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Breaching Lake Vostok: Russians Reach Subterranean Antarctic Lake
Exploring Lake Vostok in Antarctica On February 5, 2012, Russian scientists have drilled through to Lake Vostok, buried under two and a half miles of Antarctic ice. Shoveling snow in your driveway won't seem so bad after you read the article linked below. After 14 years of...
created by NowPublic Staff | 5 days ago | updated 2 days ago
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Not yet – no word from Russian Scientists in Antarctica
Scientists take incredible risks sometimes, especially those looking for traces of our ancestors in the deep freeze. According to this report, the Russian scientists should have packed up and headed for home... Stroke victim stranded in Antarctica rescued
Raytheon said it was too dangerous to rescue Renee-Nicole Douceur earlier, though now the scientist who is an apparent stroke victim can get medical treatment. Stroke victims who receive immediate attention are... Ernest Shackleton Google Doodle: Antarctic Explorer
Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic Hero, Celebrated in Google Doodle Ernest Shackleton is celebrated in today's Google Doodle. Born in Ireland on February 15, 1874 Shackleton was a polar explorer whose doomed expeditions...
created by Jordan Yerman | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
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Ancient Martians were carried to Earth - Scientific American
Scientists have discovered compelling new evidence that life has existed on Mars and was brought to Earth in an ancient meteorite. State-of-the-art instruments and techniques suggest that tiny fossils in the...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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223 views | 16 recommendations | 1 comment
East Antarctic ice sheet may be losing mass
When I read the following newspaper article, it of course reminded me of yesterdays hackers story about doctored research reports. Please note the care about taking the alarm out of the published facts very...
created by Babel-Fish | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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206 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Japanese whaling fleet sets sail for Antarctica
Please God, Save the whales and dolphins!President Obama made an election pledge to “work diligently to end Japan’s scientific whaling programme”, and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)... Drilling for Whiskey in Antarctica
When Ernest Shackleton sailed to Antarctica in a failed mission to reach the South Pole, he brought along some McKinlay & Co whiskey... a type of whisky that is now extinct, except for the bottles now lodged... 380 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Paul Nicklen: Adopted by a Leopard Seal (Video)
National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen got up close and personal with a leopard seal in the frigid waters off the coast of Antarctica. Leopard seals are fearsome predators, the bane of penguins. Paul Nicklen...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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530 views | 24 recommendations | 1 comment
Fire storms over Antarctica
Bushfire aftermath: smoke trapped over Antarctica~According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), smoke from the February Black Saturday bushfires, across the north east of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, Australia, have been floating over Antarctica since early...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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332 views | 42 recommendations | 3 comments
Australian Scientists: Antarctic Ice is Growing
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, ice thickness in eastern Antarctica is actually increasing. This presents a more complex portrait of a continent, beyond just "melting" or "thickening". It would appear to be a...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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309 views | 24 recommendations | 4 comments
Elephant Seals Study Antarctic Climate Change
Elephant seals are stepping up to help solve the mysteries of climate variation in Antarctica. The icy continent seems to be fracturing faster than usual, and scientists are hard-pressed to find out why: this...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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151 views | 14 recommendations | 0 comments
Antarctic Ice Bridge Snaps
The ice bridge linking the 80-nautical-mile-long Wilkins Ice Shelf to the rest of Antarctica has snapped, which means that the Wilkins Ice Shelf, the size of Jamaica, can break free of the mainland. The causes of...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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318 views | 37 recommendations | 4 comments
Footloose on South Georgia Island
In March of this year Mark Hannaford was lucky enough to get a fantastic photographic project down to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands with the Scott Polar Research Institute (http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk...Antarctica - the last resort?
As the glacial ice melts a new land of new opportunities comes into view while changing the focus as to past Environmental damage back home. Should a Global preservation order be sign posted there in...NowPublic on Facebook
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