| 单词 | Antarctic |
| 例句 | “That’s a penguin’s way of saying how pleased it is,” said Mr. Popper, who had read about it in his Antarctic books. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper picked up his little globe and found the Antarctic. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The most hostile place on earth is the Antarctic, the location of the South Pole. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He knew how far they were from the nearest land; he knew when they had crossed the Antarctic Circle; he knew how many miles of forbidding ocean still lay between the crew and their home. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z On each of his three expeditions to explore the Antarctic, Shackleton had failed in his mission. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z On June 15, all hands turned out for the great Antarctic Dog Derby, held on a course called Epsom Downs after the famous racetrack in England. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But, after all, they were in the Antarctic, not Hyde Park in London. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Endurance headed for South Georgia Island, one of the Subantarctic Islands on the edge of the Antarctic Convergence. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Citing his years of experience at sea, he presented himself at the offices of the National Antarctic Expedition in London. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The whole ice pack was moving in a clockwise direction, sweeping west and north with the current, up along the Antarctic Peninsula. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z On New Year’s Eve, they crossed the Antarctic Circle at last, and some of the men gathered on the bridge to sing “Auld Lang Syne” with an accompaniment of dog howls. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Sorry,” said Mr. Popper, addressing everyone in the bus, “but I’ll have to open all the windows. These are Antarctic penguins and they’re used to having it a lot colder than this.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z His practice was to implant the little microbiology stations in the Antarctic soil and return about a month later to retrieve them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh yes,” said Mr. Popper respectfully, “I have read books about both your Arctic and your Antarctic expeditions.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z But if he wanted to play Scott of the Antarctic versus Amundsen the Norwegian, that was fine by me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Only twenty miles long and thirteen miles wide, it lies at the farthest tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It’s not Endurance cold, not Antarctic cold, but a crisp, lovely, blue-chill cold. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “She was here,” Curie said, “but not anymore. She’s on her way to an Antarctic resort for some skiing. You might catch her flight if you hurry, though.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We know that Galapagos and Antarctic birds and mammals, which similarly evolved in the absence of humans and did not see humans until modern times, are still incurably tame today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In 1921, he gathered a crew together to return to the Antarctic on the Quest. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The plan for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was this: Endurance would sail from South America into the Weddell Sea, which is bordered by the Antarctic Peninsula. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z By late March and early April, game was growing scarcer as the animals migrated north, fleeing the onset of Antarctic winter. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The tricks of the Antarctic atmosphere brought mock suns and green sunsets, and showers of jewel-colored ice crystals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Whenever the town library had a new book about the Arctic or the Antarctic—the North Pole or the South Pole—Mr. Popper was the first to borrow it. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The Arctic and Antarctic ice caps will melt, flooding the coasts of the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, there goes the first thousand dollars’ bounty; probably skipped all the way to the Antarctic Circle. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Some of the men had polar experience, either Arctic or Antarctic. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Flocks of Antarctic petrels and snow petrels accompanied the ship on its journey toward the continent, diving with high, wild screams when the crew threw their garbage overboard into the sea. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The expedition's main object, explained in the fund-raising brochure, was “to cross the Antarctic from sea to sea, securing for the British flag the honor of being the first carried across the South Polar Continent.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z They peered over the bridge and saw the Antarctic archipelago at their feet, craned their necks and saw a giant metal star overhead. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The one thing he had truly to give up was the Antarctic, and that he could not do. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Whaling first brought people to South Georgia Island, and it was to a whaling station that Endurance headed as its final stop before challenging the Antarctic. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Shackleton had estimated a rate of travel that would put him on the continent by the end of December, but by Christmas they still hadn’t passed the Antarctic Circle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Antarctic. It was sent to me from the South Pole.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z They squeeze through Drake’s Passage, the gap between the tip of South America and the end of the Antarctic Peninsula, a distance of only 620 miles. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Because the design of space missions is finalized many years before launch, and because of Vishniac’s death, the results of his Antarctic experiments did not influence the Viking design for seeking Martian life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather was growing fouler every day as the Antarctic winter approached, with hard frosts and cold rain. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Her feet go forward and her heart ba-bamps even as the Antarctic wind kicks up. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Why, this is the night the Drake Antarctic Expedition is going to start broadcasting.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Now, in 1914, he was famous enough as an Antarctic explorer to be able to raise the money he needed for his new journey. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The Antarctic winter was half over when the men finally retired to their cabins and bunks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Popper put down his book of Antarctic Adventures and moved hastily to the radio. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “I am reading a book called Antarctic Adventures. It is very interesting. It tells all about the different people who have gone to the South Pole and what they have found there.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z All around them, too, were signs that the Antarctic winter was fast approaching: there were now twelve hours of darkness, and during the daylight hours petrels and terns fled toward the north. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The Norwegian whalers were the only source of information about current conditions in the Antarctic, and the news they had for Shackleton was bad. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The Antarctic contains ninety percent of the world’s snow and ice, and there are more than eighty kinds of it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z If Shackleton did not reach the edge of the continent before the end of the short Antarctic summer, the ice would shut him out. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And of all the weather it creates, the weather the Antarctic creates for itself is by far the worst. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Very well, my love,” said Mr. Popper meekly, and he settled down with his pipe, his globe, and his book of Antarctic Adventures. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Far to their west on the Antarctic Peninsula was Erebus and Terror Gulf, named in honor of the two ships that had navigated the bottom of the world before being lost at the top. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z On the next day, January 19, the fist of the Antarctic closed around the ship: Endurance was surrounded by ice pack, with no open water in sight. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Two days before my scheduled departure there was a heavy fall of snow, giving to the barren moors the look of Antarctic mountains. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Conversely, finding life in Antarctic dry valleys would correspondingly improve, he thought, the chances of life on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z All his experience in the Antarctic had proven to him that going to sleep under those conditions could be his last act. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z They were still 600 miles from the nearest coastline and hadn’t even crossed the Antarctic Circle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z On the twenty-first, Worsley’s astronomical observations indicated that they had crossed the Antarctic Circle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It was midsummer in the Antarctic: the weather from now on would begin to go downhill. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Sadly, after surviving their ordeal in the Antarctic, several of them were killed in action, among them McCarthy and Cheetham, two of the most cheerful and well-liked members of the whole group. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z These islands to the northwest were at the very end of the Antarctic Peninsula; beyond them lay the open ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z It was now November, and although the sixth of the month brought a blizzard, the Antarctic summer was reaching its peak. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z For the first three weeks of December, the pack was constantly on the move, but each time it edged toward the east, away from the Antarctic Peninsula and its outlying islands, Shackleton became anxious. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Well, okay,” said Leonard, “let’s see now. I saw the Kasi- lof, the Islander, the Mogul, the Eclipse—this was all out at Ship Channel I’m talking about—” “The Antarctic,” said Dale Middleton. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I'm not sure who's going to police that particular rule in the Antarctic. David Attenborough: 'I wouldn't be prepared to sit on an egg' 2012-11-22T17:00:20Z Given the scope of Mr. Kushner’s play — the angels, the Antarctic planes, and the rest — it’s strange to imagine it in the National’s smallest space. How Taking Flight in London Helped ‘Angels in America’ Soar 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Commander Robert Falcon Scott led the 1901-1904 British National Antarctic Expedition aboard the ship Discovery, with Shackleton serving as third officer. 11 facts about Sir Ernest Shackleton 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Down below, the big, upset sea – Cape sea, with Antarctic muscle behind it. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z Southern giant petrels, big black seabirds also called Antarctic giant petrels, giant fulmars, stinkers, and stinkpots, flew in formation. In Chilean Patagonia, Following a Track to the End of the World 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z They work with the British Antarctic Survey on the ongoing research project. World’s most remote post office is hiring. Penguin counting required. 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z They died within months of each other in 1977, one from cancer, the other in the waters of the Antarctic. Shipton and Tilman by Jim Perrin – review 2013-03-27T11:00:01Z As surely as “10” follows the pattern 2, 4, 6, 8, by almost any measure “Fiennes” is the name that should come after the other four synonymous with Antarctic exploration. One Good Antarctic Explorer Deserves Another 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z But what we saw during at least 20 hours of light each day at and below the Antarctic Circle was spectacular. Checking off my seventh continent: A half-price voyage to Antarctica 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Those are among the questions to ask, said Ashton Palmer, a longtime Antarctic travel expert, whose Expedition Trips matches adventure travelers with small vessels in the 100-to-300-passenger range. Checking off my seventh continent: A half-price voyage to Antarctica 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z For a painter, she is surprisingly knowledgeable about Antarctic benthic worms. Moment of Friday: Hagfish hanky-panky, Lily Simonson's oceanic obsession 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z New Zealander Pete Bethune is currently on trial in Tokyo for boarding a Japanese vessel in an attempt to stop the annual whale hunt in the Antarctic. Dolphin hunt film screenings cancelled in Tokyo 2010-06-05T05:36:00Z Housman and Rupert Brooke, the stirringly patriotic music of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, the doomed Scott Antarctic expedition, the cult of Nature and, not least, Robert Baden-Powell’s creation of the Boy Scouts. Review | What can ‘The Age of Decadence’ teach us about today? A great deal. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z It will enable, for the first time, British Antarctic Survey scientists to access the open ocean even when the ship is surrounded by ice-covered water. 'Sir David Boaty McBoatface' is launched 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Keri, who is American and works for the US Antarctic Program, was running the stores and other services at McMurdo station. How we met: ‘He played footsie with me under a coffee table in Antarctica’ 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z The title essay is excellent, part family memoir, part Antarctic birding cruise, with both elements playing to Franzen’s strengths. Review | Jonathan Franzen has some baggage. Does his latest essay collection rise above it? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z A longing it most certainly is, but a longing for what?” he wrote about his travels in his Antarctic book, “End of the Earth.” Childbirth is my extreme sport 2013-09-08T00:00:00Z “These are educators who are passionately speaking on behalf of the Antarctic and wilderness and conservation initiatives.” Antarctica cruises are booming. But can the continent handle it? 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The instinct to self-preservation was not put on ice by Antarctic explorers. 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica by Chris Turney – review 2012-11-22T08:00:01Z Of course, the ship should enhance your Antarctic experience and not subsume it. Antarctica is becoming easier to visit. Here’s how to get to the bottom of the world. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z They tend to be ships that sail in inhospitable waters like the Antarctic Ocean, or ships that belong to smaller lines. The Getaway: Cruise Mishaps: How Normal Are They? 2013-05-08T19:55:44Z Furthermore, “geography was a cutthroat enterprise in late Victorian Britain,” one that pressed the Antarctic expeditions forward. Science and the Race for the South Pole 2011-06-03T16:50:45Z And he’s interested in the Antarctic, loves penguins. 'Just don't call it a cult': the strangely alluring world of the Bruderhof 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z It wouldn’t have helped Mark from Los Angeles, who insured his Sierra Club Antarctic cruise through a company called World Nomads. Help! My Tour Got Canceled But Travel Insurance Won’t Pay 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z And in the Antarctic winter there is no sunshine, it’s dark 24 hours a day, which isn’t good if you’re depressive. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z If this sounds slightly like Bridget Jones meets Scott of the Antarctic, so, sometimes, does “Bleaker House.” Failing to Write a Novel in the Most Distraction-Free Place on Earth 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z This echoes the vivarium in the Antarctic that Veidt had in the graphic novel. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Braving the region for the past two weeks, he reached the Antarctic Polar Front and is swimming southwest. Elephant seal born far from home becomes South African celebrity 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z From the Antarctic peninsula to the Ganges River to the jungles of Brazil, Wolfe turns his lens on the planet’s peoples, its creatures and its grandest landscapes. Inspiring, transporting and just plain gorgeous coffee table books 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Writer Dame Beryl Bainbridge won readers and awards with her novels about her Liverpool roots and historical figures such as Samuel Johnson and Scott of the Antarctic. Beryl Bainbridge's secret artwork 2011-01-27T11:25:29Z Take an epic journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic and encounter the deadliest animals – and forces of nature — on Earth. Filmmaker focuses on a captive panda’s return to the wild 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z If Gervais were to be parachuted into the middle of the Antarctic, it would take roughly 20 minutes before the penguins were lining up to peck his lights out. ‘Atrocious and unrepentant’: Ricky Gervais out-Ricky Gervaises himself in After Life 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z The Antarctic Heritage Trust’s project comprised 62 specialists from around the world, who conserved 18,202 artifacts, such as food supplies and clothing, and repaired and weatherproofed the huts. Three of the First Buildings in Antarctica Are Restored 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Yes, that last race is about 62 miles, running on the icy Antarctic shelf. Around the world in 26.2: The rising trend of racing on every continent 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z He booked passage with Seabourn Cruise Line, where most cabins start at $10,000, and after reaching the Antarctic Ocean, was able to get a glimpse of the ocean floor in Seabourn’s Expedition Submarine. Money Can Buy a Visit to Space or the Deep Sea, but It Can’t Buy Safety 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Robert Falcon Scott’s compass, returned to his widow in 1913 after his frozen body was found in an Antarctic tent, brought $59,712. Antiques: Polar Artifacts, Murals at Yale Gallery, Old Dictionaries 2012-11-29T20:46:49Z He conceived the project in 2014, after scientists reported that a large section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet had gone into irreversible retreat. Premonitions of a Florida Ravaged by Climate Change 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Trips starting in 2020 will follow humpback whales in Alaska, sharks in the South Pacific and study microplastics in the Antarctic Peninsula. See the World and Make a Difference on a ‘Citizen Science’ Expedition 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z “Antarctic Edge” includes its share of animal footage. Review: In ‘Antarctic Edge,’ a Region of Retreating Ice 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z They were part of Robert Falcon Scott's second Antarctic expedition. 'Empire of Ice': The scientific quests of the Antarctic explorers 2011-07-06T22:23:04Z They are rescued through the efforts of the children, Perry, Prince Charles and the British Antarctic Survey. The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson – review 2012-07-06T21:55:17Z For African safaris or Antarctic expeditions, I will bring a fancy camera.” Tips on how to travel light without sacrificing comfort and style 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The aurora is a natural light display in the sky, particularly in the high latitude Arctic and Antarctic regions. Aurora borealis makes rare local appearance 2011-10-25T11:23:00Z Then on Nov. 24, legendary pilot Bernt Balchen, who had flown for Antarctic explorer Roald Amundsen, found the B-17 and was able to drop supplies to the cold, hungry men. ‘Frozen in Time’: The fate of brave airmen, locked in the ice 2013-04-24T22:05:58Z The new name is inspired by explorer Dr Edward Wilson, who was born in the town and who died on Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition in 1912. Museum is renamed after explorer 2013-09-18T07:50:48Z The backdrops of the signs are watercolor paintings I made in Antarctica while a fellow with the National Science Foundation Antarctic Artist & Writers Program in 2006. 12 Artists On: Climate Change 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z After a year in the Antarctic climate of the soul that was 2020, this is what we all deserve. 11 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z The premise is that a German scientist, devastated by the death of “his” Alpine glacier due to global warming, has taken a job leading tourists on Antarctic cruises. What We’re Reading This Summer 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z A report this month says that Antarctic glaciers are melting faster than we thought. ‘Everything is not going to be okay’: How to live with constant reminders that the Earth is in trouble 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z It is the crazy screenplay for an unmade movie, Antarctic Voyage. John Mullan's 10 of the best: wills 2012-07-06T21:55:19Z Antarctic Treaty parties are aware that tourism growth will require a new approach. Tourism in Antarctica: Edging Toward the (Risky) Mainstream 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Airlifting sick or injured passengers from the Antarctic can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Perspective | Do you need medical evacuation coverage for your next trip? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The ship even, “toasts a glass of Champagne to the Antarctic as well as the New Year.” Want a Different Way to Ring in the New Year? Visit Antarctica 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Each contract spans six months, which includes one month of training before the Antarctic excursion. World’s most remote post office is hiring. Penguin counting required. 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z A high-spirited, jokey anime series about four teenage girls who join a scientific expedition to Japan’s Antarctic research station might sound like a show with a pretty specific audience. The Best TV Shows of 2018 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z So there are clearly more people in the Antarctic. Sven Linblad Takes Passengers to the Wild Places 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Larson delves into the smelly, filthy and uncomfortable business of Antarctic field work, showing, for example, Edward Wilson, an ornithologist and Scott’s best friend, as he butchered seals and penguins for lab specimens. Science and the Race for the South Pole 2011-06-03T16:50:45Z Mountaineers have long summited Mount Everest, and scientists in submersibles have descended into the Antarctic Ocean. Money Can Buy a Visit to Space or the Deep Sea, but It Can’t Buy Safety 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z After reading the scripts on an Antarctic vacation, he discovered that Ernest wasn’t really a dark character after all, or at least not entirely. Rupert Friend Is Tired of Killing 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z In November, Antarctica21 debuted the world’s first vessel purpose-built for Antarctic tourism: the 73-passenger Magellan Explorer, equipped with ice-detecting radar technology, a heat recycling system and a fleet of 10 Zodiac boats. New Cruise Ships to Set Sail for Antarctica 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Placing a marker anywhere in the Antarctic is a highly symbolic act. 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica by Chris Turney – review 2012-11-22T08:00:01Z “Wild Land” is a whopper of a book, beginning with a stunning frontispiece of countless penguins associating in the Antarctic, looking like so many urban commuters, though without the frenzy. Three Volumes of Nature Photography Take Us Back to Earth’s Innocent Roots 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Part history of polar exploration, part Antarctic travelogue. 11 Books About Obsessive Searches 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Drugs for the Antarctic operation are ordered annually in May and shipped from the UK in September, arriving at the bases in December after spending several months at sea, the researchers note. Expired drugs may remain effective, safe to use in a pinch 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The Arctic tern, for example, makes a UK stopover on its annual migration as it chases the sun between the Arctic and Antarctic summers. Eyes wide for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch – a photo essay 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z In the annals of polar exploration, Robert Scott’s 1910 expedition to the Antarctic remains an enduring example of the murderous traps of our coldest continent. The Secret Is Out: Penguins Are Promiscuous Too 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z We learned about the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, with its dozen charter signatory nations supporting peaceful scientific study. Checking off my seventh continent: A half-price voyage to Antarctica 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z It is home to penguins, seals, volcanoes and two Antarctic research bases. How we met: ‘He played footsie with me under a coffee table in Antarctica’ 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z This exhibition includes a number of Mr. Faithfull’s ocean-inspired works, including documentation of the Channel project, and drawings and films from sea voyages he took across the Atlantic and into the Antarctic. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The coming collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, recently forecast by scientists, adds urgency to “Voyage of Discovery,” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Galleries: ‘Is It Propaganda? Or Is It Political Art?’ I was set to take what for me was the “trip of a lifetime,” a $17,000 Antarctic cruise with Australia-based Aurora Expeditions. Help! A Check-in Agent’s Mistake Made Me Miss an Antarctic Cruise and I’m Out $17,000. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The first time I saw this emperor penguin was inside our hut on Ross Island in the Antarctic. Photographer Robert McCabe's best shot 2011-02-02T22:31:00Z In his latest adventure for BBC One's 'Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole' takes him from the Arctic to the Antarctic in search of the world's deadliest creatures. Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z “Given the sheer carbon footprint of Antarctic tourism, and the rapid growth in the industry, these operations will become increasingly difficult to justify.” Tourism in Antarctica: Edging Toward the (Risky) Mainstream 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The depiction of an Antarctic base falling victim to a doppelgänger didn’t just scare me. Critic?s Notebook: Zork to Amnesia: The Dark Descent: Horror in Video Games 2011-10-27T22:10:39Z Yet it is Amundsen’s approach that proved itself sound, not just in 1911 but also, we see in the final gallery, in the way contemporary research takes place in the Antarctic. Exhibition Review: Race to the South Pole at Museum of Natural History 2010-05-28T22:30:00Z Run by the Antarctic explorer’s granddaughter, this restaurant specializes in fish. On Ireland’s southwest coast, history-rich Kenmare is the gateway to County Kerry 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Her second occurred this spring, when Beckmann, who lives in San Francisco, joined an Antarctic expedition for industry leaders. ‘Transformative travel’ is the industry’s latest twist on making vacations more meaningful 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Similarly, Princess Cruises restarted its Antarctic cruise expedition after a two-year hiatus because of high demand, and is now offering a boat with 1,000 staterooms. Want a Different Way to Ring in the New Year? Visit Antarctica 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z This week a more celebrated prefab was in the news, Captain Scott's hut in the Antarctic. Excalibur's castles built from postwar dreams must not be demolished 2011-01-06T21:00:04Z A pod of orcas slices menacingly through Antarctic waves like so many silent assassins. With the Netflix Series “Our Planet,” David Attenborough Delivers an Urgent Message 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z As one sailor muses, about the Antarctic landscape, “By day the icebergs refract a vividness of color beyond the power of art or words to represent.” Review | ‘The World to Come,’ stories by Jim Shepard 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Tourism in the Antarctic began with a trickle in the 1950s, but the industry remained exclusive and expensive. Tourism in Antarctica: Edging Toward the (Risky) Mainstream 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z This basically means five days on and around the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands. Checking off my seventh continent: A half-price voyage to Antarctica 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z ‘Part sophisticated technology, part grunting effort that the builders of the pyramids would have recognised’: the new eight-pod home of the British Antarctic Survey's Halley VI. Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review 2013-02-10T08:00:03Z Thanks to the Antarctic Treaty, created in 1961, more than 50 countries have agreed to preserve Antarctica for scientific pursuits, exploration and other peaceful purposes. As summer in Antarctica nears, scientists train to endure punishing conditions 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z For example, Aurora Expeditions, an Australia-based company that specializes in sailing to the Arctic and Antarctic, said its New Year’s Eve cruise to Antarctica was 90 percent booked, 12 months in advance. Want a Different Way to Ring in the New Year? Visit Antarctica 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z The 46-year-old's modified 2.2 liter diesel car was engraved with the names of the crew members who accompanied his great grandfather Shackleton on his failed bid to cross the Antarctic a century ago. Explorer Shackleton's great grandson drives car across Antarctic 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z "Antarctic Edge: 70 Degrees South" plays like an Imax film minus the giant screen, compellingly following oceanographic scientists as they grapple with the escalating effects of climate change in this winter-warming location. 'Antarctic Edge' follows scientists grappling with climate change 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z But we also experienced an Antarctic hurricane while on the ship. A trip to Antarctica, to escape D.C. winter (oh, and for other reasons) 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z These are not obvious preparations for taking on the Antarctic wastes, but, he says, Halley VI involves "a lot of old-fashioned architecture", the organising of light and space around human activity. Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review 2013-02-10T08:00:03Z Most recently, it has begun targeting Antarctic krill, the keystone prey species of the entire Antarctic ecosystem. Fool’s gold: what fish oil is doing to our health and the planet 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z His work in the Antarctic, beginning over 60 years ago, eventually unearthed compelling evidence that climate change was a man-made phenomenon. Review: In ‘Antarctica: Ice and Sky,’ a Scientist’s Life Work 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Though Samartzis often talked with wonder about the way the Antarctic ice would “sing,” how dynamic and curious it always seemed, the roar he’d chronicled was terrifying, a bewildering testament to climate change’s ferocity. The Poignant Music of Melting Ice 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Being alone in your flat with nothing to do is probably more isolating than being in the Antarctic with nobody around for miles. How to be alone: ‘I feel most alive when I'm with my own thoughts’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Aiming at a similar chunk of the audience—females from six to 60—the Antarctic penguin musical was clearly second, if that high, on the Movies to See list. Breaking Dawn to Its Critics: "Bite Me" 2011-11-20T20:22:35Z In 1945, the post office — which processes about 80,000 pieces of mail per season, all written by tourists — was the original founding place of the British Antarctic Survey, a polar research institute. World’s most remote post office is hiring. Penguin counting required. 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z According to Worsley's calculations, the Endurance was crushed by ice at 68°39′30″ South Latitude, 52°26′30″ West Longitude, nearly 200 miles east of the Antarctic Peninsula. 11 facts about Sir Ernest Shackleton 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Plus, she adds, “many of the smaller-scale operators are passionate about Antarctic conservation, and that’s why they started in the first place.” Antarctica cruises are booming. But can the continent handle it? 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The Antarctic treaty signed in 1959 by 12 countries, set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, established freedom of scientific investigation, environmental protection, and banned military activity. 'We live in a time of transformation': artists reveal vision of future cities 2012-06-14T09:25:37Z The group’s recommendations were presented to the Antarctic Treaty’s Committee for Environmental Protection as well as to the most recent annual meeting of the treaty parties in July. Tourism in Antarctica: Edging Toward the (Risky) Mainstream 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Among his recordings are the sounds of ice straining, tearing and melting in the Antarctic and of vultures picking apart a zebra carcass in Kenya. London, as You’ve Never Heard It Before 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z “Horizon” unfolds over several decades, and many thousands of miles, in six main locations: the Oregon coast, the Canadian Arctic, the Galápagos, Kenya, Australia, the Antarctic. Barry Lopez Travels to the Ends of the Earth, Seeking Glimmers of Hope 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z I was reminded of Scott's awestruck, defeated response to the Antarctic: "Great God, this is an awful place." Film review: Perestroika 2010-09-02T21:49:00Z I vamped vaguely to keep the conversation going: "Something that uses modern palaeontology and blue-sky biological thinking and dark matter the way HP Lovecraft used Antarctic exploration and the discovery of Pluto," I said. When a writer's words have unintended consequences 2011-08-06T15:00:01Z The movie, using a great deal of well-assembled archival footage, shows Mr. Lorius as a young man in the 1950s signing up for what he says he believed would be an “adventure” in the Antarctic. Review: In ‘Antarctica: Ice and Sky,’ a Scientist’s Life Work 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Its elements were as much as possible standardised and prefabricated, some in South Africa and some in Hull, to minimise the amount of building work in the Antarctic. Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review 2013-02-10T08:00:03Z Anderson, the film stars Sanaa Lathan and Lance Henriksen as leaders of a team of scientists investigating a heat source in the Antarctic. Godzilla, Kong, Predator, Jason: Everybody Fight! 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z A documentary following a group of researchers exploring the West Antarctic Peninsula as part of the race to understand climate change. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z In another day, they'll turn east, head for the sea, where if they make good time, they'll see the humpbacks heading south towards the Antarctic, their new calves in tow. Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld 2010-09-06T13:47:00Z It was the start of whale-watching season on the Pacific coast of Ecuador, where each year, June to October, humpbacks arrive from the Antarctic to breed. Three Sides of Ecuador 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z The Antarctic and Arctic in stunning photos, including images from the previously restricted Russian Arctic. 22 gift books for ardent readers 2011-12-01T20:30:48Z Ernest Shackleton, intrepid British explorer and leader of three early expeditions to the Antarctic, was not a likely subject for a musical. How Ernest Shackleton inspired a romantic musical 2014-04-21T22:58:58Z The exhibition contains kimono that commemorate Sputnik and Antarctic exploration. From penguins to Sputnik: LACMA's modern kimono show is off the hook 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z I do a lot of photography; during the Antarctic winter that was the equivalent of art therapy. How to be alone: ‘I feel most alive when I'm with my own thoughts’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The British Antarctic Survey thought otherwise, and in 2004 employed the Royal Institute of British Architects to hold a design competition for their new £26m station. Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review 2013-02-10T08:00:03Z “If you’re just coming back from an Antarctic research station, I would understand.” In a year of political anger, undecided voters inspire a special kind of scorn 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Special sightings included a rare Ross seal, Antarctic killer whales and one Emperor penguin. Checking an item off the kids’ bucket list: Antarctica 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z For the veteran Australian sound artist and researcher Philip Samartzis, it took an unprecedented Antarctic blizzard to accept the political potential of ice’s songs. The Poignant Music of Melting Ice 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z "There was a lot of penguin queue-jumping at first, but then they became more orderly. Without any competitors, I'm feeling really confident about topping the chart in the Antarctic best-seller lists!" Author launches book to audience of 4,000 penguins 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z A passel of penguins passes the time around a post office on the Antarctic peninsula on a new "Nature." TV This Week, Jan. 25-31: 'Bad Words,' Mel Brooks and more 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The shortlist's "places" range from South Africa to the Antarctic, but NW is set in Smith's childhood home of north-west London. Zadie Smith gains third literary honour this week 2013-04-17T14:49:31Z Some species have rebounded since then – humpbacks and Antarctic minke whales, for instance, are expected to reach their pre-whaling population numbers by 2050. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Our first iceberg appeared on our second Drake day as we headed toward the Antarctic Peninsula. Checking off my seventh continent: A half-price voyage to Antarctica 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z During a sudden Antarctic squall, three members of a British GPS mapping expedition become separated. Review | ‘Lean Fall Stand’ opens with a literal cliffhanger you won’t soon forget 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Its Antarctic research station setting provides a similar isolated snowed-in location where characters become unraveled. Redrum and Then Some: 7 Movies Influenced by ‘The Shining’ 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z As for Natanzon, the ship dropped him off on King George Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula. Perspective | Do you need medical evacuation coverage for your next trip? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Levick's experiences with the Adelie penguins were not the only root of his suffering in the Antarctic. 'Sexual depravity' of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal 2012-06-09T10:31:09Z Space preservation’s new frontier Topics: , , Apollo 11, Moon, Antarctic Heritage Trust, , This article originally appeared on . Space preservation’s new frontier 2013-04-24T22:52:00Z One area in particular draws my attention: a huge section of hill that peeled off like an Antarctic spur calving icebergs, hurling the blocky houses built on it towards the river. Haiti survivors 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z We were spoiled in the Antarctic the prior year, hiking into colonies of thousands of penguins, but in the Arctic, spotting two or three polar bears from the ship was a major event. From the bottom of the world to the top, two friends explore the poles 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The discovery was made for the ongoing Census of Antarctic Marine Life project and involved comparing bryozoans from the Ross and Weddell seas. A climate warning from the deep 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z It’s in this context that Cooper Gosling, the protagonist of Ashley Shelby’s enjoyable first novel, “South Pole Station,” applies for a fellowship to study in the Antarctic. In this heat, you need a trip to ‘South Pole Station’ 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z The City of London Sinfonia's commemoration of the centenary of Robert Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition – they reached the south pole, but perished on their return – had a particular resonance for Cardiff. Conquering the Antarctic ? review 2012-02-08T19:18:17Z It has even been cooked and eaten by members of the British Antarctic Survey in the most isolated place on earth. An ode to the humble, healthy (?) pizza pie 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Nigel Watson, the executive director of the Antarctic Heritage Trust, which is restoring the explorer's hut, said opening the crate was a delicate process. Whisky on Antarctic ice: Shackleton's scotch comes in from the cold 2010-08-13T12:28:00Z In April 2019, the government of the Netherlands hosted an informal meeting to discuss how to manage Antarctic tourism. Tourism in Antarctica: Edging Toward the (Risky) Mainstream 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z One of the first out of the gate is “An Empire of Ice,” which looks at Antarctic exploration through the lens of science. Science and the Race for the South Pole 2011-06-03T16:50:45Z The breathtaking photography of Antarctic oceans, glaciers and penguins give this film documentary importance as well as cinematic beauty. Five more British silent films Unesco should register 2013-07-12T12:36:01Z Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer, London It's a good sign for London theatre that several small venues have "popped up" in recent months. This week's new theatre 2010-08-28T11:07:00Z The former rower may have been to the Antarctic, but he is no polar historian and his ability to misinterpret almost everything he saw during his film commentary was breathtaking. TV review: Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Rule Britain and Great White Silence 2011-01-27T07:59:01Z Bobadilla, for his part, finds himself continuously inspired by the story of the ill-fated Antarctic explorer. The artist who re-created South Pole explorer Ernest Shackleton's doomed ship on an El Sereno roof 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Cruises have shown increasing enthusiasm for invading the Arctic and Antarctic, their paths eased by the melting of globally warmed ice, with many thousands of gawpers descending on tiny Inuit settlements. Is the cruise industry finally out of its depth? 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z He said the incident, near the Australian Davis Research Base on the Antarctic coast, was particularly dangerous because the tanker was involved. Japanese whaling ship, protesters' boats collide 2013-02-20T17:51:47Z Take a look at the slideshow below for scenes from the Antarctic Peninsula to Morocco to Montana. Breathtaking National Geographic photos capture the diversity of life on Earth 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z I kept it at hand for hourly reminders that I needn’t activate some dormant intrepid fighter inside me who could claw my brain back to stability like a member of Roald Amundsen’s Antarctic crew. Desperately Seeking Hope and Help for Your Nerves? Try Reading ‘Hope and Help for Your Nerves’ 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z There are almost no non-adorable animals in the Arctic and Antarctic. TV Weekend: Last March of the Penguins? 2012-03-16T18:45:08Z Extracts from Vaughan Williams's score for the 1948 film Scott of the Antarctic set the scene. Conquering the Antarctic ? review 2012-02-08T19:18:17Z After returning from his second Antarctic trip, Shackleton was considered a leading expert in polar phenomena. 11 facts about Sir Ernest Shackleton 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z We have called our community of the future Antarctic Village – No Borders. 'We live in a time of transformation': artists reveal vision of future cities 2012-06-14T09:25:37Z There aren’t many uncharted areas left on the globe, but “Antarctic Edge: 70° South” takes viewers to a spot where surveying is so scarce that the destinations may diverge from their locations on a map. Review: In ‘Antarctic Edge,’ a Region of Retreating Ice 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Money has also been made available for a new Centre of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. Australia’s relentless war on science 2014-04-24T12:30:00Z I’m fairly well versed in the literature of the Arctic and Antarctic, but I’m not sure I’ve encountered any book about these regions that aims to do as much as Davis’s. The Secret Is Out: Penguins Are Promiscuous Too 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The movie's emperor penguins were seized upon as symbols of godly virtue, due to their monogamous partnerships and selfless child-rearing in the face of Antarctic adversity. Are animals in Hollywood films too human? 2013-04-25T18:30:01Z Meanwhile, they are preparing for their Antarctic adventure. Global Athlete: Trekking Beyond Limits in Antarctica 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z They made their way over to the plane, a 1968 Twin Otter first used by the British Geological Survey on the Antarctic ice cap. Manny Jacinto of ‘The Good Place’ Plummets to Earth 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Holidays routinely promise more reading time than ever happens, but I shall take with me Gavin Francis's Empire Antarctica, which records 14 months among king penguins in the beauty of the west Antarctic. Best holiday reads 2013 2013-07-14T07:00:00Z At the first iceberg, I saw my next book in front of me – the first ever travelogue about the Antarctic. Take the long view: Chile revisited 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z I sheepishly described my own first taste of Antarctica earlier this year, when I ran a 42.2-kilometer marathon along the coastline of the Antarctic Peninsula. Global Athlete: Trekking Beyond Limits in Antarctica 2011-10-21T12:30:08Z Highlights include a presentation with live penguins and an interactive show about the different animals of the Arctic and Antarctic from the Central Park Zoo. Spare Times for Children Listings for April 8-14 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z A haunting collection of crystal-clear, beautifully composed photographs of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's final, ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic — many taken by Captain Scott himself. 22 gift books for ardent readers 2011-12-01T20:30:48Z Vice Shane Smith travels to the bottom of the world to investigate the increasing instability of the West Antarctic ice sheet in this new episode. Friday's TV Highlights: 'Glee' on Fox 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Given the opportunity to shoot in the Antarctic, another director might have succumbed to the temptation to reproduce the anthropomorphic cuteness of Oscar-winning March of the Penguins. Werner Herzog: 50 years of potent, inspiring, disturbing films 2013-06-01T08:01:00Z With Peregrine Adventures, save up to 35 percent on Antarctic voyages departing November through March. Save up to 35 percent on Antarctica cruises, and other travel bargains 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The sale also contains some images that have never been published, including a selection from Herbert Ponting, who produced some of the most enduring images of the Antarctic. National Geographic to auction famous photos, art 2012-10-22T13:12:56Z There, in what is called the Southern Ocean, the currents of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans often slam together to create an Antarctic “convergence” below Cape Horn. Checking off my seventh continent: A half-price voyage to Antarctica 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z In their study, IU researchers and collaborators used high-performance computers and global climate models to simulate different stratospheric aerosol injection scenarios, identifying the cooling strategy with the most potential to slow Antarctic ice loss. Climate engineering could slow Antarctic ice loss 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Using satellite observations and climate data, the researchers analyzed the relationship between the ocean surface, atmosphere and Antarctic ice sheet's mass. Melting ice falling snow: Sea ice declines enhance snowfall over West Antarctica 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Sperm whales have one of the widest global distributions of any marine mammal species, having been spotted in deep waters off the Arctic and Antarctic as well as around the equator. Dominica to create world's first sperm whale reserve 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z But Xing and his colleagues wondered what role living creatures might play in the creation of microplastics, especially after learning that Antarctic krill seem to be able to break microplastics down into smaller particles. Zooplankton in ocean and freshwater are rapidly escalating the global environmental threat of plastics 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Scientists recently calculated that even if we meet some of our more ambitious climate goals, we cannot stop the West Antarctic Ice Shelf from melting. Is Biden taking climate change seriously? Here's why some experts want him to declare an emergency 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Though simulated scenarios with stratospheric aerosol injection at multiple latitudes showed benefits in terms of Antarctic ice loss, further study is needed to quantify the change in melt rates, Goddard said. Climate engineering could slow Antarctic ice loss 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The Antarctic ice sheet plays a significant role in global sea level dynamics. Melting ice falling snow: Sea ice declines enhance snowfall over West Antarctica 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Beautiful and rugged, the Arctic and Antarctic regions have an alien charm. See the otherworldly beauty of Earth’s polar regions 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z "Whereas Antarctic krill live in a place that is essentially unpopulated," says Xing, "we chose rotifers in part because they occur throughout the world's temperate and tropical zones, where people live." Zooplankton in ocean and freshwater are rapidly escalating the global environmental threat of plastics 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Antarctic sea ice was 11% below its monthly average, a record low amount, while Arctic sea ice was 12% below its monthly average, its seventh lowest on record. With hot October temperatures, this is 'virtually certain' to be the warmest year on record 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Notably, several single-latitude injection scenarios actually accelerated Antarctic ice loss due to a southward shift of prevailing winds drawing warm ocean waters toward the ice shelves. Climate engineering could slow Antarctic ice loss 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z An ancient river system from the era when the bottom of the world was ice-free is buried more than a mile deep below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Lost River Landscape Discovered below East Antarctic Ice 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z If just the West Antarctic ice sheet melts, it has enough water to raise seas by more than 17 feet before the end of this century. See the otherworldly beauty of Earth’s polar regions 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The Ice Melt paper, published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, provided a grim, sweeping vision of the Earth’s climate future, focused on the consequences of the melting Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Earth Reacts to Greenhouse Gases More Strongly Than We Thought 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The AP investigation detailed the lack of support many women felt from those running the Antarctic program. Investigators are being sent to US research base on Antarctica to look into sexual violence concerns 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z A virulent strain of avian influenza has been confirmed for the first time in the Antarctic region. News at a glance: Avian flu, a gene-therapy setback, and an opera about a fraudulent researcher 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Researchers have previously discovered other landmarks beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, including a 26-mile-long lake and buried mountains. Lost River Landscape Discovered below East Antarctic Ice 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The two icebreakers will also conduct environmental surveys in the Prydez Bay, the Astronaut Sea in southeast Antarctic, and in the Ross Sea and Amundsen Sea in the west. Biggest Chinese Antarctic fleet sets off to build research station 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z A new Antarctic ice sheet modeling study from scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that meltwater flowing out to sea from beneath Antarctic glaciers is making them lose ice faster. Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreat 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z According to a recent study by the British Antarctic Society, climate change has passed a crucial tipping point for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. We can't stop Antarctica from melting, as scientists warn we are entering "uncharted territory" 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey noticed dead brown skuas on Bird Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands starting on 7 October. News at a glance: Avian flu, a gene-therapy setback, and an opera about a fraudulent researcher 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The newfound landscape sits near the edge of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in a region called Wilkes Land. Lost River Landscape Discovered below East Antarctic Ice 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The mission, China's 40th to the Antarctic, will also cooperate with countries including the United States, Britain, and Russia on logistics supply, state media said. Biggest Chinese Antarctic fleet sets off to build research station 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z If this process turns out to be an important driver of ice loss across the entire Antarctic ice sheet, it could mean current projections underestimate the pace of global sea-level rise in decades to come. Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreat 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z "Mitigation of greenhouse gases now has limited power to prevent ocean warming that could lead to the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet." We can't stop Antarctica from melting, as scientists warn we are entering "uncharted territory" 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Scientists are also monitoring to detect the virus’ expected move to the Antarctic continent, home to much larger wildlife populations. News at a glance: Avian flu, a gene-therapy setback, and an opera about a fraudulent researcher 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing ice and is Antarctica's largest contributor to sea-level rise. Increased West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Naughten’s study concentrated on the part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet that is most at risk from melting from below, near the Amundsen Sea. Even with carbon emissions cuts, a key part of Antarctica is doomed to slow collapse, study says 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Unlike previous Antarctic ice sheet models, this one included the influence of this flow of meltwater from beneath glaciers out to sea, which is known as subglacial discharge. Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreat 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z "These results suggest that mitigation of greenhouse gases now has limited power to prevent ocean warming that could lead to the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet." We can't stop Antarctica from melting, as scientists warn we are entering "uncharted territory" 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Antarctic Sea ice saw its lowest maximum extent on record this winter. Meltdown of West Antarctic Ice Sheet unavoidable, study says 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Collectively the West Antarctic Ice Sheet contains enough ice to raise global mean sea-level by up to five metres. Increased West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z This latest study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, is the first to directly simulate how ocean warming will affect Antarctic ice shelves in response to different levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Prior research suggested that subglacial meltwater is a common feature of glaciers around the world and that it is present under several other massive Antarctic glaciers, including the infamous Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreat 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Antarctic fur seals that were hunted to near extinction have recovered but now face dangerous decline because of a lack of food, new research suggests. New threat to Antarctic fur seals 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of nine global climate 'tipping points' scientists identified in 2009. Meltdown of West Antarctic Ice Sheet unavoidable, study says 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The authors found that, in contrast with Greenland, total Antarctic surface melt has decreased by about 15 percent since 2000. Ice sheet surface melt is accelerating in Greenland and slowing in Antarctica 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z "We can still save the rest of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, containing about 10 times as many metres of sea-level rise, if we learn from our past inaction and start reducing greenhouse gas emissions now." Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Large areas of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, such as Thwaites Glacier, also have retrograde slopes that, while not as dramatic as the Denman-Scott trench, contribute to fears of broader ice sheet instability. Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreat 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Tiny but bountiful, Antarctic krill make up one of the planet’s largest biomasses, nourishing everything from fish to marine mammals and seabirds. Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z An international team of scientists said in 2022 we may already have passed the point of no return for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet at just 1.1 Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels. Meltdown of West Antarctic Ice Sheet unavoidable, study says 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The bad news is that this reduction is largely due to 32 percent less downslope wind-generated melt on the Antarctic Peninsula where two vulnerable ice shelves have already collapsed. Ice sheet surface melt is accelerating in Greenland and slowing in Antarctica 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Ice grounded on the bedrock of the Antarctic continent generally flows towards the oceans. Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Pelle said they are in the process of submitting a research proposal to extend their new model to the entire Antarctic ice sheet. Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreat 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z “Antarctic krill are worth more to nature and people left in the ocean than removed or lost through sea ice disappearance,” said Cavan, who recently submitted her estimates for peer review. Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Tiny but bountiful, Antarctic krill make up one of the planet’s largest biomasses, nourishing everything from fish to giant humpback whales. Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Antarctica’s burgeoning krill fishery 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Zender said it's fortunate that the Antarctic stratospheric ozone hole discovered in the 1980s continues to recover, which temporarily helps to insulate the surface from further melt. Ice sheet surface melt is accelerating in Greenland and slowing in Antarctica 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z What's more, unlike most of East Antarctica, much of the West Antarctic continent sits below sea-level. Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Part of Greenbaum's upcoming fieldwork in Antarctica, supported by NSF and NASA, aims to directly investigate the impacts of subglacial meltwater in both the East and West Antarctic ice sheets. Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreat 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Moscow and Beijing are also pushing to expand fishing more quickly and in June teamed up to sink a proposal for a Texas-sized reserve along the Antarctic Peninsula, an area teeming with wildlife and tourists. Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Currently less than 1% of the estimated 60 million metric tons of krill found in the main Antarctic fishing grounds — an area larger than the U.S. — is being caught. Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Antarctica’s burgeoning krill fishery 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Antarctic sea ice extent remained at a record low level for the time of year, while the Arctic Sea ice extent is 18% below average. 2023 on track to become another record-breaking year as temperature hits new high 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The processes triggered by faster ice shelf melting "could lead to the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet", the authors suggest. Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z As for research infrastructure that NSF supports, a small number of employees deemed essential will continue to provide support for research programs in the Arctic and Antarctic. U.S. researchers brace for likely government shutdown 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z A crane springs from the ship’s hold dangling a dozen white sacks, each containing half a metric ton of Antarctic krill — now labeled “Product of Norway.” Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Refereeing the fight over the fishery’s future is the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, or CCAMLR. Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Antarctica’s burgeoning krill fishery 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z “We will not rest until we are confident that every member of the Antarctic community feels safe and supported,” she said in a statement. At US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers are banned from buying alcohol at bars 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The shift in recent years toward record-low conditions has scientists concerned climate change may finally be presenting itself in Antarctic sea ice. Antarctic winter sea ice hits record low, sparking climate worries 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z "Climate change isn't just something that is happening in the Antarctic or in very hot countries, it is impacting lives, and taking lives, here in the UK," she said. Extreme weather: More than 50,000 deaths linked to heat since 1988 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z They include the creation of no-take zones near the Antarctic Peninsula that overlap with penguin breeding colonies. Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z One scientist who studies weather in Antarctica said the temperatures have completely changed “our expectations about the Antarctic climate system.” Heat Waves In Antarctica and the Arctic 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z "We can see how much more vulnerable it is," says Dr Robbie Mallet, of the University of Manitoba, who is based on the Antarctic peninsula. Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z The summer Antarctic sea ice extent also hit a record low in February, breaking the previous mark set in 2022. Antarctic winter sea ice hits record low, sparking climate worries 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The resulting dysfunction poses a significant risk to the endeavors of hundreds of Antarctic scientists. U.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z It points out that currently less than 1% of the estimated 60 million metric tons of krill found in the main Antarctic fishing grounds — an area larger than the U.S. — is being caught. Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Until moments before, it had been resting on an ice floe deep in an Antarctic channel. These orcas have mastered wave washing. It’s spine tingling to watch. 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Dr Caroline Holmes at the British Antarctic Survey explains that the impacts of shrinking sea-ice may become evident as the season transitions to summer - when there's potential for an unstoppable feedback loop of ice melting. Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z The contamination is likely to be widespread across Antarctica’s older research stations, says study co-author Jonathan Stark, a marine ecologist at the Australian Antarctic Division in Hobart. Antarctic Research Stations Polluted a Pristine Wilderness 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The reduced level of activity coincides with dramatic changes taking place in the Antarctic ecosystem and the Southern Ocean because of climate change. U.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z She accepted with the hope that she could help mitigate the effects of krill fishing on the Antarctic ecosystem. Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Known for their unique strategy of creating waves that knock seals off pieces of ice, these genetically distinct Antarctic orcas, likely number only around a hundred. Did humpbacks try to save a seal from orcas? See for yourself. 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z "When I started studying the Antarctic 30 years ago, we never thought extreme weather events could happen there," says Prof Siegert. Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z In that year, an international agreement known as the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, or the Madrid Protocol, was adopted. Antarctic Research Stations Polluted a Pristine Wilderness 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The plan was to return in October to remove them and observe the resulting metabolic changes over the following months as the Antarctic winter gives way to spring. U.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z When a staff member fell ill at Australia’s Antarctic research station and couldn’t be treated locally, the team tasked with rescuing them faced a daunting endeavor rife with obstacles. Perilous, Icy Mission Rescues Sick Worker in Antarctica 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z “You’re not going to forgo food for seven hours to scream at killer whales, when you have one of your own calves around,” adds Schulman-Janiger, who was not involved in the Antarctic expedition. Did humpbacks try to save a seal from orcas? See for yourself. 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z And there may have also been changes in ocean currents and the winds that drive temperatures in the Antarctic. Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z But much of the damage had already been done — roughly two-thirds of Antarctic research stations were built before 1991. Antarctic Research Stations Polluted a Pristine Wilderness 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Stephanie Short, who manages NSF’s Antarctic logistics office, cautions scientists not to look for a simple explanation for why their season was canceled. U.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z For one, the Australian Antarctic program had never attempted a rescue mission so close to winter, when temperatures on the continent can fall to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit and blizzards can rage for days. Perilous, Icy Mission Rescues Sick Worker in Antarctica 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z This gives the Antarctic orcas’ favorite food an advantage. Did humpbacks try to save a seal from orcas? See for yourself. 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z "It's potentially a really alarming sign of Antarctic climate change that hasn't been there for the last 40 years. And it's only just emerging now." Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Lucas Martínez Álvarez, who specializes in bioremediation at the Argentine Antarctic Institute in Buenos Aires, and his colleagues are using bacteria to remove hydrocarbons from soil around Argentina’s Carlini Base on King George Island. Antarctic Research Stations Polluted a Pristine Wilderness 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Shero worries the Antarctic research community could pay a heavy price as the disruptions continue. U.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Australia has successfully evacuated a sick Antarctic researcher from a remote outpost on the icy continent. Australia rescues sick researcher from Antarctica 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Dealing with your period during fieldwork in the Arctic or Antarctic can be a challenge. UK scientists tackle periods in polar research 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Antarctic Program is run by a tangle of contractors and subcontractors, with billions of dollars at stake. Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Stark says that the Australian Antarctic Division has already begun upgrading wastewater treatment facilities at its Casey and Davis stations. Antarctic Research Stations Polluted a Pristine Wilderness 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Several Antarctic workers spoke publicly about their experiences to the AP for the first time. Takeaways from AP’s investigation into sexual harassment and assault at Antarctica’s McMurdo Station 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z “I think we’re past the tipping point for these colonies,” says Kooyman, who spent his career at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography studying Antarctic penguins. Emperor penguins abandon breeding grounds as ice melts around them 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Emperor penguins hatch their eggs and raise their chicks on the ice that forms around the continent each Antarctic winter and melts in the summer months. Loss of Antarctic ice hurting survival of emperor penguin chicks, study says 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z His team’s unpublished census of colonies across the Antarctic also paints a grim picture, however, he adds. Penguin Chicks Are Dying Off as Antarctic Sea Ice Disappears 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The next step for Stark and his colleagues is to assess whether historical pollution continues to affect Antarctic ecosystems today. Antarctic Research Stations Polluted a Pristine Wilderness 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “At the moment, we’re not sure if this is just a blip,” said Norman Ratcliffe, a seabird ecologist with the British Antarctic Survey and one of the authors of the new study. In a Worrisome Sign, Some Emperor Penguins Had a Terrible 2022 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The British Antarctic Survey has been monitoring penguin colonies in Antarctica by satellite for about 15 years. Emperor penguins abandon breeding grounds as ice melts around them 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The chicks were casualties of an unprecedented retreat of Antarctic sea ice. Record sea ice melt in Antarctica doomed thousands of penguin chicks to a watery grave 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Simply titled "Antarctic extreme events," the authors analyzed a wealth of data about extreme weather events in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Will glaciers go "extinct" in our lifetime? Here's what a future without polar ice would look like 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Disturbingly, in terms of preventing further sea level rise, C3S found that Antarctic sea ice levels were 15 per cent below average — the lowest figure ever recorded by satellite for the month of July. July was the hottest month ever recorded in human history 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z This sudden drop has alarmed scientists and has some speculating that Antarctic sea ice is entering a new, unstable state. In a Worrisome Sign, Some Emperor Penguins Had a Terrible 2022 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The precise impact of climate change on Antarctica and the surrounding ocean has been uncertain and scientists have struggled to measure how much global warming is affecting the thickness of Antarctic ice. No quick fix to reverse Antarctic sea ice loss as warming intensifies, scientists say 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z And Antarctic sea ice veered from record high to shocking amounts far lower than ever seen. Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Otherwise, the authors write, "it is virtually certain that future Antarctic extreme events will be more pronounced than those observed to date." Will glaciers go "extinct" in our lifetime? Here's what a future without polar ice would look like 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z He published the finding, along with a plethora of other natural history observations of Antarctic starfish, in the journal Zootaxa in June. New Antarctic Starfish Are Doting Parents and Vicious Predators 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Emperor penguins depend on sea ice stuck to the edge of the Antarctic continent as a habitat to lay eggs and raise their young until they can swim and fend for themselves. In a Worrisome Sign, Some Emperor Penguins Had a Terrible 2022 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Raphael has been working to extend the historical record of Antarctic sea ice past the 1970s, when satellite observations began. A look at how much less Antarctic sea ice there is this year 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Hogg said that sea ice is at an all time low, a major cause for concern: In the Antarctic, the July average for sea ice extent fell below previous low set in 2022. Even frozen Antarctica is being walloped by climate extremes, scientists find 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z When can we expect there to be no more ice in the Arctic and Antarctic? Will glaciers go "extinct" in our lifetime? Here's what a future without polar ice would look like 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z But the habit of holding onto offspring — brooding — has evolved multiple times and is especially common in Antarctic waters. New Antarctic Starfish Are Doting Parents and Vicious Predators 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z After remaining stable and even increasing for many years despite climate change, Antarctic sea ice began to decline around 2016. In a Worrisome Sign, Some Emperor Penguins Had a Terrible 2022 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Antarctic sea ice also set a record low in 2022, but this year’s ice cover is almost 500,000 square miles smaller. A look at how much less Antarctic sea ice there is this year 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets. Warming Could Push the Atlantic Past a ‘Tipping Point’ This Century 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The answer to the Arctic is very different than the answer to the Antarctic. Will glaciers go "extinct" in our lifetime? Here's what a future without polar ice would look like 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The reason is simple: Antarctic sea ice that always comes back after first melting has not returned. Antarctica's rapidly melting ice is in "unprecedented" territory 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z The Bellingshausen Sea, the area along the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula where the five penguin colonies were located, was the worst-affected region last year. In a Worrisome Sign, Some Emperor Penguins Had a Terrible 2022 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z “The Antarctic sea ice extent low in 2023 is unprecedented in the satellite record,” Liping Zhang, a project scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, wrote in an email. A look at how much less Antarctic sea ice there is this year 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z A series of climate records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice have alarmed some scientists who say their speed and timing is "unprecedented". Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z "Antarctica is a different matter entirely. The Antarctic ice sheet has been in a pretty persistent state for about 14 million years." Will glaciers go "extinct" in our lifetime? Here's what a future without polar ice would look like 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Vast regions of Antarctic coast are exposed that were never bare before. Antarctica's rapidly melting ice is in "unprecedented" territory 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z As they become visible again, the British Antarctic Survey and researchers from other countries are continuing to monitor each colony. In a Worrisome Sign, Some Emperor Penguins Had a Terrible 2022 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Sea temperatures in the Atlantic have hit record highs while Antarctic sea ice is at the lowest extent ever recorded. Cerberus heatwave: Hot weather sweeps across southern Europe 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The area covered by sea-ice in the Antarctic is at record lows for July. Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z And its ocean warmth that is melting the Antarctic ice sheet at the moment... Will glaciers go "extinct" in our lifetime? Here's what a future without polar ice would look like 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Doddridge is far from alone among scientists raising the alarm about melting Antarctic sea ice. Antarctica's rapidly melting ice is in "unprecedented" territory 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Antarctic sea ice, meanwhile, reached its lowest June extent since the dawn of the satellite era, at 17 percent below the 1991-2020 average, Copernicus said. Why a sudden surge of broken heat records is scaring scientists 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z But scientists can use the bubbles of air trapped in ancient Antarctic ice to estimate temperatures going back more than a million years. Cerberus heatwave: Hot weather sweeps across southern Europe 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z A warming world could reduce levels of Antarctic sea-ice, but the current dramatic reduction could also be due to local weather conditions or ocean currents, explains Dr Caroline Holmes at the British Antarctic Survey. Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z How much will sea levels rise if the climate change-vulnerable regions of the Arctic and Antarctic melt, and how many people will be impacted? Will glaciers go "extinct" in our lifetime? Here's what a future without polar ice would look like 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z And Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest extent for June - 17% below average - since satellite observations began. World records hottest day for third time in a week 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Scientists are watching Antarctic sea ice shrink to record lows. Global heat is just the latest 2023 extreme that shows an Earth in crisis 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Antarctic sea ice fell in June to its lowest extent for the month in the satellite record, at 17% below average, Copernicus said. June was world's hottest on record, EU scientists say 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z To find them, scientists turned a vast block of Antarctic ice into a detector. Milky Way: Icy observatory reveals 'ghost particles' 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In the East Antarctic that will definitely be the case. Will glaciers go "extinct" in our lifetime? Here's what a future without polar ice would look like 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z For the past 10 years, an array of small light sensors drilled into Antarctic ice has been detecting neutrinos as they zip through our planet. In a First, Scientists See Neutrinos Emitted by the Milky Way 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z At the bottom of the earth, scientists have turned a quarter cubic mile of Antarctic ice into the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Neutrinos Build a Ghostly Map of the Milky Way 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Glaciers are retreating all over the world and the ice sheets on Greenland and the Antarctic are shrinking. Climate change denial hit its stride in the Bush-Cheney era, precipitating today's climate disaster 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z An astronomical detector buried in Antarctic ice has provided a view of our Galaxy that has never been seen before. Milky Way: Icy observatory reveals 'ghost particles' 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z I said the East Antarctic ice sheet has been around in a persistent state for 14 million years. Will glaciers go "extinct" in our lifetime? Here's what a future without polar ice would look like 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z At the same time the extent of the sea ice in the Antarctic is the lowest on record for this date by a large margin. Climate change: Sudden heat increase in seas around UK and Ireland 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z After the collapse of the Larsen A and B and Prince Gustav ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula, the flow of the glaciers they had buttressed accelerated by twofold to ninefold. Readers Respond to the February 2023 Issue 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Standing on Antarctic ice for the first time, I felt like an intruder. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The Antarctic is “a very highly productive region” where tiny creatures such as phytoplankton proliferate more than they do in seas farther north, he says. Plankton Generate a Cloudy Shield over the Antarctic 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The main cargo, a radar demonstration micro satellite, successfully contacted Korea’s Antarctic Station. Satellite launch advances South Korea’s sovereign capabilities 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z "Krill abundance will decline in Antarctic waters, impacting everything from penguins to whales," Hocevar explained. This is what the world will look like in 100 years if we do nothing to stop climate change 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers are so huge, compared with the little glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula, that even their more moderate acceleration will contribute far more to sea-level rise. Readers Respond to the February 2023 Issue 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z The Antarctic Plateau doesn't warm enough to land a plane on it until the end of October, and the early flights tend to be irregular and dangerous. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Basecamp Research is building an ultra-diverse repository of biological information obtained from samples collected in biomes in 17 countries, ranging from the Antarctic to the rainforest to hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor. Proteins Never Seen in Nature Are Designed Using AI to Address Biomedical and Industrial Problems Unsolved by Evolution 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z In the wild, Humboldt penguins — one of 18 penguin species in the world — inhabit hot, dry coastlines in their South American homeland, unlike their ice- and snow-dwelling Antarctic cousins. Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo unveils 2 new penguin chicks 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z A: Krill oil comes from tiny shrimplike creatures that are abundant in Antarctic waters. Is it possible to be allergic to bee propolis 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z After breaking free from the glacier in the early aughts, B-22A floated freely just off the Antarctic coast until it got caught on a raised section of the seafloor in 2012. Colossal Iceberg Trapped Near Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ for 20 Years Is Finally on the Move 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z How fitting to our conceptions that these natural materials depict a constructed and foreign object to the Antarctic landscape, that the image is displayed in the place that eluded its subject for a lifetime. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Scambos last year urged NSF and other science policy leaders to reconsider the ARV design in an open letter co-signed by more than two dozen Antarctic researchers. Complaints grow over $1 billion U.S. Antarctic icebreaker design 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2022, while climate change-fuelled extreme rain caused disastrous flooding in Pakistan, and in February, Antarctic sea ice levels hit a record low. World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Under the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, to which China is party, activities on the continent are restricted to "peaceful purposes." China ramps up construction on new Antarctic station –report 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z B-22A is not the only major Antarctic iceberg to embark on a journey recently. Colossal Iceberg Trapped Near Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ for 20 Years Is Finally on the Move 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Although climate models predict an eventual decline in Antarctic sea ice, the ice cover was actually expanding slightly until a decade ago. Dwindling sea ice may speed melting of Antarctic glaciers 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Climate change is melting ice in the Antarctic; that, in turn, is slowing down the circulation of deep ocean water within this region. Global warming is disrupting an Antarctic current system that life on Earth relies on 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “It’s clear … that the Antarctic program lacks sufficient reporting structures and law enforcement mechanisms,” says a spokesperson for the science committee when asked to comment on the new data. Antarctic research contractor tells Congress it knows of no sexual assaults since 2016 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z A 2022 Pentagon report said China's new Antarctic infrastructure was likely intended in part to strengthen its future claims to natural resources and maritime access and improve PLA capabilities. China ramps up construction on new Antarctic station –report 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Ardern has often cited as a personal hero the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, who had little success in actually exploring Antarctica, but who is often described as an outstanding leader in a crisis. Jacinda Ardern’s Career in New Zealand Politics Ends 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z “There has been substantial variability in total Antarctic sea ice over the last decade,” she says. Dwindling sea ice may speed melting of Antarctic glaciers 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z She later became a researcher in the United States Antarctic Program, which included a yearlong stay at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Meet the four astronauts of Artemis II. 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z As Antarctic ice melts, all of that fresh water pours into the ocean, essentially diluting it by reducing its salinity. Melting Antarctic ice may strangle vital ocean currents 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Normally, the lights occur within the “auroral ovals” that encircle the Arctic and Antarctic. Northern Lights Dance across U.S. because of ‘Stealthy’ Sun Eruptions 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Rapidly melting Antarctic ice is causing a dramatic slowdown in deep ocean currents and could have a disastrous effect on the climate, a new report warns. Antarctic ocean currents heading for collapse- report 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z As sea ice declines and the gyre expands, Antarctic bottom water formation could slow further. Dwindling sea ice may speed melting of Antarctic glaciers 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z But deep ocean water flows from the Antarctic could decline by 40% by 2050, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Rising Antarctic ice melt will dramatically slow global ocean flows, study finds 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z It found that the world is on the verge of a potentially catastrophic slowdown, which could have a devastating effect on climate change, marine ecosystems, and the stability of Antarctic ice. Melting Antarctic ice may strangle vital ocean currents 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Not about how Antarctic sea ice hit a record low in February, or the fact that unprecedented monsoon rains left one-third of Pakistan underwater for a few weeks last summer. Seattle utilities consider massive efforts that could help green our grid 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Scientists spent 35 million computing hours over two years to produce their models, which suggest deepwater circulation in the Antarctic could slow at twice the rate of decline in the North Atlantic. Antarctic ocean currents heading for collapse- report 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The report warns that with sustained warming of between 2 and 3C, the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets will be lost "almost completely and irreversibly" over multiple millenia. Five things we've learned from UN climate report 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z On March 1, we passed over a boundary zone known as the Antarctic Convergence and entered the calm, cold waters of the Southern Ocean. No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z One of the new regions on the MTP list is the South Pole - now listed as separate from the various Antarctic regions. Extreme travel: It just got harder to see every place in the world 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf in February after being weakly tethered to the mainland for years, according to The British Antarctic Survey. British scientists tracking two enormous icebergs larger than London 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Recent summers have brought record-setting melting of the massive ice sheet, which is the world’s largest contributor to rising sea levels, outpacing the Antarctic ice sheet and mountain glaciers. Greenland temperatures surge up to 50 degrees above normal, setting records 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Copernicus pointed to other climate-linked extremes, including Antarctic sea ice, which last month dropped to its lowest level for any February in the 45-year record of satellite data. Europe experienced second-warmest winter on record 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z For the first time since entering the Drake, we glimpsed land off the starboard side of the ship—Smith Island, part of the South Shetland Islands of the British Antarctic Territory. No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Previously, travellers could claim they had visited most Antarctic regions by simply walking around the South Pole. Extreme travel: It just got harder to see every place in the world 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z "Antarctica’s response to climate change has been different from the Arctic’s," said Ted Scambos, an Antarctic ice expert at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in a statement. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z As a result, just 1% are highly protected, mostly in the Ross Sea in the Southern Ocean, where a protected area was created under an Antarctic treaty. Historic treaty could open the way to protecting 30% of the oceans 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z "These low sea ice conditions may have important implications for the stability of Antarctic ice shelves and ultimately for global sea level rise," said C3S Deputy Director Samantha Burgess. Europe experienced second-warmest winter on record 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z When the separation of these landmasses was complete, the Antarctic circumpolar current swept around Antarctica, isolating it from warmer waters and pulling up nutrients from the deep that supported an abundance of phytoplankton and zooplankton. No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Andrew Smith, a physicist at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, studies such isotopes in Antarctic ice cores. Mystery of Ancient Space Superstorms Deepens 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Until 10 years ago, Antarctic sea ice had actually increased for decades. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z That’s a much lower threshold than the unanimous approval required under the Antarctic treaty. Historic treaty could open the way to protecting 30% of the oceans 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Three years later, however, Shackleton was back in the polar south, going for a consolation prize: the first crossing of the Antarctic continent. Review | An Antarctic explorer watched his ship sink. A century later, it was found. 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The Antarctic Peninsula, where we had been exploring, is one of the fastest-warming regions on the planet. No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z There is now less sea-ice surrounding the Antarctic continent than at any time since we began using satellites to measure it in the late 1970s. Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Then, around the year 2014, the Antarctic trend abruptly reversed itself and the sea ice began rapidly declining. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Other Antarctic glaciers have their own unique features, he added, and similar studies would need to be conducted to find out what factors are driving their own melting and retreat. Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' May Be More Prone to Melting Than Expected 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Rescue became necessary after the expedition’s ship, the Endurance, became trapped by ice in the Weddell Sea, which lies between the Antarctic Peninsula and the continent’s mainland. Review | An Antarctic explorer watched his ship sink. A century later, it was found. 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z During the past three years, while waiting for the next Antarctic opportunity, Zitterbart, Owen and their colleagues have been studying the relationship among DMS, zooplankton and baleen whales in the waters off Massachusetts. No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Scientists consider the behaviour of Antarctic sea-ice to be a complicated phenomenon which cannot simply be ascribed to climate change. Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z This may not be the first time Antarctic sea ice has flip-flopped. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The woman who missed her $17,000 Antarctic cruise was pretty complex. Solving Your Travel Nightmare Is His Mission 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The findings will help in the development of climate change models, said Paul Cutler, program director of Antarctic Sciences at the National Science Foundation. Warm water melts weak spots on Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier', say scientists 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Davis, an oceanographer with the British Antarctic Survey. Scientists Get a Close-Up Look Beneath a Troubling Ice Shelf in Antarctica 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z These indicate Antarctic sea-ice was in a state of decline early in the last century, but then started to increase. Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z It suggested that Antarctic sea ice may have been declining up until the year 1960, when it began increasing. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The latest measurements represent the lowest reading for overall Antarctic sea ice extent since satellite monitoring began in late 1978. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Recent studies have found that glaciers outside the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctic are likely losing close to 300 billion tons of ice each year. 15 Million People Are at Risk from Bursting Glacial Lakes 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Coast Guard is investigating four incidents on Antarctic cruises that caused the deaths of four Americans and an injury to another from Nov. 15 to Dec. 1, the service branch announced Thursday. Coast Guard investigating incidents involving 4 American deaths off Antarctica 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z In the Antarctic, the algae that cling to the ice are a source of food for the small crustaceans known as krill, which are a basic food resource for whales, seals, penguins and other birds. Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Factors outside of human-caused warming often have a greater influence in the Antarctic than they do in the Arctic. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z This marks the second year in a row that, as the Antarctic summer wears on and the Southern Ocean’s blanket of sea ice shrinks to its yearly minimum extent, a record low has been recorded. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z What do you hear when you think of the Arctic and Antarctic? The Antarctic and Arctic sounds rarely heard before 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z A British Army officer has broken a second world record in the course of an Antarctic trek. Preet Chandi: Woman sets second world record in polar expedition 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z It's likely this year's record sea-ice minimum has been influenced by the unusually high air temperatures to the west and east of the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The Antarctic is essentially the opposite — it’s one large land mass surrounded by a vast, deep sea that merges with other oceans. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The ice is likely to decline even further throughout much of February, before beginning its seasonal climb as summer ends in the Antarctic. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The underwater microphones were attached to floats with scientific instruments left in the Arctic and Antarctic for about two years. The Antarctic and Arctic sounds rarely heard before 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The southern polar region is governed by the Antarctic Treaty, signed in Washington in December 1959. China makes polar plunge in brazen land-grab as it eyes expansion to Antarctica 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The Antarctic is a continent surrounded by ocean. Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z This may explain why the trends in Antarctic sea ice so far have been so baffling compared with the Arctic. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The back-to-back record lows could begin to reassure scientists that Antarctic sea ice is finally starting to behave as expected as the planet warms. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z A 1998 amendment to the 55-nation Antarctic Treaty, to which both Russia and South Africa are signatories, prohibits all mineral explorations and extractions in the region. Russian Antarctic vessel docks in South Africa as green groups protest 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says China’s interests in Antarctica are based on economic, political, military and strategic interests, including access to Arctic and Antarctic minerals, fishing opportunities, hydrocarbons, and science and technology resources. China makes polar plunge in brazen land-grab as it eyes expansion to Antarctica 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The divergence in geography means ice growth in winter in the Antarctic is much less constrained. Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Or it’s possible that Antarctic sea ice may continue to decline indefinitely as the warming signal grows stronger and stronger. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z In the Antarctic, no clear downtrend in overall sea ice extent has yet emerged. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Anti-whaling protests have subsided since Japan three years ago terminated its much-criticized research hunts in the Antarctic and resumed commercial whaling off the Japanese coasts. Japan launches whale meat vending machines to promote sales 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z “Australian politicians know well that China’s legitimate scientific expeditions in the Antarctic region are not challenging its national security by any means,” the Global Times reported. China makes polar plunge in brazen land-grab as it eyes expansion to Antarctica 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z But the geography also means summer warmth can chase the sea-ice all the way back to the Antarctic coastline in many places. Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Sea ice can serve as a kind of buffer between the ocean and the Antarctic ice sheet. Antarctic Sea Ice Hits a Record Low, but Role of Warming Is Unclear 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The record set off massive chatter about the Antarctic’s apparent thwarting of climate predictions. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z They often become concentrated in regions of compacted “blue” ice that make up about 1% of the Antarctic surface. News at a glance: HIV vaccine failure, AI meteorite detective, and the Doomsday Clock 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “Australian politicians know well that China‘s legitimate scientific expeditions in the Antarctic region are not challenging its national security by any means,” the Global Times wrote. Polar opposite: China’s growing push in Antarctica sparks concern, backlash 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z And because the Antarctic has difficulty retaining ice from year to year, its floes are thinner than in the Arctic - generally just one metre or less, versus 3-4m for long-lived ice in the polar north. Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z It is on the Brunt Ice Shelf, which is the floating protrusion of glaciers that have flowed off the Antarctic continent into the Weddell Sea. Clouds part to reveal colossal Antarctic iceberg 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z But scientists have cautioned that there are many differences between the Arctic and Antarctic, and our satellite records are still relatively short — meaning that Antarctic declines could manifest themselves soon enough. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z In February, Antarctic Sea ice reached its lowest minimum in 44 years of satellite records. The last eight years have been the warmest on record, researchers say 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z “The Antarctic ozone hole is the poster child of ozone depletion,” Newman said. Ozone layer continues to heal, a key development for health, food security and the planet, U.N. study says 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z The new study examines all of Earth’s glaciers outside of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Half of All Mountain Glaciers Are Expected to Disappear by 2100 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Because the new block is in the Antarctic quadrant that runs from 0 degrees longitude to 90 degrees West, it will carry the letter "A" in its designation. Clouds part to reveal colossal Antarctic iceberg 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z In the Antarctic, the pole is covered by a vast landmass. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The Antarctic ozone hole continued expanding until 2000, after which its area and depth began improving slowly. Ozone layer may be restored in decades, UN report says 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Natural weather patterns in the Antarctic also affect ozone hole levels, which peak in the fall. UN says ozone layer slowly healing, hole to mend by 2066 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z These frozen places are smaller, and often receive less attention, than the vast Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Half of All Mountain Glaciers Are Expected to Disappear by 2100 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Unlike on the Antarctic Peninsula on the other side of the Weddell Sea, scientists have not detected climate changes in the Brunt region that would significantly alter the natural process described above. Clouds part to reveal colossal Antarctic iceberg 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z It is only at its edge, beyond the Antarctic glaciers and their great floating ice shelves, that thinner sea ice forms. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z A $17,000 delay: A check-in agent’s mistake made her miss an Antarctic cruise. A Dysfunctional Congress 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Glaciologist David J. Drewry takes readers to the frigid research outposts where he and his colleagues pioneered the technique of radio-echo sounding to plumb the depths of the Antarctic ice sheet. If Future Humans Terraformed a New Earth, Could They Get It Right? 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The professor, who spent most of his career working as a senior volcanologist for the British Antarctic Survey, said he had been "quite shocked" to receive the honour twice. Antarctic-trekking University of Leicester professor gets Polar Medal 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Seller Glacier and the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Body top the list, respectively. A New Map Tracks the World’s Largest Glaciers 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Antarctic ice also declines more steeply when summer comes. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Researchers revealed this year that microplastics had even been found in fresh Antarctic snow. Five ways sequins add to plastic pollution 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z They beat out thousands of other applicants to run the base through the Antarctic summer for the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust. Antarctic post office: A home for Christmas among the penguins 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z As a result, he has sometimes been nicknamed Mr Antarctic Volcano. Antarctic-trekking University of Leicester professor gets Polar Medal 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Only Antarctic icefish, which inhabit the Southern Ocean’s frigid depths, have done away with hemoglobin entirely, giving their blood a cloudy white color. Glass frogs become see-through by hiding their blood 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Scientists say that these vast seasonal swings have made it tough to detect trends in the Antarctic. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z For another, it’s buried under more than a kilometer of Antarctic ice. Neutrinos from a Nearby Galaxy Reveal Black Hole Secrets 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z They say the unpredictability of Antarctic weather means that the team could suddenly remain isolated for days. Antarctic post office: A home for Christmas among the penguins 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z They represent the range of environments into which human effects are etched: a peat bog in Poland, the ice of the Antarctic Peninsula, a bay in Japan, a coral reef off the Louisiana coast. For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z A man is to attempt one of the world's most dangerous rows in the Antarctic in honour of the "forgotten hero" of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance voyage - just months after open heart surgery. Adventurer attempts Antarctic row following heart surgery 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z But with two record lows for Antarctic ice in 2022 and 2023 — and before that a record low in 2017 — it could be that a signal is beginning to emerge, at least in the summer. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z They can be seen for some distance through the clear Antarctic ice, and be picked up by IceCube’s detectors. Neutrinos from a Nearby Galaxy Reveal Black Hole Secrets 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z A group of four British women recently arrived on a remote Antarctic island to look after its population of passing tourists and penguins. Antarctic post office: A home for Christmas among the penguins 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Plans for a new military vessel built for Southern Ocean and Antarctic conditions were shelved this year. New Zealand Navy idles ships as labour crisis hits 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z One passenger died and four others were injured when a rogue wave struck a cruise ship en route to the Antarctic. Your Monday Briefing: The Social Cost of ‘Zero Covid’ 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z If so, that also could make some physical sense — recent research has suggested that the broad warming of the planet’s oceans is now reaching the Antarctic, and affecting trends in sea ice. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z Cosmic rays, however, will only come from the sky above the Antarctic observatory—because they can’t beam straight through Earth as neutrinos do. Neutrinos from a Nearby Galaxy Reveal Black Hole Secrets 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z The Royal Navy has come to the aid of four UK women working at an isolated Antarctic scientific base after its buildings were buried in heavy snow. Royal Navy digs out world's most remote post office from Antarctic snow 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The Viking Polaris was launched this year and was designed for travel to remote destinations such as the Antarctic Peninsula. Rogue Wave Strikes Cruise Ship, Killing a Passenger 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z It’s the latest example of gridlock, incited by just one or two member nations, in the Antarctic Treaty System. China and Russia Continue to Block Protections for Antarctica 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “However, further data and analysis are required to evaluate and verify any claims for a changing Antarctic climate,” Zhang cautioned. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z However, The Antarctic Treaty, which prohibits economic and military exploitation of the region, will likely continue to protect the area's environment and resources. Planning your 2023 travel? Skip these places in order to save them 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Scientists have revealed a 43% decline in a large Adélie penguin population off the east Antarctic coast over the past decade. How too much ice triggered a dramatic penguin decline 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The cruise company canceled the Viking Polaris’s next scheduled trip, a 13-day cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula. Rogue Wave Strikes Cruise Ship, Killing a Passenger 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z CCAMLR, established under the Antarctic Treaty System in 1982, is charged with protecting Antarctica’s marine life and sustainably managing its fisheries. China and Russia Continue to Block Protections for Antarctica 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “Antarctic sea ice extent has been highly variable over the last several years,” they noted. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The U.K. claimed its primary motivation was respecting the self-determination of the islanders, but valuable fishing rights and a seat at the table in the administration of the Antarctic were also at stake. Why Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" goal from 1986 is unforgettable 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Polar Star also escorts research and supply ships bound for the Antarctic stations. Coast Guard cutter heads for annual mission to Antarctica 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Tourism to the Antarctic has steadily increased in the last 30 years, with 74,401 people traveling there in the 2019-20 season, according to the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. Rogue Wave Strikes Cruise Ship, Killing a Passenger 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Three new MPAs were proposed at this year’s meeting—one around the Antarctic Peninsula, one in the Weddell Sea and a third off the coast of East Antarctica. China and Russia Continue to Block Protections for Antarctica 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The significance of a decline in Antarctic sea ice, if it begins to emerge more clearly, would be different in some ways than for the Arctic. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z On this planet, he says, we’ve seen something very similar with development in the Antarctic. Artemis I Launches U.S.'s Long-Awaited Return to the Moon 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Plans call for the ship to reach Rothera Research Station, on the Antarctic Peninsula, by Christmas and to spend about six months in Antarctica. UK polar research ship to make 2nd voyage to Antarctica 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z |
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