Human Activity Linked to Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse
Human-caused global warming was responsible for the collapse of an Antarctic ice shelf in 2002, scientists announced today. Human-caused global warming was responsible for the collapse of an Antarctic ice shelf in 2002, scientists said ... [... more]
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Antarctic Explorer's Letters Made Public
The last letter written by British explorer Capt. Robert Falcon Scott to his wife during his ill-fated Antarctic expedition goes on display at Cambridge University. LONDON (AP) -- Knowing he was days from death on a tragic trek back from the ... [... more]
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NASA: Antarctic Snowmelt Increasing
Antarctic snow is melting farther inland and at higher altitudes. Satellite imagery shows the number of Antarctic melting days for the 2004 - 2005 season. Areas where melting occurred for a greater number of days are indicated in increasingly ... [... more]
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Antarctic Drill: The Science of Ice
For the first half of the Antarctic field season, the 10-foot-thick sea ice right next to McMurdo Station makes an excellent airfield. But with the warmer days of summer, surface melt makes landing planes trickier, and in some years the sea ice ... [... more]
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Antarctic Glaciers Melting Rapidly
Survey finds 84 percent of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers have retreated over the past 50 years. A new study of glaciers in a portion of the Antarctic finds 84 percent of them have retreated over the past 50 years in response to a warmer ... [... more]
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Two Large Lakes Discovered Under Antarctic Ice
Scientists have found the second and third largest bodies of subsurface water there. MODIS satellite image showing location of Sovetskaya Antarctic research station and 90ºE Lake in relation to Lake Vostok. Credit: Earth Institute at Columbia [... more]
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Antarctic Accounts
 Narratives of Antarctic exploration and adventure by two world-renowned polar explorers Captain Roald Amundsen s account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram (1910-1912) and Sir Ernest Shackleton s account of the British expedition (1914-1917 [... more]
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Seals Scout Bottom Of Antarctic With Cameras
Seals are spying for scientists at the bottom of the world. Over the course of three summers, university researchers in the Antarctic have equipped 15 Weddell seals with video cameras, infrared LEDs and data recorders. These "seal cams" have ... [... more]
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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Amazon.com Review: Melding superb research and the extraordinary expedition photography of Frank Hurley, The Endurance by Caroline Alexander is a stunning work of history, adventure, and art which chronicles "one of the greatest epics of survival in [... more]
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Antarctic Continent Exploration Map: Penetration Routes, ...
An informative map: This single sided map contains a lot of history and information without being too verly cluttered with facts or notations. It shows the main research facilities on the continent and is useful for school programs and just for [... more]
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The Home of the Blizzard : A True Story of Antarctic ...
Amazon.com Review: Rejecting a position on Scott's ill-fated South Pole team, Australian explorer Douglas Mawson sets off with his own plans in December 1911 to explore the unknown Antarctic coast south of Australia. The Home of the Blizzard is Mawson's [... more]
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