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Nearly 60% of the passengers on an Antarctic cruise ship have tested positive for the coronavirus
erial view of Australian cruise ship Greg Mortimer off the port of Montevideo on April 7, 2020. - A…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Sarah Al-Ars…
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2 workers at a remote Antarctic research station describe life cut off from the world, from extreme cold to chips that never go stale
Staff at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station are about as far from civilization as you can be. Bu…
Marianne Guenot
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About 3 trillion tonnes of Antarctic ice has melted over the past 25 years
Antarctica is shedding ice at an alarming rate. Using the data recorded by satellites, researchers …
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Stunning photos show what daily life in Antarctic research stations is really like
Since Antarctica is the only continent with no native human population, the United States and 11 ot…
Peter Kotecki
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A tiny dinosaur relative named the "Antarctic King" has been discovered at the South Pole
He's referring to what's known as the end-Permian mass extinction event, or the "Great Dying," whic…
Aylin Woodward
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This is the worst destruction to human lives that will happen across each continent in the next 50 yrs or sooner, if global warming continues at this pace
The crux of the documentary film is that everyone will be affected by climate change and negative i…
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Beloved submarine Boaty McBoatface has made a critical discovery about rising seas on its maiden voyage in the Antarctic
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted in 2013 that sea levels woul…
Aylin Woodward
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Photos: The birth and eventual death of the new Antarctic iceberg the size of Delaware
The block of ice - one of the largest ever documented - will likely be given the unceremonious name…
Dave Mosher
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A National Geographic photographer's new book shows how stunning animals in the Arctic and Antarctic really are
As a photographer, Nicklen has captured the stark beauty of both the Arctic and Antarctic, showing …
Kevin Loria
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In a lost lake 3,500 feet under the Antarctic Ice, scientists just found the carcasses of tiny creatures
The SALSA team used a corer - which is essentially a tube that gets screwed into the ice - from the…
Aylin Woodward
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Forget Diamond Planets, South Pole Could Be Rich In Sparklers
If you are too fond
of sparklers and always wanted to take a trip to one of the carbon-rich planets…
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The Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker has been fighting engine failure and flooding in the frigid Antarctic
McMurdo Station, opened in 1955, is one of three stations operated year-round by the National Scien…
Christopher Woody
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A Russian polar researcher has been charged trying to stab a colleague to death at a remote Antarctic base
A report from Russian news agency Interfax said on Tuesday Sergey Savitsky was accused of stabbing …
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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In a hidden lake far below the Antarctic ice, scientists found the bodies of tiny creatures. Photos reveal how they accomplished the deep dive.
The team succeeded in reaching the lake, and extracted a 5.5-foot-long ice core (the longest ever f…
Aylin Woodward
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A huge crack in Antarctic ice is 'hours, days, or weeks' from breaking off an iceberg the size of Delaware
When the iceberg does break free and sail into the Southern Ocean, it should not contribute to sea …
Kevin Loria
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A giant crack in Antarctic ice is 'days or weeks' from breaking off a Delaware-sized iceberg
"Rifting of this magnitude doesn't happen so often, so we don't often get a chance to study it up c…
Dave Mosher
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US Names Mountain In Honour Of Indian-American Scientist
The US has named a mountain in Antarctica after an Indian-American scientist whose biological resea…