... stated that every ice front in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula has been retreating overall from 1947 to 2009, with the most dramatic ... parts of Antarctica and even the world if warming continues. The Antarctic Peninsula's southern section has five major ... Island, since 1998. The USGS is still working with the British Antarctic Survey (assisted by the Scott Polar Research ...

... to their scale Dr Mike Meredith, British Antarctic Survey "We have got two massive icebergs that -- end to end ... it to sink to the bottom of the ocean. "This area around the Antarctic coastline, of which the Mertz Peninsula is one part, produces ... ," observed Dr Michael Meredith from the British Antarctic Survey, who was not involved in the research. "Bottom water ...

... whale song heard extensively March 2010. The Antarctic Whale Expedition is now almost half way through its six-week voyage. ... the research ship Tangaroa travelled for eight days towards the Antarctic ice edge. The expedition encountered some rough ... Ocean. Its source has been a mystery for years, but this may be the first evidence that this is an Antarctic Minke whale song. The waters surrounding ...

... . 24 after six months of logistical support to the U.S. Antarctic Program and National Science Foundation. The season began ... that supports the National Science Foundation mission in the Antarctic," General North said. "I was fortunate enough ... and women of our Air Force who have been executing the airlift into and throughout the Antarctic since 1975. The Airmen of the 62nd, 446th and 109th ...

... size of the tongue that drains ice from the vast East Antarctic ice sheet. "The calving itself hasn't been ... the rate of salinity input into the ocean and it could slow down this rate of Antarctic bottom water formation," he said. He said there was a risk both icebergs ... ) Source: Reuters, "Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier", accessed February 26, 2010 Space ...

... a Tasmania-based senior scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center, ... rapid ice shelf break-off from rising temperatures in the Antarctic peninsula, according to Australian Antarctic Division Glaciologist Neal Young. ... an ice-free area of water. Twenty-five percent of Antarctic bottom water originated in the polynya, making it ...

... found life 600 feet beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet. While using a borehole camera, the scientists were ... . Due to the extreme cold and dark conditions of the Antarctic environment, this discovery was definitely unexpected. The only life forms that ... . Lyssianasid amphipod was not the only surprising find made under the Antarctic ice. A jellyfish tentacle was also recovered from the sub-glacial ...

... because she’s put in a record becomes first woman working in Antarctic expedition. Edith “Jackie” Ronne ... her husband commanded, she became the first American woman to set foot on the Antarctic continent.[3] She and Jennie Darlington, the wife of the ... , which formed the basis for her husband’s book, Antarctic Conquest, published by Putnam in 1949, as well as making routine ...

... ice is melting. Just recently the biggest iceberg know has just fallen off the Antarctic ice shelf, broke of the Mertz Glacier Tongue. ... miles wide (80km by 40km) and is now travelling sedately in the Antarctic Ocean. It was formed by climate change, in that the warming Antarctic ... change deniers, global warming, heat Tagged: antarctic, cause of new iceberg, effect of new iceberg, iceberg, Plato

... showing a shrimp-like animal (which technically is called a amphipod  living under the ice in Antarctic. A group of NASA researchers lowered a camera into the icy depths of the Antarctic.Here is a Youtube video about this finding: "Microbiologist Cynan Ellis-Evans of the British Antarctic Survey called the finding intriguing." "This is a first for the sub-glacial ...

... if shrimp like creatures can be found below 600 feet of Antarctic ice in subfreezing dark water, what about other hostile places? ... ice layer lies a vast and frigid ocean. If the Antarctic shrimp can survive under a glacier perhaps its distant cousins can ... ," microbiologist Ellis-Evans of the British Antarctic Survey said. He said there have been findings somewhat similar, showing complex life ...

... Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru use water cannons to each other in Antarctic Sea. The U.S.-based activist group, sends vessels ... while the Japanese fired water cannons in their latest Antarctic Ocean clash, both sides said Thursday. No one was injured ... founder Paul Watson told The Associated Press by satellite phone from the Antarctic on Thursday. "We've been throwing rotten butter at ...

... is a trailer for a yet to be released film called Australis: An Antarctic Ski Odyssey. The film chronicles a skiing expedition ... Andrea Binning on a trip to discover some new lines to ski on the Antarctic Peninsula. The film is due out this summer. The scenery in ... simply amazing. Looks like the skiing wasn't too bad either! Australis: An Antarctic Ski Odyssey from Granite Films Jim Surette ...

Who is Edith Ronne? Edith Ronne was the first woman to work in an Antarctic Expedition. Edith Ronne was also the first non-royal woman to have an Antarctic site named after her and it is Ronne Ice Shelf. Unfortunately Edith Ronne died of Alzheimer’s Disease on ... couple to have reached the South Pole. Ronne served as the Antarctic expedition’s recorder & historian. She wrote ...

... , an iceberg roughly the size of Luxembourg slammed into an Antarctic glacier known as the Mertz Ice Tongue. Then, last week, a ... on the bright side, Michael Meredith of the British Antarctic Survey told the BBC that the new iceberg probably isn't ... global climate patterns. Instead, Meredith noted that the reconfiguration of Antarctic geography created a virtual laboratory where scientists can ...