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essay_winners1.png From left to right, students Austin Pritts, Taia Saurer, and Amanda Gutierrez have been named the winners of the Moon Pod Essay Contest for their creative visions of a journey to the Moon. The contest was a collaborative effort between NASAs Office of STEM Engagement and the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate in partnership with the online platform Future Engineers. Credits: NASA NASA has named three students the winners of the Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest...

A bumble bee foraging on lavender. Photo taken by Prof Francis Ratnieks A honey bee foraging on lavender. Photo taken by Prof Francis Ratnieks. As abundant and widespread bees, it is common to see both bumble bees and honey bees foraging on the same flower species during the summer, whether in Britain or many other countries. Yet researchers at the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) at the University of Sussex, show that these tw...

The Shackleton Endurance Antarctic Expedition Just Keeps On Giving 10th February 2021 Men of the High Latitudes – Jarlath Cunnane and Mick Brogan with Northabout at Westport Quay in their return from circling the Arctic. Their current mission is ensuring proper recognition for Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackletons Scottish ships carpenter Harry McNish When Afloat.ies Shipping Correspondent Jehan Ashmore scooped all other media last week with the revelation that the new Irish Research Vessel...

Castle Eaton: A business that turns thrown-away food and scraps into gas is looking to expand. Biomethane Castle Eaton Ltd runs an anaerobic digester on a site in the country just south of the village near Cricklade. Anaerobic digesters take organic material such as food or garden or agricultural waste, and lock it into airtight tanks. This increases the rate of breakdown of the material and creates methane gas to be used for energy and compost. The company has asked for permission to i...

Share this article LONDON, Jan. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- British Expedition Apparel brand Shackleton presents Antarctica NOW, a seven-day online festival celebrating the extraordinary continent that for centuries has captured restless imaginations and transformed understanding of the rest of the world. Normally January would be a time when thousands of people head to the Antarctic, whether for work or exploration, but COVID-19 has inevitably impacted on that. As borders close and lockdowns int...

Shackleton Launches The Worlds First Expedition Grade Performance Jacket Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles Shackleton partners with NGO Blue Marine Foundation to launch the Antarctic Protector Parka, a world-first expedition-grade parka made from recycled plastic bottles LONDON, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Shackleton, in partnership with Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE), has developed the Antarctic Protector Parka, the worlds first expedition-grade parka engineered from 100% recycled fabrics. P...

Passing 8,500 so well go another 4,000. youre going to see the main crater in just a second. >> anthony: the conditions endured by the first british antarctic explorers like scott, and shackleton and norwegian amundson and the lengths of time they endured them, are well, horrifying to imagine. they made their journeys in wooden ships, then man hauling equipment across glaciers, ice floes, mountains and frozen seas surviving on penguin meat when rations ran out. >> ryan: you might start to smell ...

You know have drills to practice extricating somebody. >> anthony: theres a steep learning curve to flying down here, skillfully handling gale-force winds, reduced control at high altitudes and the unpredictability of extreme turbulence around mountains and active volcanoes. >> ryan: slowly but surely climbing and its minus 20 outside. >> anthony: erebus and thats -- >> ryan: mount terror. >> anthony: this is mount erebus, the southernmost active volcano on earth. antarctica was a great mystery ...

Crater in just a second. >> anthony: the conditions endured by the first british antarctic explorers like scott, and shackleton and norwegian amundson and the lengths of time they endured them, are well, horrifying to imagine. they made their journeys in wooden ships, then man hauling equipment across glaciers, ice floes, mountains and frozen seas surviving on penguin meat when rations ran out. >> ryan: you might start to smell some sulfur. you smell it? >> anthony: yeah i smell that sulfur. wha...

Endured by the first british antarctic explorers like scott, and shackleton and norwegian amundson and the lengths of time they endured them, are well, horrifying to imagine. they made their journeys in wooden ships, then man hauling equipment across glaciers, ice floes, mountains and frozen seas surviving on penguin meat when rations ran out. >> ryan: you might start to smell some sulfur. you smell it? >> anthony: yeah i smell that sulfur. whats our altitude now? >> ryan: 13, two. >> anthony: a...