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Ice Stories: Why We Install GPS Systems (podcast)

Running Time:
00:03:19

The POLENET project installed their newest high-precision GPS system on Deverall Island, Antarctica. These GPS systems tell scientists how much the ground underneath the ice sheet is moving upward. This has important implications on the movement of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its interplay with the rock below. Learn more about it in this audio report from correspondent Kelly Carroll.

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Date: December 7, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Holiday Weather in McMurdo (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:16

Thanksgiving Day weather at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, turned out to be pretty interesting, as weather always can change quickly here. Our holiday weekend greeted us with 50 mph winds, but it didn’t affect the great feast we had in the dining hall.

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Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Adélie Penguins Feeding (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:24

Adélie penguins feeding chicks at Cape Royds, Antarctica.

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Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Adélie Penguins Walking across Sea Ice (clip)

Running Time:
00:00:37

Adélie penguins walking across ice on the Ross Sea, Antarctica.

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Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Adélie Penguins Tending the Nest (clip)

Running Time:
00:00:11

Adélie penguins sitting on eggs in their nests at Cape Royds, Antarctica.

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Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Adélie Penguins Tobogganning (clip)

Running Time:
00:00:45

Adélie penguins engaging in a behavior called tobogganning. Like sledding, penguins cruise along the slick ice on their bellies -- a faster way of traveling than by walking.

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Date: December 2, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Ice Stories: Life on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (podcast)

Running Time:
00:02:58

In this audio dispatch, correspondent Jack Walter describes his first week at the team's field camp on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Hear about their research on lakes under the glaciers and get a slice of life as a remote polar scientist.

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Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome: Part 1 (podcast)

Running Time:
00:03:56

In this audio dispatch, correspondent Saffia Hossainzadeh describes her journey to her team's deep field site via a stop at Siple Dome station. In part one, hear about the difficulties involved in escorting 700 pounds of explosives through Antarctica.

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Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Escorting Dynamite Through Siple Dome: Part 2 (podcast)

Running Time:
00:02:27

In this audio dispatch, correspondent Saffia Hossainzadeh describes her journey to her team's deep field site via a stop at Siple Dome station. In part two, hear about our combat-style landing at Siple Dome’s remote air strip.

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Date: November 25, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Traverse across Frozen McMurdo Sound (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:40

This video captures the energy and excitement of traversing across the sea ice to the Offshore New Harbor Field Camp.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: November 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science