Birding club documents frequent flyers around McMurdo Station
Birdwatchers used their free time to catalog the birds calling Hut Point Peninsula their home....
Shedding fluffy baby fur shapes how Weddell seal pups learn to swim
Molting status determines when Weddell seal pups are ready for life in the water more than other developmental milestones, according to new research....
Making a Difference
Col. Denise M. Donnell has chased pirates in the South China Sea and flown all manner of aircraft, from the sub-hunting P-3 Orion to the...
Climate Change In The McMurdo Dry Valleys
The McMurdo Dry Valleys ecosystems are changing because of climate change. In a paper published in the journal Ecology in January researchers said they’ve tracked...
What Could Have Been
History is full of tales about boom towns that went bust. Such was the fate of Marble Point, a helicopter refueling station that as early...
Paleo Gondwanaland Was Full Of Lystrosaurs
An expedition studying the aftermath of one of Earth’s greatest global extinctions collected hundreds of prehistoric animal fossils from the mountains of Antarctica this past...
Firsthand Account
Amanda Biederman is a scientist at Palmer Station, located in one of the most rapidly warming areas on Earth, the West side of the Antarctica...
Ultraviolet Radiation Gives Microbes Mixed Messages
Ultraviolet rays from the sun may be disrupting the natural ecology of the waters of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean. A research team, led by a scientist...
Numbers Game
Spending a winter in Antarctica is just as challenging as it sounds. For the 45 people who remain at the South Pole Station through the...
A World-Class Classroom At The Bottom Of The World
For early-career scientists, learning the ropes in Antarctica can mean donning actual safety lines and harnesses. This past austral summer, 20 students traveled to the...