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You may think your commute is brutal, but what does it take to get to your job at the most remote place on Earth?
Temperatures have been plummeting in large parts of the country as we are closing in on the shortest day of the year. But during the depths of winter, which town holds bragging rights as the coldest ...
Casey Research Station Leader Andy Warton shares his day-in-the-life experiences in Antarctica, saying every day, “you’re dictated to by the weather”.
In a way, Antarctica was like a desert, only instead of blowing sand, it was blowing snow, Manke explained. "We had two entrances into the main buildings. They were staircases that went down." ...
WASHINGTON – The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Tuesday.
Satellite photos show emperor penguins in one region of Antarctica declined 22% in the past 15 years. That's significantly faster than prior estimates of their decline due to climate change.
But cold-weather communities thrive despite the hardships—even at Antarctica's Vostok Station, where the lowest ground-level temperature (minus 128.6) was recorded.
The unusual radio pulses were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, a range of instruments flown on balloons high above Antarctica that are designed to detect ...