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Changing the Face of Polar Exploration
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Thursday December 17, 2020
Polar Impact, founded in 2019, has the mission to support, connect, and highlight the stories of Black, Asian, Indigenous, people of color, and minority ethnic professionals in the polar research community. Membership is free and they're looking to expand their support system.
An Aerial Assessment Of Adelie Penguins
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Wednesday December 16, 2020
Scientists use an autonomous swarm of flying robots to count half a million penguins and map one of the biggest Adelie penguin colonies in Antarctica.
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Dec
12
2020
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The NSF Office of Polar Programs is Seeking a Section Head for Antarctic Sciences
The Section Head, Antarctic Sciences Section, a senior member of the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) management team, is responsible to the Office Director for the overall planning, management, and commitment of budgeted program funds for the Section.
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Dec
10
2020
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The Next U.S. Deep Ice Core Drilling at Hercules Dome
Antarctica's next deep ice core, drilling down to ice from 130,000 years ago, will be carried out by a multi-institutional U.S. team at Hercules Dome, a location hundreds of miles from today's coastline and a promising site to provide key evidence about the possible last collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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Dec
08
2020
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Icy Inverts
Travel vicariously (and learn some exciting ocean science on the way) by following the adventures of the NSF-funded Icy Inverts team on their voyage to Antarctica. The team's 14-week mission is to travel to Antarctica and conduct research on the worms, crabs, sponges, and other invertebrates that live in these waters
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Dec
06
2020
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Melting Glaciers Release Much More Nutrients than Previously Thought
Researchers have found that water from melting glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica contains many high levels of trace element nutrients than is contained in typical rivers. This study found that the nutrient-rich meltwaters from ice sheets and glacial waters might have a much more significant effect on ocean productivity and ecosystems.
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Dec
03
2020
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Antarctic Artists And Writers Collective Launches New Website
A group of past participants in NSF's Artists and Writers Program has officially organized as the Antarctic Artists and Writers Collective (AAWC). Since the early 1980s, many artists, performers, and writers have traveled Antarctica, using their talents to tell the story of the continent through art, music, writing, and performance.
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Dec
01
2020
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Antarctica Day 2020
After six decades, today we celebrate this day of international cooperation - Antarctica Day. Antarctica Day commemorates the signing of the #Antarctic Treaty on Dec. 1, 1959. The Treaty sets aside the continent "forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes... in the interests of all mankind."
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Nov
24
2020
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Sutherland Joins OPP as Program Director for Oceans and Atmospheric Sciences
Dr. Dave Sutherland has joined OPP's Antarctic Sciences section as the new Program Director for Oceans and Atmospheric Sciences. A large part of his research over the past decade has been examining ice-ocean interactions near with marine-terminating glaciers, including systems in Greenland, southeast Alaska, and the western Antarctic Peninsula.
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Nov
22
2020
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The Antarctica Week Festival 2020 Starts November 20th
International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) participants share their experiences living and working in Antarctica! Talks are targeted towards school-aged kids from ages 5 - 12+.
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Nov
20
2020
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The Infamy Of The Skua
Like clockwork in late November, the residents of McMurdo Station look to the sky and spot something that many haven't seen in monthsâbirds. The arrival of these feathered creatures is greeted by many with curiosity and anticipation, but also with some suspicion. The audacious Stercorariidae maccormicki, or south polar skua, has an infamous reputation that precedes it.
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Nov
19
2020
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Dr. Michael Jackson to Serve as Acting Head of Antarctic Sciences
Michael E. Jackson, currently the Program Director for the Earth Science in OPP's Antarctic Sciences Section, will assume the duties of Acting Section Head Antarctic Sciences Section starting November 22, 2020. He will replace Dr. Alex Isern who has been appointed the Deputy Assistant Director for the Directorate for Geosciences.
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Nov
18
2020
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November 18th is Polar Pride Day
Whether you're a scientist, policy-maker, lawyer, contractor - however you may be involved, Polar Pride aims to celebrate and support the diversity of everyone involved in polar affairs! Coinciding with international LGBTQ+ in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Day, let's all recognize this important day.
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Nov
16
2020
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Seal Pupping Season is Underway
Despite a reduced research team and logistical challenges this season, the #NSFfunded Weddell seal research team from Montana State University continues its seal population study in the Erebus Bay region of Antarctica's Ross Sea. This population of seals is the most southerly breeding population of mammal in the world and has been intensely studied since 1968.
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Nov
12
2020
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Yellow Light, Green Light
As people continue to arrive at the USAP stations after going through long periods of testing and quarantine, the station communities go into a 'yellow' level status to ensure the safety of everyone as COVID continues to spread in other parts of the world. McMurdo Station gets a brief 'green light' respite this weekend.
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