After drilling for two decades through more than two miles of antarctic ice, Russian scientists are on the verge of entering a vast, dark lake that hasn’t been touched by light for more than 20 million years. Read full article > >
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Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica’s biggest subglacial lake
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton is about to start a 500 mile trek across Antarctica to the south pole, to raise money for Sport Relief.
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VIDEO: Skelton to start polar challenge
Russian fishing boat Sparta makes its way to open water after being stuck in ice-filled seas off Antarctica for 12 days with a hole in its hull.
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Russian boat sails for open water
Scientists produce the most detailed map yet of Antarctica’s underbelly – its rock bed.
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Antarctic’s hidden world revealed
This just in: Washington will be spared when the NASA satellite UARS crashes to Earth . So will Manhattan. Indeed, the entire East Coast of the U.S. looks safe as I examine the projected crash map. This isn’t class warfare, it’s just physics. Although we don’t know where the dadgum thing is going to crash, and it could still hit any continent except Antarctica, there are very well-defined orbital tracks that show where it will be going in the final few days before the expected Friday-ish re-entry, spectacular fireballing and debris-spewing. Read full article > >
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UARS satellite: Obama, Boehner likely safe
This just in: Washington will be spared when the NASA satellite UARS crashes to Earth . So will Manhattan. Indeed, the entire East Coast of the U.S. looks safe as I examine the projected crash map. This isn’t class warfare, it’s just physics. Although we don’t know where the dadgum thing is going to crash, and it could still hit any continent except Antarctica, there are very well-defined orbital tracks that show where it will be going in the final few days before the expected Friday-ish re-entry, spectacular fireballing and debris-spewing. Read full article > >
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Joel Achenbach:
UARS satellite: Obama, Boehner likely safe
A number of penguin species found in western Antarctica are declining as a result of a fall in the availability of krill, a study suggests.
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Penguins ‘hit by krill decline’
Marine biologists have discovered an invasion of deep-water crabs off the coast of Antarctica, where it’s previously been too cold for the creatures to survive.
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King crabs invade Antarctica
Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated over the last 20 years, research suggests, and will soon become the biggest driver of sea level rise.
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Ice loss quickens, raising seas
Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated over the last 20 years, research suggests, and will soon become the biggest driver of sea level rise.
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Ice loss quickens, raising seas
A meteorite found in Antarctica could lend weight to the argument that life on Earth might have been kick-started from space.
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Life origins clue from meteorite
John Goodge, a professor of geological sciences at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, answers readers’ questions about his expedition to Antarctica.
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Scientist at Work: Answering Questions About Antarctica
At least five crew members died when a fishing trawler working off Antarctica sank around dawn.
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17 Sailors Missing as South Korean Trawler Sinks
A UK expedition to Antarctica says it has established a new record – the fastest land crossing of the southern-most continent.
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UK team claims Antarctic record
Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica’s biggest subglacial lake
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
