Feb 20, 2019

McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory Releases Recording of Antarctic Orca Sounds

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.

Feb 15, 2019

A Force of Nature, a Marvel of Logistics

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 of two-meter-thick sea ice breaking up in front of the station, which is part of the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle.

Feb 12, 2019

Rolling Stone, Rolling Ship: A Correspondent on the Way to Antarctica Shares a Firsthand Experience of the Notorious Drake Passage

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 Glacier Collaboration, a multi-year joint field campaign of NSF and the United Kingdom's NERC: Natural Environment Research Council.

Feb 12, 2019

"Dressed For Success" in the Antarctic

Marine technician Jennie Howatt pilots a small craft in Antarctic waters as part of a research cruise aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer.

Feb 7, 2019

"Cold Pursuits: A Scientist's Quest to Uncover Antarctica's Hidden Secrets" -- The Wall Street Journal

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, an ice-free region of the continent.

Feb 5, 2019

Ensuring a Massive Antarctic Telescope "Keeps Its Cool"

Scientists install a cryostat (purple instrument), a device for maintaining very low temperatures, on the 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT) earlier this Southern Hemisphere summer.