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New RAAM record: Colin O’Brady and Lucas Clarke complete the 3,064-mile race in 6 days, 6 hours and 43 minutes

When childhood friends Colin O'Brady and Lucas Clarke reached the Race Across America finish line in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Saturday evening, they may not have fulfilled their "Sub Six" goal, but celebrations were in order all the same.

Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice

Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice

"There was this gigantic river system": Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice.

Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang

Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang

Dr Steph Kaefer spent three weeks documenting unique colloquialisms on the frozen continent after newcomers were struck by the distinctive vocabulary

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'Buried in the ice': Black Summer conditions found seven times in the past

Song of fire and ice in Antarctica sparks bushfire warning.

Newcastle Herald

Of ice and fire: what sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about bushfires worse than the Black Summer

Australia has a long history of bushfires. The 2019-2020 Black Summer was the worst in recorded history. But was that the worst it could get?

The Conversation

Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada

The wreck of the last ship belonging to a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society

The Independent UK

Blood Falls: Antarctica's crimson waterfall forged from an ancient hidden heart

Iron-rich waters buried beneath Taylor Glacier in East Antarctica are sporadically released in what looks like a bloody mess — but the so-called Blood Falls aren't as gruesome as they first appear and sound.

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A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work

A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work

Every day, women are working on frontier science in Earth’s unforgiving polar environments. Our study, published today in PLOS Climate, investigated what their experiences are actually like.

The Conversation

How the 1901 Discovery expedition’s polar explorers stayed healthy during their Antarctic journey

How the 1901 Discovery expedition’s polar explorers stayed healthy during their Antarctic journey

Antarctica is the most inhospitable continent on earth. It’s dry, cold, and completely dark for months of the year. Edwardian explorers were some of the first to brave the Antarctic winter, developing new knowledge still drawn upon by scientists today.

The Conversation

Chocolate, noodles flown in for dark Antarctic winter

Chocolate, noodles flown in for dark Antarctic winter

The Australian Defence Force has stepped in to deliver crucial winter supplies, and some home comforts, to expeditioners in Antarctica.

37 Years Later, NASA Retires Its Famous Flying Laboratory

37 Years Later, NASA Retires Its Famous Flying Laboratory

The modified DC-8 helped study the hole in the ozone layer and ice in Antarctica. So what’s next?

Urgent meeting held at desolate Antarctica airbase amid fears over Russian control

Urgent meeting held at desolate Antarctica airbase amid fears over Russian control

The meeting comes amid media reports surrounding the discovery of massive oil reserves in Antarctica

The Independent UK

Satellite data reveals Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is melting faster than we thought

Satellite data reveals Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is melting faster than we thought

The ICEYE satellite constellation has given researchers a peek beneath the glacier, and it's not looking good.

Warm ocean water is rushing beneath Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier,' making its collapse more likely

Warm ocean water is rushing beneath Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier,' making its collapse more likely

Warm seawater flowing into the glacier's underside could significantly accelerate the process of its collapse.

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This State-Sized Hole In The Antarctic Baffled Experts For Decades—Now, The Mystery Is Solved

The hole in the Antarctic ice was comparable in size to numerous US states, such as West Virginia, Maryland, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New Jersey. The post This State-Sized Hole In The Antarctic Baffled Experts For Decades—Now, The Mystery Is Solved first appeared on Bored Panda.

Weird blobs lurking near Earth's core may have been dragged from the surface

A new study of seismic data from Antarctica finds that the mantle may be stranger and more variable than previously believed, with pieces of ancient crust that have been dragged down by tectonic forces.

India to convey its plans to build a new research station in Antarctica at Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

India to present plans for new Antarctic research station at ATCM meeting in Kochi, focusing on sustainability and tourism regulation.

Antarctic ice hole the size of Switzerland keeps cracking open. Now scientists finally know why.

The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why.

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Japan-bought patrol ship to ramp up anti-whaling fight

A former fisheries vessel has been bought from the Japanese government by anti-whaling activists for use in the Southern Ocean.

A Switzerland-size hole opened in Antarctica's sea ice in 2016-17. Now we know why

During the winters of 2016 and 2017, a hole the size of Switzerland opened in the middle of Antarctica's sea ice. And scientists just figured out how it came to be.

Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV

New research found that instead of closing up during November, the hole in the Ozone layer over the Antarctica has stayed open well into December.

'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover?

Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back.

Hundreds of emperor penguin chicks spotted plunging off a 50-foot cliff in 1st-of-its-kind footage

The fledglings are typically reared on floating platforms of sea ice, but an unprecedented decline in the ice extent has driven young onto cliffs.

'Unprecedented,' 'Gobsmacked', 'Unbelievable': Changes in Antarctica's sea ice could have dramatic impacts, says climate scientist Edward Doddridge

In 1898, the crew of the first scientific expedition to Antarctica became trapped inside sea ice around the southernmost continent. Much of that once thick ice is dwindling, says polar researcher Edward Doddridge.

Antarctica's Volcanic Activity: A Potential Environmental Time Bomb Unveiled

Explore Antarctica's volcanic secrets, from Mount Erebus's gold-laden gas to the potential impacts of future eruptions.

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