A long-duration balloon is inflated at a balloon launch facility near McMurdo Station for an experiment studying the origins of cosmic rays.
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Going Higher and Longer
The National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super-pressure balloon prototype that will one day enable a new era of high-altitude scientific research.
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'Ice People'
Filmmaker Anne Aghion's latest documentary takes the viewer on a far-away journey to Antarctica, where she wants her audience to feel the wintery blasts of the wind and hear the empty silence of the continent.
The Shadow Knows
It all started with a science fair project at James Monroe Middle School in Albuquerque, N.M. Last month, teacher Turtle Haste and her student Andy Olander presented their data on a project studying sun shadows around the world - including Antarctica - at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in San Francisco.
Together Again
Morton Beebe and Geoffrey Lee Martin shared in the adventure of the International Geophysical Year more than 50 years ago. Now they've reunited to write a book about one of the IGY's most pivotal figures - and hope to return to the Ice for a related movie project.
Challenging Orthodoxy
A team of scientists working around Byrd Glacier in Antarctica this season may shake up scientific orthodoxy about the formation of the continent's tallest and longest mountain range. The researchers believe the Transantarctic Mountains are the remnant of an ancient plateau, challenging the commonly held theory that the mountains were uplifted through geologic forces.
