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Mission Press Releases

  • NSF Releases Response to External Panel's Recommendations for Streamlining Scientific Logistics in Antarctica
    National Science Foundation - Thursday, March 21, 2013
    Posted on: 3/22/2013 12:12:03 AM PDT

  • Scientists at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Discover 18kg Antarctic Meteorite
    Princess Elisabeth Station - Wednesday, March 6, 2013
    Posted on: 3/6/2013 8:31:05 PM PDT

  • NASA's Super-Tiger Balloon Breaks Records While Collecting Data
    NASA HQ - Monday, February 4, 2013
    Posted on: 2/5/2013 1:26:13 AM PDT

  • Antarctic Lake Mission Called Off
    British Antarctic Survey - Tuesday, January 1, 2013
    Posted on: 1/1/2013 7:16:26 PM PDT

  • Rough Guide to Super-Tiger Watching: How to Participate Vicariously in Cosmic-Ray Experiment
    Washington University in St. Louis - Friday, December 7, 2012
    Posted on: 12/8/2012 1:32:55 AM PDT

  • Ice Sheet Loss at Both Poles Increasing, Major Study Finds
    NASA HQ - Thursday, November 29, 2012
    Posted on: 11/30/2012 2:37:00 AM PDT

  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Examines Proposals to Improve Logistical Support of the U.S. Antarctic Program
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats - Friday, November 16, 2012
    Posted on: 11/16/2012 7:58:31 PM PDT

  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Reviews Logistics of U.S. Antarctic Program
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - Friday, November 16, 2012
    Posted on: 11/16/2012 7:57:59 PM PDT

  • Changes to Antarctic Sea Ice Drift
    British Antarctic Survey - Monday, November 12, 2012
    Posted on: 11/13/2012 2:50:18 AM PDT

  • Opening the curtains at Concordia
    European Space Agency - Monday, November 5, 2012
    Posted on: 11/5/2012 4:31:52 PM PDT

  • Return to Recovery Glacier and a Second Look at the Bellingshausen Sea
    NASA HQ - Thursday, November 1, 2012
    Posted on: 11/1/2012 4:18:58 PM PDT

  • 2012 Antarctic Ozone Hole Second Smallest in 20 Years
    NASA HQ - Monday, October 29, 2012
    Posted on: 10/29/2012 1:46:48 PM PDT

  • Opposite Behaviors? Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks, Antarctic Grows
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Wednesday, October 24, 2012
    Posted on: 10/24/2012 5:04:58 PM PDT

  • NASA's Operation Icebridge Resumes Flights Over Antarctica
    NASA HQ - Friday, October 12, 2012
    Posted on: 10/12/2012 5:16:10 PM PDT

  • NASA Scientist Lora Koenig to Discuss "My Winter in Greenland and Summer in Antarctica," Sept. 12
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Saturday, September 8, 2012
    Posted on: 9/8/2012 5:49:22 PM PDT

  • Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica
    University of Bristol - Friday, August 31, 2012
    Posted on: 8/31/2012 7:26:07 PM PDT

  • Antarctic ice sheet quakes shed light on ice movement and earthquakes
    Pennsylvania State University - Friday, August 24, 2012
    Posted on: 8/24/2012 1:16:27 PM PDT

  • NSF Invites Media to Apply for Opportunity to Report on U.S.-sponsored Antarctic Research
    National Science Foundation - Thursday, August 9, 2012
    Posted on: 8/9/2012 11:08:42 PM PDT

  • Antarctic Medical Evacuation
    National Science Foundation - Thursday, August 9, 2012
    Posted on: 8/9/2012 2:26:15 PM PDT

  • Hidden rift valley discovered beneath West Antarctica reveals new insight into accelerating ice loss
    British Antarctic Survey - Sunday, July 29, 2012
    Posted on: 7/29/2012 8:44:19 PM PDT

  • Mission Status Releases

  • Photo: Aurora Australis over Concordia research station in Antarctica
    European Space Agency - April 3, 2013
    Posted on: 4/3/2013 4:47:04 PM PDT

  • Image: Alaskan Mountains Seen During IceBridge Transit
    - April 2, 2013
    Posted on: 4/2/2013 5:15:27 PM PDT

  • Robot Scans Ice Caves on Antarctica's Erebus Volcano
    The Antarctic Sun - March 6, 2013
    Posted on: 3/6/2013 8:19:23 PM PDT

  • Proposal Due Dates delayed for ROSES-12 Appendix A.49 Studies with ICESat and CryoSat-2
    NASA Science Mission Directorate - February 16, 2013
    Posted on: 2/16/2013 8:44:01 PM PDT

  • Ultimate road trip: South Pole traverse covers 3,500 miles during the 2012-13 season
    The Antarctic Sun - February 16, 2013
    Posted on: 2/16/2013 7:52:18 PM PDT

  • Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project FAR-DEEP
    NASA Astrobiology Institute - January 17, 2013
    Posted on: 1/18/2013 12:18:41 AM PDT

  • Return to Tradition: 2013 Geographic South Pole Marker Sports Classic Style
    The Antarctic Sun - January 15, 2013
    Posted on: 1/15/2013 6:07:11 PM PDT

  • NASA Solicitation: ARCUS and PolarTREC Program
    Goddard Space Flight Center - January 7, 2013
    Posted on: 1/7/2013 5:32:57 PM PDT

  • High Society - The Antarctican Society
    The Antarctic Sun - December 22, 2012
    Posted on: 12/22/2012 10:01:37 PM PDT

  • NASA's Operation IceBridge Data Brings New Twist to Sea Ice Forecasting
    NASA HQ - December 22, 2012
    Posted on: 12/22/2012 7:49:25 PM PDT

  • Image: Sheldon Glacier
    NASA HQ - November 12, 2012
    Posted on: 11/13/2012 3:45:24 PM PDT

  • NASA Call for Members of the Science Definition Team for the Above Field Campaign
    NASA HQ - November 9, 2012
    Posted on: 11/9/2012 4:52:46 PM PDT

  • Ice cave research finds connection between heat, gas and pressure
    The Antarctic Sun - November 6, 2012
    Posted on: 11/6/2012 3:54:22 PM PDT

  • NASA IceBridge Image: Antarctica's Tallest Peak
    NASA HQ - November 2, 2012
    Posted on: 11/3/2012 12:01:51 AM PDT

  • Scientists find diverse microbial communities between Antarctic and Arctic
    The Antarctic Sun - October 28, 2012
    Posted on: 10/29/2012 1:15:00 AM PDT

  • ROSES-12 Amendment 19: New Opportunity in ROSES-12 via Appendix A.49, Studies with ICESat and CryoSat-2
    NASA Science Mission Directorate - October 23, 2012
    Posted on: 10/23/2012 7:35:22 PM PDT

  • Image: Australia's Kimberley Region As Seen From Space
    Goddard Space Flight Center - October 19, 2012
    Posted on: 10/19/2012 3:23:01 PM PDT

  • Image: Sea Ice Off Eastern Greenland As Seen From Space
    NASA HQ - October 19, 2012
    Posted on: 10/19/2012 3:21:57 PM PDT

  • NASA's Operation Ice Bridge off to a productive start
    Goddard Space Flight Center - October 17, 2012
    Posted on: 10/17/2012 3:04:42 PM PDT

  • Blood Falls Becomes First Subglacial Antarctic Specially Protected Area to Protect Scientific Values
    The Antarctic Sun - September 3, 2012
    Posted on: 9/3/2012 6:32:13 PM PDT