![Photo of Matthew Henson, the first person to reach the North Pole.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/ipy_l1.jpg) |
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Video Available: A Celebration of the International Polar Year Released April 23, 2009 Press Release |
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Study Rules Out Ancient Bursts of Seafloor Methane Emissions Released April 23, 2009 News From the Field |
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![Illustration showing a cross-section of Blood Falls.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/blood_falls1_l.jpg) |
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Unusual Antarctic Microbes Live Life on a Previously Unsuspected Edge Released April 16, 2009 Press Release |
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![Photo of the aurora over the South Pole.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/aurora_australis_l.jpg) |
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Autonomous Antarctic Observatories Gather Space Weather Data Released April 9, 2009 Press Release |
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New Evidence From NSF-funded ANDRILL Demonstrates Climate Warming Affects Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability Released March 18, 2009 Press Release |
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![Photo of autosub being launched from the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/autosub_l.jpg) |
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British, NSF-funded Researchers Deploy Automated Submarine to Better Understand the Mechanics of Antarctic Ice Sheets Released March 17, 2009 Press Release |
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![Photo of the Maryland Science Center at Baltimore's Inner Harbor.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/md_sci_ctr_l.jpg) |
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Arctic and Antarctic-themed Activities to Bring a Breath of Polar Air to Baltimore Released March 16, 2009 Press Release |
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![Changes in sea ice, melt-off, salt water, and phytoplankton in Antarctic Peninsula, '78-'86, '98-06.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/phytoplankton_l1.jpg) |
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Climate-related Changes on the Antarctic Peninsula Being Driven from the Top and the Bottom of the Ecosystem Released March 16, 2009 Press Release |
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![An artist's rendering of the Antarctica Gamburstev Province (AGAP) project.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/agap1_l1.jpg) |
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U.S.-led, International Research Team Confirms Alps-like Mountain Range Exists under East Antarctic Ice Sheet Released February 24, 2009 Press Release |
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Cosmologists Aim to Observe First Moments of Universe Released February 16, 2009 News From the Field |
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![Illustration of Charles Darwin.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/darwin_l.jpg) |
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Scientists' Next Big Discoveries Predicted in Online Report on the 150th Anniversary of "On The Origin of Species" Released February 12, 2009 Press Release |
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![Photo of Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Crozier.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/google_earth1_l.jpg) |
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The National Science Foundation Contributes to Newest Version of "Google Earth" Released February 2, 2009 Press Release |
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Satellites Confirm Half-Century of West Antarctic Warming Released January 21, 2009 News From the Field |
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![Photo of a Long Duration Balloon inflated at the facility near McMurdo Station.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/antarctic_balloon_l.jpg) |
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NSF, NASA Successfully Flight-Test New Balloon Over Antarctica Released January 8, 2009 Press Release |
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![Photo of a drill used to extract ice cores in Antarctica.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/ice_core2_l.jpg) |
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NSF Announces New Ice-Core Drilling Agreements for Polar Research Released December 22, 2008 Press Release |
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As Ice Melts, Antarctic Bedrock is on the Move Released December 13, 2008 News From the Field |
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Researchers Focus on Building Telescope at South Pole Released December 9, 2008 News From the Field |
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Speed Matters For Ice-shelf Breaking Released November 27, 2008 News From the Field |
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![Photo of Shakira Brown, right, and Howard Koss on a C-17 en route to Antarctica.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/climate_mysteries1_l4.jpg) |
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Unlocking Climate Mysteries and Engaging Students from Harlem to Antarctica Released November 24, 2008 Press Release |
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![Photo of the Martin A. Pomerantz Observatory.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/mapo_l.jpg) |
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Statement by Karl A. Erb, Director of NSF's Office of Polar Programs, on the Death of Martin A. Pomerantz Released October 29, 2008 Press Statement |
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Scientists Probe Antarctic Glaciers for Clues to Past and Future Sea Level Released October 27, 2008 News From the Field |
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Wiens Heads Seismology Effort in International Antarctic Study Released October 21, 2008 News From the Field |
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Origin of Alps-size Antarctic Mountain Range Unknown Released October 15, 2008 News From the Field |
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U.S.-Led, International AGAP Team Poised to Probe One of Antarctica's Last Unexplored Places Released October 14, 2008 Press Release |
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![Photo of bubbles containing ancient gases in a piece of an Antarctic ice core sample.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/ancient_gas1_l.jpg) |
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Gas From the Past Gives Scientists New Insights into Climate and the Oceans Released October 3, 2008 Press Release |
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![Photo of a Greenland ice core sitting on a melter head in the research facility.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/greenland_ice1_l.jpg) |
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Greenland Ice Core Reveals History of Pollution in the Arctic Released August 18, 2008 Press Release |
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Antarctic Climate: Short-Term Spikes, Long-Term Warming Linked to Tropical Pacific Released August 12, 2008 News From the Field |
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Rare Antarctic Fossils Reveal Extinction of Tundra Before Full Polar Climate Arrived Released August 5, 2008 News From the Field |
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![Sketches of fossils.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508055929im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/dry_valleys1_l1.jpg) |
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Antarctic Fossils Paint a Picture of a Much Warmer Continent Released August 4, 2008 Press Release |
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Unique Fossil Discovery Shows Antarctic Was Once Much Warmer Released July 23, 2008 News From the Field |
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