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Alaska's Arctic Landscape Then and Now
Floating across Alaska to study vegetation change
Ancient Bones and Iñupiaq Culture
Racing to recover and study ancient remains in Alaska before they’re washed out to sea
Behind Polar Science
Supporting research in extreme environments
Breaking the Ice
Doing research aboard a US Coast Guard Icebreaker
Expedition to Greenland
Glacier Watch and Science Camps
Reading Snowflakes
Analyzing ice crystals for clues about climate change
The Bears of Summer
Studying how polar bears fare during Arctic summers, which are lengthening due to climate change
The Breathing Tundra
Understanding the tundra’s role in regulating greenhouse gases and global climate change
The Changing Arctic
Studying the impacts of climate change on tundra ecosystems
Trans Fat, Algae, and Arctic Climate Change
Mining lake sediments and using new molecular techniques to reconstruct Greenland's climate history
Antifreeze Fish
Studying Antarctic toothfish and the special proteins in their bodies that help them thrive in subfreezing waters
Chasing Science in Antarctica
Penguins, neutrinos, and Mars on Earth
Drilling through Time
Bringing up deep sediment cores from under ice-covered seas at the edge of the Antarctic continent
First Descents: Exploring Seas Under the Ice
Building an underwater robot for Antarctic marine science
Floating Ecosystems
Thriving ecosystems—made up of phytoplankton, seabirds, and more—form when free-floating icebergs melt into the sea.
Frozen History
Using ice cores to read the story of the earth's past climates
IceCube
Using the world's largest neutrino telescope, buried in the ice below the South Pole, to detect violent events in distant galaxies
Into the Great White Open
Traversing the ice sheet from pole to troll
Mapping the Last Mountain Range on Earth
Antarctica’s Gamburtsev Mountains
Melting Antarctica
Measuring ecological change and warming at the Antarctic Peninsula
Peering through East Antarctica Ice
Mapping the Icy Continent from Above
Pulse of the Poles
A network of geosensors on both poles will monitor bedrock beneath the ice.
Ross Sea Penguins
Studying how penguins respond to climate change in Antarctica
Seeing the Past with Sound
Imaging Antarctica's climate history
Shedding Light on an Ecosystem in the Dark
Studying how a polar marine ecosystem responds to an ice shelf collapse
Sky-High Science
Studying cosmic rays, antimatter, ice sheets, and more using scientific balloons
South Pole Telescope
Viewing the distant universe from the bottom of the world
The Oldest Ice on Earth?
Investigating buried glacier ice in the McMurdo Dry Valleys
Under the Glaciers
Investigating the lakes, floods, and waterways beneath the West Antarctica Ice Sheet
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Studying Air and Sea Interactions at Terra Nova Bay
Wilkes Land Expedition
Drilling into Antarctica's Deep Climate Past