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"Steve Martaindale"
] | 2016-08-26T13:21:19 | null | null | Removing waste from Antarctica is a year-round operation that emphasizes recycling and reuse. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2FcontentHandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1204.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/features/images/recycling (top image).jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Steve Martaindale Janitors Jenny Hilts, bottom, and Lisa Purvis empty recycling containers in a McMurdo Station building.
The Long Haul Removing garbage from Antarctica is a year-round project that focuses on recycling and reuse
Take almost any town in the United States and watch the comings and goings of... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=1204 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/a101123f8adccf2b1309f5d3b9c694abe992a48814807e35c4683d5a16bd2b2b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:17:51 | null | null | An Australian Antarctic Division Airbus A319 landed at McMurdo Station on Sept. 23, officially kicking off the summer field season for the U.S. Antarctic Program. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2267.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/airbus_screens.jpg | en | null | Ready for business | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Cara Sucher Ready for business Summer season begins at USAP's McMurdo Station Photo Credit: Cara Sucher Mount Erebus seen from the Airbus A319. Photo Credit: Cara Sucher Airplane monitors show passengers their final destination — Antarctica. An Australian Antarctic Division Airbus A319 landed at McMurdo S... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2267 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/08f205566ebf76075ab03ad0a514a415df102edbb7209e0209d04711a6d178cb.json |
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"Sean Bonnette",
"Palmer Station Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:31 | null | null | The marine-based Palmer Station, located off the western edge of the Antarctic Peninsula, relies on Zodiacs for scientific work around the region. The inflatable boats now have a home of their own at Palmer to improve small-boat operations. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2828.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images4/palmer-station-dock-zodia.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Sean Bonnette The new small-boat pier at Palmer Station in front of the main pier, where the research vessel POINT SUR is docked. The new pier improves safe operation of the inflatable Zodiacs.
Docked
New pier built at Palmer Station for small boat operations
Palmer Station is located on Anvers Island, wh... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2828 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/6e2ac0be2b7d30a57ff5d43084e8945b1c33d0ea2f8a289f48e5749040a7c20c.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:16:48 | null | null | Research stations across Antarctica marked the beginning of the end of winter this week. The winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere fell on June 20, a traditional day of celebration for those spending the winter in Antarctica. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2689.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images3/mcmurdo-midwinter.jpg | en | null | Waiting for the sun | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Ken Klassy/Antarctic Photo Library McMurdo Station during the winter of 2011. The research station joined with the rest of the Antarctic bases in celebrating the winter solstice, a tradition that dates back to the early explorers.
Waiting for the sun Antarctic research stations observe winter solstice
U.S... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2689 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/c4071e948ff71983875889d3e3eab9bccf288ae6eac31ee32d530d90e0f1266e.json |
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"The National Science Foundation"
] | 2016-08-26T13:27:52 | null | null | The National Science Foundation has signed a five-year, $34.5-million agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to operate the unique IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a one-of-a-kind telescope buried in a cubic kilometer of ice in the Antarctic ice sheet. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2312.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Andrew V. Williams/Antarctic Photo Library The IceCube Neutrino Observatory laboratory building at the South Pole contains the project's technical equipment. Cables from the detector strings feed into the two towers on either side of the building. The final seven strings of detectors will be installed thi... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2312 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ed3d2f0cf85530406dec720780c8ea27ce4475a350b8ef1fa17173c23ad9f873.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:18:50 | null | null | David J. Hofmann, one of the pioneers of stratospheric aerosol and ozone research, passed away in Boulder, Colo., on Aug. 11 2009. He was 72. Over a period of 30 years, he traveled to Antarctica 19 times, as a leader of University of Wyoming research teams, and as director of NOAA’s facilities at South Pole. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1942.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/hofmann.jpg | en | null | RIP David J. Hofmann | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Forest Banks/Antarctic Photo Library An aerial view of the Atmospheric Research Observatory at South Pole Station. ARO houses equipment used by NOAA for atmospheric research. David Hofmann, as director of NOAA's facilities at South Pole, traveled often to Antarctica.
RIP David J. Hofmann Long-time polar r... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1942 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ba4f3933a62cbfbf1b77b4d224f5dec1a7e4125aa48bb16ad4333b6f7921201d.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:29:16 | null | null | Underwater robots and marine animals outfitted with scientific sensors are part of a proposed strategy for monitoring polar oceans into the 21st century, particularly a stretch of sea along the western Antarctic Peninsula, which is undergoing rapid climate changes. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2183.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek A snowy sheathbill bird perches on a rock while the U.S. Antarctic Program's research vessel Laurence M. Gould steams past. The ship is used every January for the Palmer Long Term Ecological Research cruise.
Ocean observations Palmer LTER scientists call for new strategy to take measurements
... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2183 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/c77bc77804f636f355ed8f776e61787499a3b1e2e3a9d548aa7231f441cb8cdc.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:32:37 | null | null | To look deep inside an Antarctic volcano, scientist Phil Kyle and his team have to use a little force. Researchers spent more than three months installing an array of seismometers around Mount Erebus to listen to waves of energy generated by small, controlled blasts from explosives they buried along its flanks and peri... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1355.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/science/images/Erebus_explosions.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Martin Reed Seismologist Catherine Snelson sets off small explosions on the flank of Mount Erebus to produce energy, or seismic waves, that instruments will measure and record. By studying the refracted and reflected waves, scientists can map the interior plumbing of the volcano.
Plumbing Erebus Scientist... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1355 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ca5ec091b7c4e61a6e088fba948aebea178b4b11ba6b8a3eace9d874137b7202.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:23:53 | null | null | A warm winter at the South Pole helped make 2013 as the year with highest annually averaged temperature since records began there nearly 60 years ago. Meanwhile, the extent of sea ice around Antarctica continued to expand to record levels for reasons that are still being debated. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4058.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek/Antarctic Photo Library A person walks away from the South Pole Station. In 2013, the average annual temperature was a half-degree Celsius above normal, making it the warmest year on record at the South Pole since records began in 1957.
Record high
South Pole experienced warmest year ever in ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=4058 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/af519bf74655a556844effd17115fa856c44827a0099039b581f84f49eaa42dc.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:19:45 | null | null | Jerry Marty first went to Antarctica in 1969, one of many Ice people to begin a life-long love affair with travel. But Marty has a passion for the continent surpassed by very few. He dedicated the last 15 years of his life to ensure 21st century science has a world-class home at the South Pole. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1729.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | 'It's the people' | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Courtesy: Jerry Marty Jerry Marty, at far left, carries the American flag to its new place of honor near the Elevated Station after the Dome was decommissioned on Jan. 12, 2008. An employee with NSF, Marty was instrumental in overseeing the building of the new station facilities for more than a decade.
'It's the ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1729 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/d6c4498185751a8f0f64a30f395a2f1cd1597b2d38f483c7a6f64bccaf340b71.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:32:23 | null | null | Soon we may have to call it the Subantarctic Peninsula. Scientists who monitor the ecosystem at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula say a warmer, moist climate has migrated into their research area, virtually eliminating perennial sea ice there and driving the local Adélie penguin population to the brink of ext... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1387.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/science/images/Ant-pen_map.png | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Christine Hush Gentoo penguins watch the research vessel Laurence M. Gould near Petermann Island. A warming climate around the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula is attractive to the gentoo penguins, a subantarctic species.
Getting warmer Palmer LTER scientists learn more about why region is heating ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1387 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/3f774b2fb44797887759508f6ca48a759b121409c79a9a6a1f44cdd062de8e17.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:32:20 | null | null | Ted Scambos is the lead scientist at Boulder, Colo.-based National Snow and Ice Data Center, which supports research into the frozen places of the world. The Antarctic Sun sat down with Scambos at his office at the University of Colorado-Boulder to talk about climate change, ice shelves and his upcoming projects in the... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1516.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images/scambos_sled.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Courtesy: Ted Scambos Glaciologist Ted Scambos hauls a sled during an expedition to an Antarctic iceberg. As the lead scientists at Boulder, Colo.-based National Snow and Ice Data Center, Scambos is one of the foremost experts on polar ice dynamics, particularly ice shelves.
Serious science Ted Scambos talks abou... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1516 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/57441a1ff61d8d5b2c68c895702e0da18b3809e2e510fca35cbd2b1f8ff59f30.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:24:48 | null | null | Perhaps the most well-known and intensely studied trait of many Antarctic fish is their ability to produce a sort of antifreeze protein that prevents them from freezing to death. Now researchers want to look more broadly at the adaptations that allow these fish to function at nearly minus 2 degrees Celsius. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2865.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Antarctic toothfish, Dissostichus mawsoni, swim in a tank in the Crary Lab aquarium at McMurdo Station. Scientists are using them and other fish in the Southern Ocean to learn about the broad adaptations that allow them to function in freezing water.
Growing cold
Scientists study broad adapta... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2865 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/b54aab250f058163a50a0ed67a6781f03b45503c6fd49aedd49f4b1e3197a603.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:25:43 | null | null | James McClintock, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and National Science Foundation-funded researcher, has distilled 30 years of research and experiences in Antarctica into a new book, Lost Antarctica: Adventures in a Disappearing Land. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2770.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images3/mcclintock-amler_substrate.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Maggie Amsler Members of the University of Alabama at Birmingham research team dive near Palmer Station for a study on the marine ecosystem that James McClintock is a principal investigator on. McClintock recently published a book about climate change in Antarctica.
Lost Antarctica
USAP scientist publishe... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2770 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/90fb6fc9d27eb66b0e7e1aae0b6ec504f2e41ea4ae9d2f643a7f53d41b9bdfc7.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:19:53 | null | null | No larger than a classroom, the Goldthwait Polar Library contains more than 12,000 titles about the polar regions. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2FcontentHandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1432.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/button-top.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Books about the Antarctic and Arctic are packed into the Goldthwait Polar Library at Byrd Polar Research Center. The library boasts more than 12,000 titles and more than 1,000 maps. A good book Goldthwait Polar Library boasts extensive collection on Arctic, Antarctic history and research Long... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=1432 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/c3acfd7cb870902cc86010485c033e6e579dbe301e9df456fd696ba9affd5d32.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:22:50 | null | null | A sea star is a sea star is a sea star. Right? The answer to that question is not particularly straightforward, particularly when attempting to address species diversity around the entire Antarctic continent. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4068.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images5/icy-inverts-deck-sorting2.jpg | en | null | Split the difference | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Auburn University Scientists sort through marine critters captured from the seafloor aboard the research vessel NATHANIEL B. PALMER. Researchers are studying genetic connectivity among marine species around the Antarctic continent.
Split the difference
Researchers investigate genetic connectivity of speci... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=4068 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/e4436ea4132f0443c92f50b6402aa9493403a0681ccac6389dd54fc5967a2a67.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:25:17 | null | null | It boasts the world’s large ocean current. Its cold waters allow it to sponge up more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than any other ocean body. But the Southern Ocean is still a mystery to scientists. An ongoing effort to monitor and measure it on a far broader scale seeks to change that in the next decade. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2736.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images3/LTER_GLIDER_LAB.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Dave Munroe/Antarctic Photo Library Waves crash over the stern of the research vessel NATHANIEL B. PALMER. The Southern Ocean is a difficult place to work. An effort is under way by researchers to create a coordinated observation network to monitor and measure the Southern Ocean.
Coordinated effort
Propos... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2736 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/57ce254fc669c45be37eb040fa11802514a6c9ff72c2fdb7b288a7f3d4fe1fcc.json |
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"Staff Reports"
] | 2016-08-26T13:25:27 | null | null | Snow retrieved from a pit dug at the South Pole is helping scientists reconstruct past climactic cycles. Particles from the upper atmosphere trapped in a deep pile of Antarctic snow hold clear chemical traces of global meteorological events. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2821.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images4/POLE_STATION_WALKER.jpg | en | null | In the pits | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: UCSD A scientist removes a sample from the wall of a snow pit during field work at the South Pole. Particles from the upper atmosphere trapped in that deep pile of Antarctic snow hold clear chemical traces of global meteorological events.
In the pits
Scientists dig through South Pole snow for climate clue... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2821 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/dce0edf4a16becc8e4f3435a5b04fd588faa9146411925e24a378ed7fbb7bd7a.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:31:54 | null | null | A couple of years ago, life at Cape Royds for the world’s most southerly Adélie penguin colony looked dire. But after two successful reproductive seasons, the colony may be poised to spring back, while changes are under way at other larger rookeries around Ross and Beaufort islands. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1381.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/science/images/penguin_bridge.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | After the icebergs
Royds penguins just 'treading water' while nearby Beaufort Island supports new sub-colony
A couple of years ago, life at Cape Royds for the world’s most southerly Adélie penguin colony looked dire.
Giant icebergs that calved off the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000 were the main culprit, locking in hundreds of... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1381 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/8b8fe8fdb25218c4e9d4a812465b6a6b4adc09e63cd36403c78a5a502cc118fc.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:17:43 | null | null | The National Science Foundation allocated $3 million from its portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to replace the heat-trace system at McMurdo Station. The electrical system carries heat along some nine miles of plumbing to keep the water from freezing in the pipes, which is an obvious concern in frigi... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2334.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek A member of the heat-trace project crew works on a utility line at McMurdo Station. The National Science Foundation allocated $3 million from its portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to replace the station's heat-trace system. The project will save about $300,000 in energy co... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2334 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/3ace96bbd4c279d4e10aa58db5ccad458640b9bd96d14341478029512adf4a4e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:36 | null | null | More than 60 people – outfitted mainly in long underwear, shorts, fleeces and hats – ran, jogged, walked, hiked and skied the compacted snow roads on the McMurdo Ice Shelf on an overcast, flat-white Sunday for one of the biggest turnouts of the annual McMurdo Marathon. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2970.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek (inset by Jian Zhao) Running cold More than 60 runners, skiers participate in annual McMurdo marathon Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Skiers Kerry Kells, left, and Rosalind Lee complete the McMurdo Marathon. More than 60 people – outfitted mainly in long underwear, shorts, fleeces and hats – ran, ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2970 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/356471c6c120891cf2cba3088582f64bf98d3c44ec91093f309bec715157cd5a.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:29:38 | null | null | A robotic submarine, making a rare foray underneath an ice shelf, found an important clue as to why one of West Antarctica’s key glaciers is draining more ice toward the sea in recent years. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2172.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Courtesy: Peter Milne The robotic sub is about to be deployed into Pine Island Bay and sent underneath the ice shelf. The sub discovered a high seafloor ridge where the ice shelf once sat. With the ice now floating above the ridge, more warmer water is getting underneath the ice shelf and causing it to thin.
Rapi... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2172 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/12193b0d74174fb1479b8a7f710722e7c93cd54bc1535a5c13d92ae7d0c944ed.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:20:18 | null | null | Researchers studying the effects of climate change around the Antarctic Peninsula have data stretching back nearly 35 years. To protect the fragile ecosystem and the integrity of this natural laboratory, the U.S. Antarctic Program has proposed creating an Antarctic Specially Managed Area for the marine-based region. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2FcontentHandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1378.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/button-top.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Christine Hush An elephant seal pokes its head out of the water near Palmer Station. The USAP has proposed special environmental protections for a roughly 2,700-square-kilometer area near Palmer to help safeguard the marine life and delicate ecosystem.
Managed protection ASMA designation proposed for Palm... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=1378 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/4e0b40d4ec862d37954fdb3b63f545a020579922b367ab891b4cecf5a680354b.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:25:14 | null | null | The annual ozone hole that forms above Antarctica during the Southern Hemisphere spring is the second smallest recorded in two decades. However, scientists say the reason is due to warmer-than-normal upper air temperatures rather than a sign of real recovery. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2769.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images3/spole_totaloz_2012_oct16.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Sven Lidstrom An ozone sonde is released from the Balloon Inflation Facility at the South Pole Station earlier this year. Ozone depletion above Antarctica was much less this austral spring due to warmer temperatures in the stratosphere.
Shrinking down
Atmospheric conditions causes second smallest ozone ho... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2769 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ca09854197e3be1bb483c7ded133af6d837a5874e1ef6d3d4f48ad640c3608be.json |
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"Paul Ponganis"
] | 2016-08-26T13:20:29 | null | null | Paul Ponganis is an Antarctic veteran researcher who has studied emperor penguins in the field for more than 20 years. He describes the research and field conditions with excerpts from his journal. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2FcontentHandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1449.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/features/images/ranch_penguins3.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Henry Kaiser/NSF
Back to the ranch Penguin researcher talks about studying the diving physiology and behavior of emperor penguins
Why do we study penguins? We want to understand how emperor penguins dive and feed in the hostile conditions of Antarctica. We are studying, for example, how these tough birds ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=1449 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/13f6155d8b3b3597a27cc8c18d25cfc4429e6d033d2bb6878273a1ee19048585.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:20:52 | null | null | Thirty years after Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into the side of Mount Erebus, New Zealand honored some of the Americans who assisted with the recovery mission with a ceremony in Washington, D.C. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1826.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Christopher Dean/Antarctic Photo Library Mount Erebus, where Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed nearly 30 years ago. New Zealand recently honored the Americans who assisted in the recovery of the bodies with a ceremony in Washington, D.C. and the presentation of a special medal.
Erebus medals Americans ho... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1826 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/62304959681d3e67a67d958638a33a734bf0094ef3c2efcb9314db9f75f7b3c1.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:20:39 | null | null | Most artists who travel to Antarctica express the continent’s jaw-dropping landscapes or its scientific importance through photography, painting, the written word and even the ice itself. Andrea Polli wants you to hear the continent, whether through the natural rush of water under its glaciers or the sizzle and hiss of... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2FcontentHandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1337.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/button-top.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Tia Kramer Sound artist Andrea Polli at work in the weather tower at Williams Airfield near McMurdo Station. Polli works in a medium called sonification, the translation of scientific data into sound.
The art of sound Andrea Polli uses sonification to translate Antarctic science into an acoustic experienc... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=1337 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/43f5426e0fc88231692900669cc4750bca50755a2a6008aa40b51777ed29091c.json |
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"Michael Lucibella"
] | 2016-08-26T12:54:49 | null | null | Operations at McMurdo Station and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station have transitioned into winter mode as the residents prepare for nearly four months of total darkness. The last flight of the season left the South Pole on February 16 and the last regular flight out of McMurdo left on March 2. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4206.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images6/winter16-2.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Laura Gerwin The tanker ship USNS Maersk Peary docked at McMurdo Station’s ice pier is covered by a late season snowfall.
As Residents Depart, Winter Arrives
Winter has arrived in Antarctica.
Photo Credit: Laura Gerwin The cargo vessel, USNS Ocean Giant unloads supplies at McMurdo Station’s ice pier.
Oper... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=4206 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/f7307517af8cd0ab851e261be4dd39c3e002a06a3fecba071b470fd4e35d1fbf.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:27:58 | null | null | Scientists reported last week in the online science journal PLoS ONE that they observed a super-aggregation of more than 300 humpback whales gorging on the largest swarm of Antarctic krill seen in more than 20 years in bays along the western Antarctic Peninsula. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2423.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | Whale of a number | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Ari Friedlaender A scientist tags a humpback whale in Wilhelmina Bay off the western Antarctic Peninsula. Scientists reported last week that they observed a “super-aggregation” of more than 300 humpback whales gorging on the largest swarm of Antarctic krill seen in more than 20 years in the region.
Whale ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2423 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/c0376b1702e8562e262ce98d77a934c032c0bd9548729028ef5ca23082ea55a4.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:22:59 | null | null | Geologists and other scientists will venture to remote places in Antarctica to collect rock specimens that may reveal clues about the continent's past geologic, or possibly Earth's climate history. Or they could just get samples through the Polar Rock Repository. Shipping is included. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4082.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images5/rock-repository-fieldwork3.jpg | en | null | Almost like being there | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Courtesy: Anne Grunow Geologists and other scientists must venture to remote corners of the Antarctic to collect valuable scientific specimens for research. Or, in some cases, they could just get samples through the Polar Rock Repository at the Byrd Polar Research Center. The repository even ships for free.
Almos... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=4082 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/365b5a77e2e8880952acfeba0d55d94a40aa87b7a022b93fabe300fdee050b07.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:32:52 | null | null | The South Pole Telescope was constructed during the 2006-07 austral summer. The following winter, the telescope achieved what scientists call “first light” (meaning, it worked), found two quasars (bright objects that may represent massive, radiation-emitting black holes at the center of a galaxy), and spied some small,... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1369.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/science/images/SPT_insidecabin(1).jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Dana Hrubes An iridium flare flashes across the night sky over South Pole. The six-month night sky and dry, clear conditions at the Pole are ideal for experiments like the South Pole Telescope, which is seeking out galaxy clusters to learn more about the nature of the universe.
SPT upgrades sensors Scienc... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1369 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/b9ce92ad54b95265f8f606601efd2fb076df256eb5be59a701614907b5292292.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:17:34 | null | null | The popular imagination usually conjures up a picture of the South Pole as a white, desolate place with bone-chillingly cold and gale-force winds that could knock over a building. The reality is that the geographic South Pole on the high polar plateau is not particularly windy. But storm conditions converged the last w... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2527.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images2/pole_storm_after.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Christine Schultz Storms in late September brought recording-breaking winds to the South Pole Station, culminating on Sept. 27 with the all-time strongest wind speed ever recorded at the South Pole. The peak wind speed was clocked at 58 miles mph.
Windy days Pole storms bring record-breaking gusts in Sept... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2527 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/d169921cf1dfe5f0f07aec922cc15b97e4eb3f702591daf690b8abbda865f84d.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:23:28 | null | null | The expression “the grass is always greener on the other side” has taken on a more literal meaning for researchers studying peat-forming mosses on islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4039.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images5/RusmussenHut_MainlandPeninsula.jpg | en | null | Rolling stone gathers no moss | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Zicheng Yu Scientist David Beilman cores a moss peatbank near Ukraine's Vernadsky Station with a permafrost corer. Researchers use data gleaned from the peatbank to learn about past and current climate changes around the Antarctic Peninsula.
Rolling stone gathers no moss
But peatbanks around the Antarctic... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=4039 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/a05a25be3d2aa535e8f5aab1b648db9e903e86749fa63888ace898dd4905e1d2.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:28 | null | null | Four vessels will visit McMurdo Station as the 2012-13 field season begins to wind down. The parade of ships includes a research vessel and Russian icebreaker, along with cargo and fuel vessels chartered under the Military Sealift Command. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2813.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images4/mcm-three-ships-2013.jpg | en | null | Parade of ships | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Nathan Biletnikoff
Parade of ships
Vessel operations mark the beginning of the end of 2012-13 season
Four vessels will visit McMurdo Station as the 2012-13 field season begins to wind down. Above, the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer , left, is tied up along the fuel tanker ship M/T Maersk Peary at the... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2813 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/2a7f09c88c0daeadf02c077b78df2f312d4b809e04f297f3fd88a39a8b027e5e.json |
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"Michael Lucibella"
] | 2016-08-26T12:53:25 | null | null | Residents wintering at McMurdo Station saw a rare sight in June; A United States Air Force C-17 touching down at the Pegasus Airfield during Antarctica’s darkest month, which U.S. Antarctic Program officials hope is harbinger of things to come. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4177.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images6/c-17-cargo-winter.jpg | en | null | Successful Flights Means More Access to McMurdo in Winter | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Joshua Swanson An Air Force C-17 at Pegasus Airfield in the darkness of an Antarctic June.
Successful Flights Means More Access to McMurdo in Winter
Photo Credit: Joshua Swanson Support vehicles line up in June to help unload the recently landed C-17 cargo plane.
Residents wintering at McMurdo Station saw... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=4177 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/1007c0663313bc6a9903c8ae900b5edcdf65cfa84b6994809dfa896c5997b298.json |
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"Gene Spinelli",
"Special To"
] | 2016-08-26T13:17:56 | null | null | Few people know the role Navy radar picket ships played in early communications for Antarctica. Former sailor Gene Spinelli tells the story of what it was like to serve aboard the ships during the 1960s. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1870.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | Off the Radar (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Courtesy: Gene Spinelli USS Calcaterra DER-390 investigates a large iceberg near picket station at 60 degrees south on Dec. 19, 1965. The picture was taken from the Calcaterra’s motor whaleboat.
Off the radar Few people know the role Navy radar picket ships played in early communications for Antarctica. Former sa... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1870 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/dee2f7d3b312afd8053248ef48f277c31e8b69b41cab344ba0573893e4e9659e.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:24:47 | null | null | Weddell seals can live up to about 30 years. One female that is part of a long-term population study of her species reached that milestone this year and just gave birth to her 21st seal pup, a record number for a Weddell seal mother. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2941.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images4/weddell-mom-pup.jpg | en | null | Ripe old age | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Bob Garrott/NWF's Permit No. 17236 Weddell seal field team leader and scientist Thierry Chambert tags the 21st pup born to a 30-year-old Weddell mom during the 2013-14 field season. SPENO 5970, as the 30-year-old female is known, has produced the most pups over a lifetime.
Ripe old age
30-year-old Weddell... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2941 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/3b62326e3a242729599249bb7af9d25afa3582a6ee6151369a31b69f9e0d956c.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:29 | null | null | Antarctica has no indigenous people, but that doesn’t mean to imply lack of a culture. One of the quirky aspects of life at McMurdo Station is Skua. Skua is a concept. It is a noun and a verb. In prosaic terms, it is Goodwill meets the free box. Poetically, some describe it as a karmic recycling of goods. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D3023.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The ultimate free box | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Fuels operator Lisa Keller digs through a box of discarded clothes, costumes, magazines and other sundry goods outside of Skua Central. Skua is a concept. It is a noun and a verb. In prosaic terms, it is Goodwill meets the free box. Poetically, some describe it as a karmic recycling of goods.... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=3023 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/68afab88d1834b96b32b8f4e96a106484af382f0826aea8818683dabc5af0df3.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:27:06 | null | null | Engineers and scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are about to embark on developing an underwater vehicle that will be specially designed and equipped to explore one of Earth’s true last frontiers: the polar regions. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2519.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images2/DIVINGWSCINI.jpg | en | null | On a long leash | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Matt Heintz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The remotely operated vehicle Nereus, developed by engineers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is launched from the research vessel Kilo Moana during a test cruise in 2007 off Hawaii. WHOI engineers were recently funded by the National Science Found... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2519 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/e0741b994e00f8f8a0bb263dd253af517cd3a46873267c8b52889a5a8a75c599.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:30:13 | null | null | An extinct southern elephant seal colony that once existed in huge numbers along sandy and rocky beaches in Antarctica has provided new insight into how quickly a species can respond to the emergence of a new habitat as climate changes — and just as quickly disappear. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1852.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images/eseals_corpse.jpg | en | null | Cradle to Grave (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Brenda Hall The mummified skull of an elephant seal found on the Victoria Land coast in Antarctica by a team of scientists led by Brenda Hall. The remains of the seals indicate the region was warmer in the past than it is today, among other findings.
Cradle to grave Study provides insight into evolution a... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1852 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/a2b52abdf445cffd8394bdabc5da394d0b1d7b23b4ed4ee88826040bc3aed5fa.json |
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"Staff Reports"
] | 2016-08-26T13:24:36 | null | null | Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin are conducting a study in the New Zealand city of Christchurch with the hope of learning how to bolster building codes in earthquake-prone areas in the United States and abroad. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2884.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images4/christchurch-cathedral-demolition-2012.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Wikipedia Commons Demolition of the Christchurch Cathedral, which was severely damaged by an earthquake in February 2011. Research partly funded by the National Science Foundation is studying liquefaction effects to strengthen building codes in the United States.
Earth-shaking research
U.S. study on lique... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2884 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/64a99da50c72da126160866a924306ee152842ebbb8a5d364a1758ab0f154985.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:29:00 | null | null | New technology in gene sequencing confirmed what scientists have long suspected about Orcinus orca: The large marine mammal commonly referred to as a killer whale actually represents several genetically distinct species, including at least two new ones that swim in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2117.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images/whales_typec.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Robert Pitman A type B killer whale, showing distinctive two-tone gray “cape” pattern and large eye patch, checks out a Weddell seal on an ice floe near Rothera Station, along the Antarctic Peninsula. A seal prey specialist, it may represent a distinct species.
Killer news Scientists suggest several new s... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2117 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/b29f2174c750a83ce12be35a94d32debf904efa31bf29473a77cb8ba9dae17fb.json |
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"Staff Reports"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:18 | null | null | The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing marked its 25th anniversary of supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program during the 2012-13 summer field season. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2835.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images4/LC130_COCKPIT_VIEW.JPG | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek A New York Air National Guard LC-130 offloads fuel at the South Pole Station in December 2012. This past season marked the Air Guard's 25th year of supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program.
Air support
NYANG marks 25 years of flying 'skibird' across Antarctica
The New York Air National Guard’s 1... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2835 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/095462336f77b2971d63a452817555fd31a8a8aa3d4529609856746b81da6020.json |
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"Michael Lucibella"
] | 2016-08-26T13:21:57 | null | null | AWARE, the ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment (AWARE) is a part of the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM). The National Science Foundation (NSF), which manages the U.S. Antarctic Program is facilitating its installation. The cluster of white shipping containers perched atop the ... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4225.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images6/AWARE-Balloon.jpg | en | null | Keeping Scientists AWARE of the West Antarctic Climate | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Mike Lucibella The AWARE site is the most densely clustered climate instrumentation ever deployed to Antarctica.
Keeping Scientists AWARE of the West Antarctic Climate
Two instrument stations gather the most detailed data to date on the weather patterns of West Antarctica
The cluster of white shipping con... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=4225 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/15ace160c821215b0fe6cc3c8f1ca769f0fe17a57e4a23af5471e054aa98ca8b.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:30:17 | null | null | Outside of penguins and seals that congregate on the continent’s coastal fringes, Antarctica appears to be a lifeless cube of ice, where only humans have the temerity to venture and survive for brief periods of time. But John Priscu sees the ice sheets as home to a potentially rich community of microorganisms — life li... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1591.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images/WAIS_priscu1.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Courtesy: John Priscu John Priscu, center, works with students in the McMurdo Dry Valleys during the extended season in 2008 to study life in the cold and dark. Priscu's team has found evidence of microbial life in the ice itself, and is looking for a biological pulse in the WAIS Divide ice core.
Biological pulse... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1591 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/7344b05f3ca822d6eb68239930e36b9b3ffad1d2bcdd7f84ddec52f763e6ced0.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:25:55 | null | null | Large numbers of humpback whales are remaining in bays along the western Antarctic Peninsula to feast on shrimplike krill late into the Southern Hemisphere autumn season, long after their annual migrations to distant breeding grounds were believed to begin, according to new research led by Duke University. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2721.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: MISHAP Project Humpback whales breach the surface of the water near the research vessel LAURENCE M. GOULD. Note the tag on the whale in the foreground. Scientists found high numbers of whales around Antarctica at a time when the animals were thought to migrate.
Delayed response Humpback whales found to re... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2721 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/5ce24daf0310d6c425894acced0ad678f50d458b63da628eb348ca790aa613fa.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:21:03 | null | null | Anthony Powell’s normal day job is as a satellite communications engineer at McMurdo Station. He’s on his sixth straight austral winter, monitoring and maintaining the satellite equipment that keeps McMurdo connected to the rest of the world. But he recently completed a short summer stint on the Ice as a photographer u... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2FcontentHandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1402.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/features/images/Aurora_Scott_Base.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Anthony Powell An aurora shimmers above New Zealand's Scott Base during the austral winter in Antarctica. This is one of more than a million pictures that photographer Anthony Powell has shot for a time lapse film he is creating about what life is like during the course of a year in Antarctica.
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] | 2016-08-26T13:26:25 | null | null | A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring the impact of environmental change on the population of this iconic bird. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2646.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images3/ponganis_emperors_chicks.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Paul Ponganis/Antarctic Photo Library Emperor penguin adults attend to their chicks at Cape Crozier on Ross Island in Antarctica. A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than previously thought.
Seeing double Satellite survey of emperor... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2646 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/1bd5743c73900863b1a1d90a418d86118ec0d88ef72ed88fd3410363361ca5da.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:24:57 | null | null | Some consider a trip to the South Pole as going to the literal end of the world. In that case, Craig Kulesa has found a site in Antarctica somewhere between the Earth and starry skies above. The high-altitude polar plateau is home to a new telescope observing interstellar clouds where stars are made. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2780.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | A new plateau | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Luke Bycroft Astronomer Craig Kulesa installs the HEAT telescope at Ridge A. The three-mirror telescope focuses light to a small cryostat that holds detectors cooled to 50 Kelvin (minus 370 degrees Fahrenheit). The terahertz telescope observes molecular clouds where stars are made. Scientists know little ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2780 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/e5e6adf6cc511b355ecb394bf77a5724d95fc96884e88ee780f6ad173e51b325.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:16:10 | null | null | The first flights to McMurdo Station since early March are expected to land at Pegasus White Ice Runway beginning on Aug. 20, marking the beginning of about a 10-day operation to prepare the U.S. Antarctic Program for the 2012-13 summer research season. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2724.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek/Antarctic Photo Library Cargo from a U.S. Air Force C-17 is unloaded at Pegasus White Ice Runway. The first plane since early March is scheduled to land at McMurdo Station on Aug. 20, as part of a short series of flights to prepare the U.S. Antarctic Program for the summer field season, which... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2724 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/9345193ef4226270ab61a9f688a5110b2a903a54d7c5eb0b7f0b46d01605a8e7.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:24:08 | null | null | Scientists have revealed for the first time the dynamics that are causing an ice shelf in West Antarctica to melt from underneath. The results were published this month in the journal Science less than a year after a team of researchers successfully deployed instruments through the ice and into the ocean cavity below. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2896.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/button-top.gif | en | null | Below the surface | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: August Allen/Antarctic Photo Library A helicopter circles Pine Island Glacier field camp. Pine Island Glacier, also known as PIG, is one of the fastest receding glaciers in the Antarctic and one of the main contributors to rising sea levels. Scientists recently published a major paper about what's happeni... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2896 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/70d8887424ae02474dc0bd4f4cefb5e34ad96dcec043ba8b2cbb336b3afd641e.json |
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"Mary Lynn Price",
"Special To The"
] | 2016-08-26T13:22:57 | null | null | She did it again. A 32-year-old Weddell seal mom has survived another winter and returned to her breeding colony to give birth to her 22nd pup. This is a new Weddell population study record. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4088.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | Born to motherhood | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Bill Link A rare old Weddell seal mom has given birth to her 22nd pup, an unprecedented feat in the recorded history of the Erebus Bay colony in McMurdo Sound.
Born to motherhood
Weddell seal mom gives birth to unprecedented 22nd pup
She did it again.
One of the big questions I had for the 2014 Weddell se... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=4088 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/c7f213f9322ca540e6a9cd46b6fee39f03e1392971981319f3e0db6b1d956125.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:19:55 | null | null | A fire claimed one life, injured two people, and destroyed a two-story building at the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE) research station Progress in East Antarctica on Oct. 5. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2FcontentHandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1557.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | Fire at Russian station | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Hannes Grobe/Alfred Wegener Institute A two-story building at the Russian research station Progress caught fire on Oct. 5, killing one person and completely destroying the structure. The situation is a reminder that safety must remain a concern while working in Antarctica, according to NSF officials.
Fire... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=1557 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/27596cd73733706c76b3e6a6ee353ecdd3991ee4f790b8473e189e250bb2806f.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:19:04 | null | null | Electrical power generation has gotten a different spin for two Antarctic research bases with the official completion of a new wind farm. The United States and New Zealand expect the new turbines to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2014.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: MIke Casey/Antarctic Photo Library A new wind farm built over two field seasons is now operational. The three turbines can supply nearly 1,000 kilowatts of power, enough energy to power 100 U.S. homes. The USAP hopes to replace fossil fuels with wind power and other alternative energies when possible.
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"Marco Tortonese",
"Special To The"
] | 2016-08-26T13:17:41 | null | null | Their bags were picked and they were ready to compete in the annual McMurdo Ice Marathon. But a last-minute flight cancellation stranded the three hopeful runners at the South Pole. Disappointed but undaunted, the trio, with the help of their friends, put on only the second marathon held at the South Pole. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2356.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/pole_marathon_aid.jpg | en | null | Racing for the cold | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Robert Schwarz Rickey Gates crosses the finish line during the South Pole Contingency Marathon, held in January after Gates and fellow runners Christina Knoblock and Marco Tortonese failed to make it to the annual McMurdo Ice Marathon after a flight was diverted to West Antarctica.
Racing for the cold Sou... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2356 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ac1d4745d79ed5905d43b63f47e05d96c2b05d9899b108419d4782ad90bd496a.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:29:28 | null | null | Amanda H. Fricker was recently recognized for her achievements in polar science when she was awarded the 2010 Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2247.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | Taking the prize | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Courtesy: Helen Fricker Helen Fricker in Antarctica doing fieldwork with GPS. The 41-year-old glaciologist was recently awarded the Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica for her research, particularly involving subglacial lakes.
Taking the prize Fricker receives Martha T. Muse award for Antarc... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2247 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/5b34e2c092a568858126595c8c6a7b3cafcc9710acf9fcb3940d0ee766c1aa37.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:28:01 | null | null | Much of the research in Antarctica these days is directed at how quickly the continent’s ice sheets and glaciers may respond to climate change. But Jaakko Putkonen is interested in how the 2 percent of Antarctica not covered by ice reacts to a different kind of environmental change. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2447.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images2/putkonen_morainevalley_twinotter.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek A field team led by Jaakko Putkonen from the University of North Dakota camps in the beautiful Moraine Canyon, where exposed rock offers them an ideal location to study landscape evolution in Antarctica.
Grounded evolution Scientists look at how Antarctic landscape changes over time
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] | 2016-08-26T13:26:10 | null | null | Ancient Antarctica was warmer and wetter than previously suspected, enough to support vegetation along its edges. Researchers came to that conclusion by examining plant fossils found in sediment cores taken from below the seafloor during the two-year ANtarctic Geological DRILLing Program (ANDRILL). | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2694.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images3/ANDRILLCAMP.jpg | en | null | A far different place | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek/Antarctic Photo Library The ANDRILL field camp on the McMurdo Ice Shelf in 2006. Sediment cores taken the next year from under the sea ice at a similar camp yielded plant fossils that revealed a far greener Antarctica more than 15 million years ago.
A far different place Plant fossils from AN... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2694 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/1d20abf0639590aaad0df94e18625262b86bfe9d921c0bff54665a9e441c72b2.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:26:45 | null | null | Scientists have linked the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011 with the calving of a Manhattan-sized iceberg from the Sulzberger Ice Shelf more than 13,000 kilometers away in Antarctica. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2485.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images2/iceshelf_nasa_post.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: European Space Agency/Envisat Icebergs separate from Antarctica's Sulzberger Ice Shelf on March 16 in this satellite image, after waves from the devastating tsunami spawned by an earthquake on March 11 traveled more than 13,000 kilometers. This is the first direct observation of such a connection between ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2485 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/513043a286485b78d36b187c9f8d471d062c79df7c800db40779976f1b87f7f7.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:27:48 | null | null | Lake Vida isn’t a particularly accommodating place to live. Oxygen is completely absent and what little liquid water exists in this frozen block of ice is up to seven times saltier than seawater. Yet this extreme environment could reveal how life might exist on other worlds and fill in important gaps in the geologic hi... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2380.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images/vida_historical.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Ema Kuhn Members of the Lake Vida expedition team — Peter Doran, Chris Fritsen and Jay Kyne — use a sidewinder drill during the 2010-11 season to drill an ice core from the frozen lake. They did not find a liquid layer at the bottom of the lake that they believed existed based on radar data, adding a new ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2380 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/2c736fd7cd898b5b7060ed39ef4fbc4a35900717aea7c8f2ce1085ca490eb6b2.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:18:28 | null | null | The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is investing hundreds of billions of dollars to stimulate the U.S. economy, as well as to save or create several million jobs. Some of the stimulus money will buy goods and services — and employ Americans — for supporting scientific research in Antarctica. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1877.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Paul Thur/Antarctic Photo Library The South Pole Traverse parked at the geographic pole on Dec. 16, 2008. The NSF is purchasing vehicles and equipment for a second traverse "train" to carry fuel and equipment between McMurdo and South Pole stations.
Stimulus money NSF allocates $18.5 million in ARRA funds... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1877 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/927f040576f50e06756c76d0529faf1f6486e2385113779a02b8e81747dbdcb5.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:22:25 | null | null | From making the first measurements of the diving depth of an emperor penguin in the 1960s to tracking their colonies with satellites, Gerald Kooyman’s long career studying the physiology and populations of marine vertebrates has made him one of the world’s leading experts on Antarctica’s iconic seabird. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4072.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images5/kooyman-rough-seas.jpg | en | null | Life among the emperors | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Scripps Scientist Gerald Kooyman has been studying emperor penguins for more than 40 years.
Life among the emperors
Gerald Kooyman discusses his research on Antarctica's iconic wildlife
From making the first measurements of the diving depth of an emperor penguin in the 1960s to tracking colonies of Apteno... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=4072 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/9e0e3f88f15bb96a67c3276264209026cee187342cda6a638e5a4aeb08c49994.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:18:00 | null | null | The first U.S. flights since February will begin landing at McMurdo Station on Aug. 20 to prepare the research station for the start of the main summer field season, which opens in late September. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1865.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/NACREOUSCLOUDS11.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Chad Carpenter Passengers disembark from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Pegasus airfield on Aug. 22, 2009 (McMurdo local time). The first flight of Winfly finally arrived on the continent after two days of weather delays, carrying 120 passengers. Three more passenger flights are planned over the... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1865 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ab40417c6e89ca4c89a9f7b6da798b70ea2e13ef416decc869bc4fc5fd889794.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:16:59 | null | null | The South Pole Operations Traverse, which uses tracked Caterpillar and Case tractors to haul bladders of fuel and sleds of cargo across the continent, was stopped in its tracks for about four days from one of the worst storms in recent memory. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2321.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/traverse_pole_fuelbladders.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Paul Thur/Antarctic Photo Library A blizzard during the 2008-09 season hits the South Pole Operations Traverse. During the 2010-11 season, a powerful storm buried the traverse train. The crew eventually dug its way out and made it to the South Pole Station on Dec. 19. The traverse was scheduled to travel ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2321 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/a6dcc4443a9c99ca95fa5a94cf14e62d7c34a653fb68c650152ba31bc87c95d2.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:20:44 | null | null | Science doesn’t just happen in sterile labs. Researchers interested in studying one of the world’s fastest-changing ecosystems spend months at a time living out of a handful of wooden buildings on the South Shetland Islands just off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2FcontentHandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1620.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/copa_polish.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Wayne Trivelpiece Snow covers the area around the Copa field camp early in the season when the scientists arrive in October. The camp, similar to the one at Cape Shirreff, has a few comforts, such as e-mail, but everyone is responsible for cooking and other duties.
Away from the lab Research on Antarctic ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=1620 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/426a6a8cccc94d9dee2df492cf6d41d4d1ad0f14d9c48ffd3351772b6757c573.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:19:20 | null | null | A trio of storms in April blanketed McMurdo Station in Antarctica, breaking a 41-year record for snowfall and coming close to challenging a world record for wind speed. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1768.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Ken Klassy A McMurdo Station employee uses a snowblower to clear piles of snow away from the station's medical clinic. More than six feet of snow fell on McMurdo in April, including a record amount in one 24-hour period.
McMurdo buried Storms dump record amounts of snow at research station in April
A trio... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1768 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/42905c858a0190f5404ad670b2413c05c51daee89a0ab9069cf89d231b4a4b6f.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:17:39 | null | null | Longtime U.S. Antarctic Program researcher Bruce D. Sidell died on Feb. 8, 2011, at the age of 62. He was a professor and founding director of the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, Orono. He traveled to Antarctica numerous times since the 1980s and received numerous awards for his work. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2362.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/sidell.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Kristin O'Brien Bruce Sidell, foreground, assists with deploying fish traps during a 2007 science cruise.Sidell died on Feb. 8, 2011, at the age of 62. He was a professor and founding director of the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, Orono.
Bruce Sidell Antarctic icefish researcher pas... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2362 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/26a60c7954fef0f1c1f8a5d8feb6f0afe9cc648938bbd580ed27ffdc81be805c.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:15:33 | null | null | Less than a month after a wind storm in McMurdo Sound destroyed the ice pier at McMurdo Station, the tip of Hut Point Peninsula calved off from Ross Island. The small chunk broke off at the beginning of March in a way reminiscent of permafrost erosion in the Arctic. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2994.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Ron Blevens
Coastal erosion
Tip of Hut Point calves off near site of Scott's Discovery Hut
Less than a month after a wind storm in McMurdo Sound destroyed the ice pier at McMurdo Station , the tip of Hut Point Peninsula calved off from Ross Island. The small chunk, above, broke off at the beginning of Mar... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2994 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/608c57d820bbb95984ca45360eb0de12eea75ae7443191cee821f5442fbda4e7.json |
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"Staff Reports"
] | 2016-08-26T13:23:41 | null | null | A new species of sea anemone found living on the underside of an ice shelf in Antarctica was named by the International Institute for Species Exploration among the top 10 species discovered last year. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D3031.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images5/SCINIUNDERWATER.JPG | en | null | In rare company | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sea anemones hang out on the bottom of the Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the International Institute for Species Exploration among the top 10 species discovered last year.
In rare company
Antarctic sea anemone found under ice shelf one of top ten new species
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] | 2016-08-26T13:16:08 | null | null | From a unique vantage point, spanning the end of one century and the beginning of another, Karl Erb, soon to step down as the longest-serving director of the Office of Polar Programs, reflects on the future of the U.S. Antarctic Program by looking backward at what has changed in the past dozen years. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2628.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Karl Erb, far left, watches former NSF Director Arden Bement raise the U.S. Antarctic Program flag above the new South Pole Station in January 2008. As the longest-serving director of NSF's Office of Polar Programs, Erb oversaw construction of the new facility. He retires at the end of March ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2628 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ffa5999d0e668bbfb333976ccd7bba1bfe297fea97860445fb27833b77c08ef2.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:29:01 | null | null | Few photographers or filmmakers have enjoyed the sort of access to Antarctica Norbert Wu has had over the last decade or so. He recently returned to the Ice with a focus on public outreach, as part of the International Polar Year. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2072.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/wu_camera.jpg | en | null | About the Journey (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Norbert Wu, left, discusses the dive plan with Andy Day, center, Ryan Caldwell and Martin Schuster (not pictured) near the wreck of the Bahia Paraiso, seen in the upper right. This is the photographer's second trip to the Antarctic Peninsula for a new project funded by the National Science Fo... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2072 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/e8a507e42fcc19373c0c4ecf6e23020fc44fd4f0cdb60c5b0b39d98e7ffc15de.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:18:49 | null | null | A small handful of Antarctic winter-overs has the specialized task of ensuring ongoing research experiments hum along between summer field seasons. These are the research associates — engineer types who seem to know how to tinker and fix just about anything. MacGyvers of the beaker set. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1838.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-globe.gif | en | null | MacGyvers of polar science | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Mark Daniel Robert Fuhrmann reassembles the seven-kilometer-long VLF dipole antenna during the summer at South Pole. The transmissions are received at Palmer Station. The system was out of commission for several years until the NSF approved funding to bring it back online. It is one of nine projects he ov... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1838 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/24582ec4d1cb71d3a247375ee9ce9b291633d55489a3f0892e41d87587798610.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:23:38 | null | null | The ongoing retreat of a glacier off the Antarctic Peninsula has unveiled a new island. Personnel at Palmer Station on Anvers Island witnessed the collapse of the last wall of ice that had connected the nearby spit of land from the rest of the Marr Ice Piedmont on March 14 in the latest sign of climate change. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D3003.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images5/PALMERVIEW_1.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Glenn Grant A small island is revealed as an ice bridge collapses on March 14 near Palmer Station. The rapidly retreating Marr Ice Piedmont has unveiled several islands in the last decade or more.
Island time
Latest glacier calving near Palmer Station reveals another separate land area
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:29:45 | null | null | The International Polar Year (IPY) officially comes to a close this month. But the legacy of the two-year campaign to learn more about the world’s polar regions will likely last far into the future. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1731.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-globe.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Chad Naughton/Antarctic Photo Library The AGAP field camp in East Antarctica during the 2008-09 summer season. Like many of the International Polar Year projects, AGAP should reshape our understanding of the Antarctic and the Arctic.
IPY Legacies Scientific campaign brings new insights to East Antarctica,... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1731 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/1f3404374a2aad5b7aa757fd6f00f57689bbc798865080d844ad0e952ad08679.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:19:54 | null | null | At approximately 80° south latitude and 119° west longitude, Byrd Surface Camp has supported science in West Antarctica for more than 50 years, dating back to the International Geophysical Year. It has undergone many changes over the decades as it prepares to enter a new chapter of logistical support. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1793.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/byrd_field%20camp.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Mark Sabbatini/Antarctic Photo Library Byrd Surface Camp in 2001. The camp served as a year-round research station until 1972, when it was converted to a summer-only field camp. It was last used in 2004-05, but is being resurrected in a big way beginning this year.
Byrd history IGY station, field camp has... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1793 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/721dce5ac59171b3537152c7fae788db5d50d2772b5506bf8321876f9c70ebcc.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:30:40 | null | null | The previous discovery of a new bird species related to ducks and geese on an island off the Antarctic Peninsula has encouraged scientists to look more closely at the fossils collected from the region over the last 20 years. They believe modern birds may have originated in Antarctica more than 65 million years ago when... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1785.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images/avian_clarke.jpg | en | null | Antarctic Bird Nest? (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Judd Case Sandwich Bluff on Vega Island, northern Antarctic Peninsula, where the Vegavis specimen and many other late Cretaceous, Antarctic bird specimens, have been recovered. The specimens here range in age from 70 to 67.5 million years ago.
Antarctic bird nest? Discovery of avian fossils suggests Antar... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1785 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ea38fa1ba6b1e9c737b541bf7986c4e72239465309ff1666e18a7619fa7fdfce.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:19:01 | null | null | Terry Tickhill Terrell was a 19-year-old undergraduate student in 1969 when she walked into the then-Institute of Polar Studies at The Ohio State University and announced that she wanted to go to Antarctica. Silent stares greeted her announcement. Women didn’t go to Antarctica in those days. All that was about to chang... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1946.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | Breaking the Ice | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Courtesy: Eileen McSaveney The all-women science team from The Ohio State University, from left, Kay Lindsay, Terry Tickhill Terrell, Lois Jones and Eilenn McSaveney in Christchurch, New Zealand, before heading down to Antarctica in 1969. Jones and Lindsay have since passed away.
Breaking the Ice
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:25:07 | null | null | The cold-loving fish that inhabit the Southern Ocean are Antarctica’s version of Darwinian finches: an endemic group of different species that evolved special adaptations to fill empty ecological niches. How will they fare in a warmiing world? A team of fish biologists investigates. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2745.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | Raising Notothenioidei | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: John Postlethwait Fishing aboard the research vessel LAURENCE M. GOULD using fish pots. Scientists are capturing Antarctic fish for experiments to learn more about how the various species may respond to climate change. Research also involves studying human diseases through icefish adaptations.
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] | 2016-08-26T13:27:03 | null | null | Bob Bindschadler doesn’t want to spend the next few weeks at Pine Island Glacier, one of Antarctica's most inhospitable locations. But it’s on glacier's floating ice shelf where he and his colleagues believe they’ll learn how the ocean is changing the ice. For the glaciologist from NASA, this is ground zero for researc... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2558.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images3/pig_runway.jpg | en | null | Antarctica's Ground Zero (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: NASA Robert Bindschadler, an emeritus glaciologist with NASA, was the first person in 25 years to walk on the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf in January 2008. He and a team of researchers are finally returning four years later to complete their mission: a study of the ocean 500 meters below.
Antarctica's gr... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2558 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ca52fff10c744acc3f3289fb7b88f4c9c4b4207c77762b3458c4f19a12934e64.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:31:10 | null | null | The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Ice Core program will enter its second drilling season as the team races against the clock to get through about 800 meters of brittle ice in just a few short weeks. The eventual payoff: The most detailed recored of greenhouse gases over the last 100,000 years. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1573.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images/WAIS_drill1.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Kendrick Taylor/WAIS Divide Web site WAIS Divide drillers handle an ice core under the arch facility built at the camp for that purpose. This will be the second drilling season for the project, which will eventually recover a 3.5-kilometer-long ice core that will provide scientists a high-resolution clima... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1573 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/bfdf8a746bbfd02b05cc7b737165c8096ed915049f98a098e20d3b6a130c9395.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:21:45 | null | null | Miami artist Xavier Cortada came to Antarctica to spread the word about climate change and to educate the public in the little-known scientific and historic facts about the seventh continent. But he didn’t quite expect for his brief journey here to change his own artistic style so radically. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2FcontentHandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1213.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/features/images/shoe installation (thumb).jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Miami artist Xavier Cortada puts the finishing touches on a painting he created while at McMurdo Station. He donated the piece to the local community.
Cortada reinvents style during Antarctic visit
Miami artist aims to raise environmental awareness through newly created works that incorporate... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contentHandler.cfm?id=1213 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/2886d9495d2c14f573aaba83e449a7d3a979194ebac2a7d69dbb1b1c5d6233d3.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:17:48 | null | null | New Year's is always a rocking time in Antarctica. The annual IceStock outdoor music concert and festival featured more than six hours of music that ranged from classic rock to original tunes to a genuine barbershop quartet. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2331.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | McMurdo rings in 2011 | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek
McMurdo rings in 2011 Annual IceStock concert bands together talented musicians
Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek The band Banana Hog takes the stage at IceStock. Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Runners round Discovery Hut at Hut Point for an annual New Year's weekend race.
New Year's is always a rocking... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2331 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ec1f380a260a88af0e506c60f06759665d71a7acb5558a10bc56b56f02fbf511.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:26:47 | null | null | The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative focuses on questions about how that part of the continent fits into planetary processes. At the group's 18th annual meeting, it was apparent those questions are still at the forefront, but new technologies and techniques are bringing scientists ever closer to understanding Antarc... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2530.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images2/wais_workshop_posters.jpg | en | null | Meeting of the Minds (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Michael Studinger/NASA The edge of the Larsen Ice Shelf on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Parts of the ice shelf have disintegrated over the last 20 years. Scientists recently met to discuss the latest research on this and other parts of West Antarctica, which is expected to contribute to se... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2530 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/140f5815b9e9e743ab38f337e4d8b3a40ce817c14083ae7372b57da72b9c68a9.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:28:09 | null | null | On Dec. 18, 2010, there was an air of reluctance in the IceCube drill tower, even as the anticipation and excitement built. This was the 86th and final string deployment for the subglacial neutrino detector, marking the culmination of seven seasons of construction at the U.S. Antarctic Program’s South Pole Station. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2326.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | Stringing It Together (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek The IceCube deployment team prepares the final string of digital optical modules for the subglacial neutrino detector on Dec. 18, 2010. It took seven years to build the 86-string array, which will attempt to create a skymap from high-energy neutrinos that originate from events like supernovae... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2326 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/38659b3858f6baa0f75222a180e6507c29b4dcf037d3506afaa54865fc9f55ea.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:34 | null | null | Talk about the ultimate road trip. The primary South Pole operations Traverse spent nearly 100 days away from McMurdo Station during the 2012-13 season, traveling more than 3,500 miles across the Ross Ice Shelf and East Antarctica to shuttle cargo and fuel. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2814.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images4/traverse-fuel-bladders-white-island.jpg | en | null | Ultimate road trip | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Ryan Wallace
Ultimate road trip
South Pole traverse covers 3,500 miles during the 2012-13 season
Talk about the ultimate road trip. The primary South Pole operations Traverse (SPoT) spent nearly 100 days away from McMurdo Station during the 2012-13 season, traveling more than 3,500 miles across the Ross I... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2814 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/39790ebb12a6942395c7aa44e22cfd6144563c7d655a7cbdf874ce07d19da8cf.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:18:48 | null | null | It wasn’t too long after the ranks of researchers opened up to women in 1969 that they started to fill support roles — first in the U.S. Navy and then increasingly among the civilian workforce that eventually took over most jobs today from the military. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1951.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images/women_dog.jpg | en | null | Long Time Coming (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Courtesy: Jerry and Elena Marty Elena Marty uses a tractor to move a derelict Navy plane at South Pole in 1974. Marty was one of two women hired by contractor Holmes & Narver that season, the first time women had served in a civilian support role on the Ice.
Long time coming
Women fully integrated into USAP over ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=1951 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/20141a19489feeda911ffbe470903f7b40c6f999c04b41791e85d4f9e9917a37.json |
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"Mcmurdo Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T13:17:05 | null | null | The sun has returned at McMurdo Station. And the first light heralds the arrival of Winfly, a six-week-long period beginning in August when the U.S. Antarctic Program flies in a few early season planes to bring in several hundred new people and supplies. This small surge in support helps the station ramp up for the mai... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2495.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images2/mcm_twilight.jpg | en | null | Here comes the sun | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek/Antarctic Photo Library A U.S. Air Force C-17 sits on the ice at Pegasus airfield in January 2011. The first flight of Winfly was scheduled to arrive on Aug. 20 (local time), ushering in the 2011-12 field season for the U.S. Antarctic Program. The August flights bring in people and supplies t... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2495 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/29bd2aec3557af7fe40d0ccc1c0d34dada7f2aeacc35101fb858d0a30b514679.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:19:17 | null | null | Scientists and support personnel aboard a U.S. icebreaker encountered unusually thick summer sea ice in the Weddell Sea as they attempted to push south along the eastern edge of the Antarctic Peninsula. The unexpected conditions sent them to Palmer Station on the other side of the peninsula to make new plans. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2011.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | Change of plans | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek A helicopter from the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer lands in the "backyard" near Palmer Station. Maria Vernet, a scientist aboard the vessel, had come to the station to review satellite imagery of the region in an effort to make a backup plan after sea ice stymied the ship in the Weddell Sea.
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] | 2016-08-26T13:08:44 | null | null | Summer is about long sunny days, backyard grilling and outdoor festivals in the Northern Hemisphere. On the other side of the equator, winter is under way. In Antarctica, the handful of people maintaining research stations across the continent are celebrating Midwinter Day. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4035.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Andrew Smith The moon shines over McMurdo Station in June, when the winter hits the midpoint on the 21st. Midwinter is a special Antarctic holiday that has been celebrated since the early explorers more than a century ago.
Southern solstice
Antarctic stations celebrate midwinter with feasts and festivitie... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=4035 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/797f1d69dd114b0264f1ee534844476a42504de40b952c20fbd38b94c53661e2.json |
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"Staff Reports"
] | 2016-08-26T13:25:21 | null | null | While the world’s attention was focused on the record low sea ice in the Arctic and its implications for climate change, Antarctic sea ice reached a new record high in September, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2750.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images3/antarctic-seaice.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Clair Von Handorf/Antarctic Photo Library A snowy sheathbill overlooking the ocean near Palmer Station on Anvers Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula. While sea ice reached record extent around Antarctica in September, it has become scarce around the rapidly warming Antarctic Peninsula. Iced over Antarctic... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2750 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/38454b4763c043d25994a4f7907b14df506c5d3e5d45f5ba54b5c30c731008d9.json |
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"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:23:26 | null | null | Humpback whales were once heavily exploited. Today, they are making a comeback, prompting researchers with the Palmer LTER program to add yet another level of sophistication to the National Science Foundation-funded project. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4051.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images5/humpback-out-of-the-water.jpg | en | null | Leaping into New Territory (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Ari Friedlaender A humpback whale leaps out of the waters around Antarctica. The return of healthy populations of humpbacks and other whales has prompted researchers with the Palmer LTER program to add a new component to their study.
Leaping into new territory
Palmer LTER adds whales to marine ecosystem s... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=4051 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/a36ace776cc2f98d8d3f89352c21a78a6765488b45095b8552e063d21fc687f4.json |
[
"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:32:04 | null | null | The search for life on Jupiter's moon Europa will begin in an ice-covered lake in Antarctica, where scientists and engineers will test an autonomous robot that can make three-dimensional maps. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D1409.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/science/images/robot_bloodfalls.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Blood Falls "pours" out of the Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of Lake Bonney in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. A robot that scientists will deploy during the 2008-09 season will detect if the ancient saltwater deposit is seeping into the water below as it maps and explores Lake Bonney.... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=1409 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/40ee61cc6f640325d4ee258c5cfbb654bb7a998e898c78416ec83e72688d77c6.json |
[
"Lynn Reed",
"Special To The"
] | 2016-08-26T13:23:29 | null | null | The Joint Antarctic School Expedition, a pilot collaboration of the national Antarctic programs of Chile and the United States, brought high school students and teachers to Punta Arenas, Chile, in February 2014. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D3029.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Luke Maillefer U.S. students visited Torres del Paine National Park in February 2014 as part of an exchange program between the national Antarctic programs of Chile and the United States.
Exchange program
U.S. students travel to Chile to learn about science in Antarctica
The Joint Antarctic School Expedit... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=3029 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/7b226d8533b9f58588984b0d9703d2cae18ef093111ac993a0721e96f59f234e.json |
[
"Brad Geer",
"Special To The"
] | 2016-08-26T12:57:07 | null | null | A scavenger bird of the Antarctic, skua is also the adopted name for the collection of miscellaneous items that USAP participants leave behind for use by current and future residents. The collection of available skua is never greater than at the beginning of the winter. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4153.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images6/Skua-Party-2015-whole-room.jpg | en | null | Sorting it out | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Kira Morris McMurdo Station residents sort through 16 large cardboard boxes of skua, miscellaneous items left behind by others that may prove to be another person's treasured possession.
Sorting it out
McMurdo residents find second-hand treasures while cleaning up station
“Hey, that was mine!” exclaimed T... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=4153 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/47ddedf84db1c08a03501ef498c871cc8b0e6e80f9caefb4c273420d5ef71dfb.json |
[
"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:26:14 | null | null | Three years after its official end, the groundbreaking discoveries of the International Polar Year have been collected in a new report sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The consensus: The historic scientific collaboration between nations was a smashing success. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2670.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Rae Spain/Antarctic Photo Library The Lacroix Glacier flows into the Taylor Valley between the Matterhorn and Scar peaks in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. A new report on the legacies and lessons of the International Polar Year, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, was recently released.
Lesso... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2670 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/e4f27aa7c58ab3925e59b37d3db780b8dcbedd6eee6736f95771d41e681b2779.json |
[
"Staff Reports"
] | 2016-08-26T13:24:03 | null | null | Scientists have found a swamp-like canal system larger than the Florida Everglades underneath a major glacier in West Antarctica using innovations in radar analysis. The find may help climate researchers refine predictions about future sea-level rise from the ice sheet. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2874.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images4/thwaites-glacier-nasa-icebridge.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Michael Studinger/NASA The Thwaites Glacier as seen from NASA's DC-8 as part of the IceBridge mission. Scientists recently announced that new analyses of radar data have revealed a swamp-like water system below the ice that affects the glacier's flow rate toward the ocean.
Swamped
New analysis identifies ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2874 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/37998e920218db6079dd6e628c184eb9230bbb1a9e352f21634776f6dfb9f1b9.json |
[
"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:27:02 | null | null | The latest State of the Climate report from NOAA found that 2010 was one of the two warmest years on record. In Antarctica, sea ice continued to grow in marked contrast to the warming of the Arctic. The seemingly paradoxical trend is what NSF-funded scientists and others expect to happen as the climate changes. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2463.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images2/climatestory_fogt_fieldwork.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Polar Meteorology Group/Byrd Polar Research Center Ryan Fogt, left, and Shelley Knuth install an acoustic depth gauge on the Windless Bight automatic weather station in January 2006. Mount Erebus looms in the background. The weather station is part of a network around the continent that helps scientists c... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2463 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/ebcc5d9baa093303225489a9975043f25999bc8de21d069105e1db313370955a.json |
[
"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:07:11 | null | null | McMurdo Communications Operations, better known as MacOps, is the nerve center for radio traffic between the research station and field parties as close as the nearby sea ice and as far as field camps hundreds of miles away. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Ffeatures%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D4101.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/features/images6/macops-macrelay-racks.jpg | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek MacOps operator Alyssa Hartson handles radio traffic while McMurdo Station communications supervisor Shelly Campbell and operator Sage Asher discuss work schedules. MacOps monitors all field party communications.
MacOps, MacOps
McMurdo Station communications department serves as nerve center ... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=4101 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/c4e382941537517fb15621af6456683268271012ae2364af06afec24551935c2.json |
[
"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:23:40 | null | null | Antarctica is a notoriously difficult place to work in the best of seasons. The extreme cold and months-long darkness of the winter makes it even more difficult. It takes a little ingenuity, in other words, if you want to study the ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D3025.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/antarcticsun/media/grafx/icon-flag.gif | en | null | The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Hilary Dugan Scientists deploy a component of an Autonomous Lake Profiling and Sampling station through the thick ice of Lake Bonney. The instruments will measure various physical, chemical and biological parameters in the lake year-round, as well as collect water samples for later analysis, to learn abou... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=3025 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/c91b1ccb9257e9b40d6bf7a1093e0818cd854a204aa7fad454d62fa870128e90.json |
[
"Peter Rejcek"
] | 2016-08-26T13:29:05 | null | null | The wingless fly known as Belgica antarctica lives only on the Antarctic Peninsula. You can freeze it or nearly suck away all its moisture, and it survives just fine. Scientists are now interested in learning just how it spends the dark winter months, and whether isolated populations are evolving differently, a la Darw... | http%3A%2F%2Fantarcticsun.usap.gov%2Fscience%2Fcontenthandler.cfm%3Fid%3D2018.json | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/AntarcticSun/science/images/palmer_buggers_lee.JPG | en | null | Not Much Bugs Belgica (page 1) | null | null | antarcticsun.usap.gov | Photo Credit: Peter Rejcek Richard Lee examines a piece of dry Prasiola crispa, a green algae underneath which Belgica antarctica like to live, on Torgersen Island. Lee's arrival in late December coincided with molting of the adults, which only live for two weeks after spending two years as larvae.
Not much bugs Belgic... | http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contenthandler.cfm?id=2018 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | antarcticsun.usap.gov/d2af23f89da755d05f687742fa3f4d38c6e04ac64ec78d04e97e97ca6719d958.json |
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