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9/16/2008
With NASA and NSF support, Matt Mazloff has created a computer model that simulates the complex dynamics of the world’s southern oceans—a wild and woolly region that is roughly 13 times the size of the United States and very poorly understood.
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9/11/2008
Equipped with night-vision goggles, a C-17 aircrew from McChord Air Force Base performed the first known after-dark landing in Antarctica on Sept. 11, 2008. Read the story, watch the video.
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9/5/2008
Follow the Healy as it travels through the Arctic Ocean mapping the seafloor as part of the work of the Extended Continental Shelf Task Force, a government-wide group headed by the State Department.
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8/21/2008
The multimedia site includes a list of "frequently asked questions" about the bears, a timeline of events leading to the decision to declare the polar bear a threatened species, polar bear videos and more.
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8/12/2008
Arctic sea ice reflects sunlight, keeping the polar regions cool and moderating global climate. But Arctic sea ice has declined dramatically over at least the past thirty years. NSIDC keeps a scientific eye on conditions.
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8/8/2008
Since 2003, students and researchers from Dartmouth University have been designing a lightweight mobile robot to deploy instrument networks in Antarctica. Learn about “Cool Robots at Dartmouth.” Requires Quicktime player
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7/18/2008
Researchers with the NSF-funded Inglefield Land Archaeology project will be working this summer at Cape Grinnell, a site where European and Thule native cultures first came into contact in the 1800's.
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7/3/2008
A Webcast of the joint Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)IPY Conference opening ceremony was broadcast on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at http://www.arcticportal.org/.
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6/30/2008
During Earth Month in April, Mark Ivey, site manager for the Deprtment of Energy's ARM Climate Research Facility on the North Slope of Alaska, was interviewed about climate change and in particular, its impacts in the Arctic.
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6/26/2008
Learn more about the animals in the Arctic Ocean food chain from this interactive illustration produced by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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