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06
2017
DEADLINE: Dear Colleague Letter on Provision of Capabilities for Storing, Curating, and Managing Scientific Ice Cores for the NSF Research Community Due February 15NSF Office of Polar Programs (OPP) is seeking expressions of interest from organizations interested in providing storage, curation, and scientific-management capabilities for ice cores collected in support of scientific research. The goal to ensure secure, long-term, cost-effective archival of and access to ice cores for use by the scientific community. Nov
29
2017
PolarTREC Teachers Celebrate Antarctica Day in Two Separate Events, One Live From the South PoleEducators affiliated with the NSF-funded PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) this week will participate in two separate events to commemorate Antarctica Day, which falls on Dec. 1. Antarctica Day commemorates the signing of the Antarctic Treaty on Dec. 1, 1959. Nov
27
2017
Testing a Space-Communications Technology in Antarctica That May One Day have Applications in Polar ResearchOn Nov. 20, a "selfie" snapped at NSF's McMurdo Station in Antarctica was transmitted to the International Space Station using a technology that may one day enable a future interplanetary internet. Nov
27
2017
Antarctic Detector Offers First Look at How Earth Stops High-Energy Neutrinos in Their TracksAn interdisciplinary team of researchers using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica has measured how certain high-energy neutrinos are absorbed by the Earth, as opposed to passing through matter as most neutrinos do. Nov
27
2017
Thanksgiving Greetings From One of the U.S. Antarctic Program's Military PartnersIn this two-minute video, officers and enlisted personnel from the New York Air National Guard 109th Airlift Wing offer holiday greetings to friends, family and others on this Thanksgiving Day. Nov
27
2017
How to Cater a Thanksgiving Dinner for 900... in AntarcticaKeeping researchers and support staff fed during a holiday is a bit out of the ordinary, but that, of course, depends on how you define ordinary. Hear all about the daily work and long-range planning that goes into keeping the nation's Antarctic research program "marching on its stomach" in a behind-the-science podcast. Nov
14
2017
Antarctic Seal Research Featured in Children's BookRoxanne Beltran has spent several seasons in Antarctica studying the behavior of Weddell seals. Now, the doctoral student from the University of Alaska Fairbanks' College of Natural Science and Mathematics has distilled her OPP-funded research into a children's book. Nov
02
2017
VIDEO: Intensifying Winds Could Increase East Antarctica's Contribution to Sea Level RiseA team of NSF-funded researchers, led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, has published a paper arguing that the Totten Glacier, the largest glacier in East Antarctica, is being melted from below � a cause for concern because the glacier holds more than 11 feet of sea level rise. Nov
01
2017
NASA's IceBridge Launches 2017 Antarctic Flights, Which Will be Supported in Part by NSF's Office of Polar ProgramsScientists with NASA's longest-running airborne mission to map polar ice, Operation IceBridge, completed a successful science flight on Oct. 29, inaugurating their 2017 survey of Antarctic sea and land ice. Oct
17
2017
Year-to-Year Changes in Penguin Populations Difficult to Understand and Predict, Researchers SayAn analysis of all known data on Adelie penguin populations over the last 35 years has found that only a small fraction of year-to-year changes in Adelie penguin populations can be attributed to measurable factors such as changes in sea ice. Oct
17
2017
VIDEO: Change-of-Command Ceremony at the 109th Airlift Wing, Which Supports NSF Polar Science.Col. Michele Kilgore became the first woman to command the only ski-equipped aircraft unit in the U.S. military during a change-of-command ceremony on Sunday at Stratton Air National Guard Base in New York state. The 109th supports polar science in Greenland and Antarctica. Oct
12
2017
DEADLINE: Request for Information on Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Needs Due December 8NSF has issued a Request for Information (RFI) in an Oct. 6 Dear Colleague Letter to assess the science and engineering community's needs for mid-scale research infrastructure. The information will be used to develop an infrastructure strategy, in accordance with the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act. The submission deadline is Dec. 8. Oct
12
2017
Spending the Antarctic Winter Learning to Become Proficient Radio "Hams"This Southern Hemisphere winter, 11 people at NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station passed exams administered by the National Association for Amateur Radio (ARRL) certifying various degrees of competency in the field of "HAM" radio.
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