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For the International Polar Year, we gave polar scientists cameras and blogging tools and asked them to document their field work. Follow along on their adventures and see what it's like to be a research scientist in the Arctic or Antarctica. {Read More»}
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The South Pole(s) »
When you imagine the South Pole, what do you see? An empty, frozen, white expanse with a red- and white-striped pole sticking out? {Read More»}

Monitoring Earth’s Atmosphere »
Scientists at NOAA’s Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) at the South Pole are measuring global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from the cleanest air on earth. {Read More»}

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