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From our latest book, Stephanie Krzywonos takes us on a journey to the ruins of nuclear ambition in 'last great wilderness' of Antarctica

Sampling archived sediment cores can illuminate how the Antarctic ice sheet responds to warming climate.

The Long-Term Ecological Research site at Palmer Station, Antarctica, celebrates its 30th field season this year. Thanks to this long-running research program, scientists have consistently tracked environmental changes taking place along the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth, over the past several decades.

The nation's sole heavy icebreaker arrived in Antarctica on Monday, following a nearly three-month trip from Seattle. The deployment marks the Polar Star’s 25th journey to the earth’s southernmost continent, supporting Operation Deep Freeze – an annual mission to resupply American scientists doing research near the South Pole, according to a Coast Guard statement.

The nation's sole heavy icebreaker arrived in Antarctica on Monday, following a nearly three-month trip from Seattle. The deployment marks the Polar Star’s 25th journey to the earth’s southernmost continent, supporting Operation Deep Freeze – an annual mission to resupply American scientists doing research near the South Pole, according to a Coast Guard statement.

The United States’ sole heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived at McMurdo Station in Antarctica on Monday following an 86-day transit from its homeport in Seattle. The deployment...

The 157 crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived at McMurdo Station in Antarctica Monday following…

He is beginning a hiatus this week to join the U.S. Antarctic Program as senior communications technician.

Chapel of the Snows, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. / Alan Light via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).Denver Newsroom, Dec 25, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA).The coronavirus pandemic has suspended efforts to save the Chapel of the Snows at McMurdo Station, the hub of the U.S. Antarctic Program. But one Catholic who regularly serves at the station has said he hopes the chapel has a permanent future at the station. "We had probably the only place in the world where you would go to Midnight Mass (for Christmas) a...

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