A researcher at UNCW is gearing up for a trip spanning more than 8,000 miles.  Dr. Jake Warner with the university’s marine ...

The Antarctic continent is cold, dark, and desolate for much of the year, so scientists want a cuddly feline companion to ...

Oregon Air Guardsmen are crucial in supporting Antarctic operations, providing transportation, logistics, and personnel ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate ...

The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) has been forced to stop inbound travel to the McMurdo Base in Antarctica following ... SARS-CoV-2 at the largest research base on the continent ...

It is so cold where UAB marine biologist James McClintock, Ph.D. at McMurdo Station on the Ross Sea chose to begin his polar research career that he and his team had to drill and blast their way ...

recently concluded a six-week tour as commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The group supports the National Science Foundation's research efforts on the ...

In 1974, McWhinnie was the first woman named as the chief scientist at McMurdo Station. That season ... to the University of California Santa Barbara, where as a staff research associate, she ...

Today, the U.S. operates three major research stations on the continent—McMurdo Station, Palmer Station and the South Pole Station—making it one of the most active nations in Antarctic research.

"I have always felt that there were role models, even if women are not the majority," she says of studying glaciers near McMurdo Station. National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research While ...