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Feb
17
2020
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The NSF Research Vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer Diverted For Rescue Operation
The RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, currently supporting the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration project, diverted from science operations on February 13th to aid another vessel stuck in heavy ice. Rescue oprations were completed on February 15th.
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Jan
31
2020
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NSF Statement on the Outbreak of 2019-nCoV (Coronavirus)
The outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV (coronavirus), is of serious concern to the Office of Polar Programs, which supports thousands of researchers, operational personnel, and other visitors to remote stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. As an immediate response, OPP augmented medical screening questions for personnel deploying to Antarctica and Greenland.
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Nov
25
2019
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Side by Side
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.
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Nov
07
2019
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Two-million-year-old Ice Provides Snapshot of Earth's Greenhouse Gas History
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
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
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
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
15
2019
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PRI Shows How Seals Assist Scientists with Predictions of the Thwaites Glacier Collapse
Weddell seals dive almost 2,000 feet below the ocean's surface. Elephant seals (such as the one in this 2005 photo) go even deeper - more than 3,000 feet. That means if scientists equip them with sensors, the seals are ideal for measuring the ocean's temperature at different depths.
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NOTICE: OPP Science Support and Operational Changes in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Massive Iceberg Breaks From Pine Island Glacier