot of Earth's Greenhouse Gas History
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Thursday November 07, 2019
Two-million-year old ice from the Allan Hills region of Antarctica recently uncovered by a team of researchers provides a clearer picture into the connections between greenhouse gases and climate in the ancient past and is expected to help scientists understand future climate change. In a recent edition of the journal Nature, a group of scientists described how they used air trapped in the bubbles in ice as old as two million years to measure levels of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane.
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Oct
29
2019
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Celebrating 50 Years of Women's Contributions to Polar Research
On October 16, 17, and 18, Ohio State University hosted a symposium entitled "Women in Antarctica: celebrating 50 years of exploration", marking the first deployment of women as researchers with the NSF-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. Speakers included surviving members of that expedition; the head of the Antarctic Program; two women who hold key roles in science support for the Program; and former and current female researchers.
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Oct
29
2019
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Hear From OPP-funded Antarctic Scientists Aboard the R/V Laurence M. Gould
The Inner Space Center (ISC), located at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, is a one-of-a-kind national facility that supports live ocean exploration through telepresence technology. At 7:00 pm Eastern on Monday, October 28, ISC will hold a Facebook Live event with researchers aboard the R/V Laurence M. Gould, one of two vessels chartered by the NSF-managed U.S. Antarctic Program.
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Oct
11
2019
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Moore to Join Antarctic Sciences Section
Robert Moore will join OPP's Antarctic Sciences Section on October 15 as Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences (AAGS) program director. Vladimir Papitashvili, the current AAGS program director, will remain with the section, focusing more on the large research facilities, such as the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and cosmic microwave background telescopes, at NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
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Oct
08
2019
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Two Former U.S. Antarctic Program Women Scheduled to Carry Out First All-female Spacewalk Later This Month
NASA announced late this week that astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, who are both currently aboard the International Space Station, are scheduled, on October 21, to attempt the first all-female spacewalk. Koch previously worked at NSF's Palmer and Amundsen-Scott South Pole stations in Antarctica. Meir worked with researcher Paul Ponganis, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, her doctoral-dissertation adviser, to study the physiology of Antarctic emperor penguins.
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Oct
07
2019
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Safety and Occupational Health Manager Position Available
This position is assigned to the Office of Polar Environment, Health and Safety (PESH), Office of Polar Programs (OPP), National Science Foundation and is located in Alexandria, Virginia. The deadline to apply for this position is October 15, 2019.
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Oct
01
2019
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Two Polar "Alumni", Both Women, Serving Aboard the International Space Station
Jessica Meir, formerly an NSF funded, U.S. Antarctic Program researcher and now a NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut, joined the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this week, temporarily increasing the orbiting laboratory's population to nine people, one of whom is fellow astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, who also served in the Antarctic Program and at NSF's Summit Station in Greenland.
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Sep
06
2019
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Statement by Dr. Kelly K. Falkner: On the Passing of Adrian-Dahood Fritz
On behalf of all of us in NSF's Office of Polar Programs, I wish to express our deepest sorrow at the untimely loss of our former colleague and co-worker, Adrian Dahood-Fritz. Adrian and her husband, Andrew, were among those whose lives were cut short by the dive-boat fire off California's Santa Cruz Island earlier this week.
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Aug
19
2019
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In Memorium: Umihiko Hoshijima, Antarctic Scientific Diver
Umihiko ("Umi") Hoshijima, a postdoctoral researcher in ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, died in a diving accident while working on a research project in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey near Glacier Bay, Alaska, on Aug. 7, according to a university news release. He was 28.
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Aug
15
2019
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Revision Strongly Encourages Interdisciplinary Research Proposals
The new Antarctic Research solicitation (NSF 19-595) has been revised to encourage disciplinary research in addition to research that crosses, and integrates, disciplinary perspectives and approaches in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean. The goal of this change is to remove perceived barriers for submission of research that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries while ensuring continued support for core research themes.
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Aug
12
2019
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Heidelberg Joins Antarctic Sciences Section
Karla Heidelberg has joined OPP's Antarctic Sciences Section as the Antarctic Organisms and Ecosystems (AOE) program director. She has a broad background in marine science and is currently a professor of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California.
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Aug
07
2019
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IceCube Neutrino Observatory Upgrade
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, the detector at NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station that identified the first likely source of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays, is getting an upgrade. On June 25, NSF approved the funding to upgrade IceCube, extending its scientific capabilities to enable IceCube to reach neutrino energies that overlap with the energy ranges of smaller existing neutrino detectors worldwide.
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Aug
01
2019
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NASA Balloon Over Antarctica Tests Neutron Stars' Mettle
Neutron Stars are the dense remains of stars which, at the end of their "life," were not quite large enough to collapse into black holes. Gravity crushes the dying star, fusing electrons and protons together in the process and forming small stars made entirely of neutrons. It is the densest matter in the universe; a single teaspoon is estimated to weigh as much as 10 million tons.
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Jul
18
2019
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Jackson to Manage Antarctic Earth Sciences Program
Michael E. Jackson, currently the program director for Research Facilities and Special Projects in OPP's Antarctic Sciences Section, will assume the duties of Antarctic Earth Sciences (AES) program director on September 1. He will replace Douglas Kowalewski, who has managed the AES program on a temporary "rotator" appointment.
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