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Antarctic Sciences (ANT) Discoveries
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microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panoply of discoveries
and innovations that began with NSF support.
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![Photo of emperor penguins approaching field camp at Cape Washington, Antarctica](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/penguins1_l2.jpg) |
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A Season at the Penguin Ranch in Antarctica A veteran Antarctic researcher talks about the whys and hows of studying the diving physiology and behavior of emperor penguins on the "Ice" Released
Mon May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2008
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![Photo of the CTD/rosette that contains sampling bottles and instruments.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/desert_dust1_l.jpg) |
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How Desert Dust Feeds the World's Oceans Scientists sample dust and trace metals in seawater to learn more about climatic change Released
Fri May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2008
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![Photo shows Gretchen Hofmann and Tom Crombia carrying out a "field repair" on the rover.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/rover_1_l.jpg) |
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High School Students Build Antarctic Submersible Two female high school graduates build an underwater, camera-equipped "rover" that can operate beneath polar ice Released
Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2008
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![2007 In Review](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/2007_review_text_l.jpg) |
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2007: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported advances and activities reported last year Released
Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2008
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![Photo shows Sam Bowser holding a sea star found at McMurdo Sound.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/foram_seastar_l.jpg) |
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Clues to Waterproof Glue Found in Antarctic Creature Understanding how forams build their shells could lead to stronger biological adhesives Released
Wed Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2008
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![Ice shelf and sea](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/larsenbtewksbury_l.jpg) |
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Demise of Antarctic Ice Shelf Reveals New Life A research expedition to the site of the former Larsen B ice shelf leads to the discovery of an underwater habitat surviving in the most extreme conditions Released
Thu Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2007
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![2006 in Review](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/2006inreview_l.jpg) |
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2006: Year in Review A look back at some of the NSF-supported activities highlighted last year Released
Tue Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2007
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![NSF South Pole research station](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/amanda_spole_station_l.jpg) |
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Cold Flashes: Astrophysics at the South Pole What one scientist calls the world’s weirdest telescope was built to detect high-energy particles, not the light from distant stars. In 1997, AMANDA recorded the first precise map of neutrinos from outer space as they zipped through Antarctic ice. Released
Wed Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2004
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![diver from Norbert Wu's Antarctic team and a medusa (Desmonema glaciale) beneath the ice](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/ant4_l.jpg) |
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Antarctic Treasure: The Underwater Images of Norbert Wu Each year NSF enables a select group of artists to visit Antarctica. Norbert Wu, a world-renowned photographer and cinematographer, returned with new views of an otherworldly realm in his spectacular high definition film, "Under Antarctic Ice." Released
Fri Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 2004
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![Group of researchers on James Ross Island](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dinosite_l1.jpg) |
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Antarctica Yields Two Unknown Dinosaur Species Antarctic researchers in separate sites, thousands of miles apart, find what they believe are the fossilized remains of two species of dinosaurs previously unknown to science. Released
Wed Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2004
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![Microscopic images of bacteria](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081026082554im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/bacteriafour_l.jpg) |
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Bacteria May Thrive in Antarctica's Buried Lake Vostok Two investigations suggest that bacteria may thrive in Lake Vostok, a suspected lake thousands of meters below the Antarctic ice sheet -- and that microbes could thrive in similarly hostile solar system outposts, such as Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. Released
Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2003
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