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BATTLEGROUND ANTARCTICA: Stranded in Cape Town — Ukraine’s polar vessel recalls harrowing Antarctic quest Antarctica

BATTLEGROUND ANTARCTICA: Stranded in Cape Town — Ukraine’s polar vessel recalls harrowing Antarctic quest

It may be telling that Pavlo Panasyuk, captain of Ukraine’s new polar research vessel, sailed into West Antarctica in late March. This was just weeks after Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance had been found nearby — within waters opened up by record-low sea ice. Hunting down the elusive wreck more than…
bubmag
July 6, 2022
Multiple lab analyses of Antarctic minerals offer a better understanding of Mars Antarctica

Multiple lab analyses of Antarctic minerals offer a better understanding of Mars

Elizabeth C. Sklute uses a Bruker ALPHA Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer to study the mineral products created through the bioreduction of iron (hydr)oxides by microbes. Credit: E.C. Sklute, PSI. Results of multiple and complementary lab analyses of minerals found in samples of material from Antarctica could give scientists a better understanding…
bubmag
June 25, 2022
Cruising to Antarctica: How the chefs on board Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot create fine dining on a 25-night voyage Antarctica

Cruising to Antarctica: How the chefs on board Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot create fine dining on a 25-night voyage

AFR MagazineLife & LuxuryFood & Wine“When you’re working on land, you can request vegetables, meat, fish every day. On a cruise like this, most of our produce is frozen – because we have no choice.” What’s for dinner? After a day of Antarctic adventures, the 132 guests on board Le…
bubmag
June 21, 2022
Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is hemorrhaging ice faster than in the past 5,500 years Antarctica

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is hemorrhaging ice faster than in the past 5,500 years

Home News Thwaites Glacier is one of the fastest-melting glaciers on the coast of Antarctica. (Image credit: British Antarctic Survey) Antarctica's so-called Doomsday Glacier is losing ice at its fastest rate in 5,500 years, raising concerns about the ice sheet's future and the possibility of catastrophic sea level rise caused…
bubmag
June 15, 2022
‘Factorian Deep,’ the new deepest point in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, mapped for the first time Antarctica

‘Factorian Deep,’ the new deepest point in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, mapped for the first time

Home News A map of the Southern Ocean showing the tracks of surverying ships that collected the new depth measurements. (Image credit: IBCSOV2/AWI/NIPPON FOUNDATION/SEABED2030) Researchers have published the most detailed map of Antarctica's frigid Southern Ocean to date, including the ocean's new deepest point, the "Factorian Deep," which sits nearly…
bubmag
June 14, 2022
Report: Antarctic is changing dramatically, with global consequences Antarctica

Report: Antarctic is changing dramatically, with global consequences

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new report from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) reveals how climate change is significantly impacting Antarctica's ice sheets, climate and ecosystems, with far-reaching global consequences. The report, released May 24 at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Berlin, shows that Antarctic ice sheets…
bubmag
June 13, 2022