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New Program Officers Join Antarctic Sciences Division

New Program Officers Join Antarctic Sciences Division

Office of Polar Programs News
Friday December 16, 2011

Three new Program Officers will soon be joining the Division of Antarctic Sciences in the National Sciences Foundation's Office of Polar Programs .


South Pole Anniversary: Norwegian Prime Minister's Visit Honors Roald Amundsen

South Pole Anniversary: Norwegian Prime Minister's Visit Honors Roald Amundsen

The Antarctic Sun
Friday December 16, 2011

Norwegian prime minister visits bottom of the world to honor Amundsen...


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Dec
14
2011

South Pole Website Celebrates a Century of Science

Antarctic History

The National Science Foundation (NSF) revised and updated its award-winning website: "U.S. South Pole Station: Supporting Science" ...


Dec
07
2011

NSF Director Subra Suresh on the Ice

The Antarctic Sun

NSF director makes first visit to USAP facilities in Antarctica ...


Dec
07
2011

Without Pier: McMurdo's Missing Ice Dock is Located

The Antarctic Sun

Floating dock from McMurdo Station found locked in sea ice ...


Nov
18
2011

Antarctica's Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains Mystery Solved

Science News

National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded researchers may have at last answered a 50 year-old conundrum ...


Nov
15
2011

Pine Island Glacier: A Scientific Quest to Determine What's Causing Ice Loss

Science News

International team to drill beneath massive Antarctic ice shelf ...


Nov
01
2011

NSF Funds RAPID Grants to Study Effects from New Zealand, Japan Earthquakes

The Antarctic Sun

The devastating earthquakes that struck New Zealand and Japan earlier this year demonstrated that scientists still have much to learn about these catastrophic events ...


Nov
01
2011

Antarctica Rocks!

Science News

Researchers brave bone chilling cold to solve geologic mysteries ...


Nov
01
2011

Rift Spotted in Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf Before Upcoming Expedition

The Antarctic Sun

A large crack has been spotted in the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, threatening to break loose ...


Oct
19
2011

West Antarctic Puzzles Bring Together Polar Researchers at Annual Workshop

The Antarctic Sun

At the 18th annual West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Initiative workshop ...


Oct
19
2011

Antarctic Ozone Hole Should Start Healing, While Arctic Hole Getting Worse

The Antarctic Sun

Researchers at NOAA announced late last month that the ozone hole that appears over Antarctica every spring in the Southern Hemisphere may start showing signs of recovery ...


Oct
10
2011

First Flights Arrive in McMurdo

The Antarctic Sun

The long winter for those hunkered down at McMurdo Station is finally over ...


Sep
13
2011

New Report Unveils Eight Questions to Drive Future Research in Antarctica

USAP Headlines

Looking out over the next couple of decades, this report identifies key questions that will drive scientific research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and presents opportunities to be leveraged to sustain and improve the science program .


Sep
06
2011

South Pole Winter Airdrop

The Antarctic Sun

Air force delivers needed supplies to South Pole using night-vision goggles ...


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