Ocean swells from storms cause the collapse ice shelves, when sea ice is reduced
June 12, 2018
Storm-driven ocean swells, during periods of reduced sea ice coverage, caused the collapse of five major ice shelves between 1995-2009,
Science and Research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Three planet winter at the South Pole
June 09, 2018
Jupiter (left) & Mars (right) shine either side of the IceCube Lab at the South Pole
First egg at the Emperor penguin colony!
May 03, 2018
The first egg of the season has been spotted at the Emperor penguin colony at Dumont D’Urville Station
Know your penguins! - there are 18 species
April 25, 2018
Penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, though the Galapagos penguin live right on the Equator
Aurora australis displays are intensifying in Antarctica
April 21, 2018
Curtains of green and purple aurora australis have been seen from Scott Base
Byrd Glacier, one of East Antarctica’s largest glaciers
March 28, 2018
Byrd Glacier carries more ice to the Ross Ice Shelf than any other ice stream.
Podcast: NASA’s Operation IceBridge - surveying the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets
October 22, 2017
In this podcast, we talk to John Sonntag, mission scientist for NASA’s Operation IceBridge.
Podcast: What it's like wintering over at the South Pole - thirteen times!
October 02, 2017
In this podcast, we talk to astronomer Robert Schwarz at the South Pole, who is just completing his thirteenth winter there!
Podcast: Lake Whillans; retrieving uncontaminated samples from a sub-glacial lake in Antarctica.
July 22, 2017
In this podcast, we speak to Helen Amanda Fricker about Lake Whillans, and how the WISSARD project obtained the first ever uncontaminated sample from an Antarctic sub-glacial lake,
Podcast: Speedo Diplomacy in the Ross Sea; successfully advocating for a Marine Protected Area
July 16, 2017
In this podcast, we talk to Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of the Oceans, about the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area
Podcast: Unraveling the mystery of Antarctica's hidden peaks - the Gamburtsev Mountains
July 11, 2017
In this podcast, we talk to Professor Robin Bell of Lamont- Doherty Earth Observatory, about the Gamburtsev Mountains in Antartica.
Podcast: The Big Rift; Larsen C Ice Shelf and the birth of an Alpha Iceberg
June 30, 2017
In this podcast, we talk to Professor Adrian Luckman of Swansea University in Wales, about the dramatic rift on the Larsen C Ice Shelf.