![Photo of a Long Duration Balloon inflated at the facility near McMurdo Station.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090114085642im_/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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NSF Announces New Ice-Core Drilling Agreements for Polar Research Released December 22, 2008 Press Release |
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Greenland's Glaciers Losing Ice Faster This Year Than Last Year, Which was Record-setting Itself Released December 13, 2008 News From the Field |
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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/web/20090114085642im_/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 a ski-equipped Hercules LC-130 refueling in Antarctica.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090114085642im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/evacuation1_l.jpg) |
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NSF Plays Major Role in Complex International Evacuation of an Injured Australian from Antarctica Released November 5, 2008 Press Release |
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![Photo of the Martin A. Pomerantz Observatory.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090114085642im_/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/web/20090114085642im_/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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Researchers Attribute Thinning of Greenland Glacier to Ocean Warming Preceded by Atmospheric Changes Released September 29, 2008 News From the Field |
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![Photo of a Greenland ice core sitting on a melter head in the research facility.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090114085642im_/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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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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![Photo of John Goodge and a colleague collecting specimens in the Transantarctic Mountains.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090114085642im_/http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/transantarctic1_l.jpg) |
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A Single Boulder May Prove that Antarctica and North America Were Once Connected Released July 17, 2008 Press Release |
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Greenland Ice Core Analysis Shows Drastic Climate Change Near End of Last Ice Age Released June 19, 2008 News From the Field |
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Study of Glacial Earthquakes Shakes Up Idea of How Ice Streams Move Released June 5, 2008 Press Release |
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Data Show Antarctic Ice Stream Radiating Seismically Released June 4, 2008 News From the Field |
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Archaeology From Reel to Real Released May 21, 2008 Special Report |
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Southern Flavor in the Arctic Released May 1, 2008 News From the Field |
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CU-Boulder Researchers Forecast 3-in-5 Chance of Record Low Arctic Sea Ice in 2008 Released April 30, 2008 News From the Field |
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Scientists Head to Warming Alaska on Ice Core Expedition Released April 29, 2008 News From the Field |
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Arctic Observing Network Report Published Updated April 25, 2008 |
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Lakes of Meltwater Can Crack Greenland's Ice and Contribute to Faster Ice Sheet Flow Released April 17, 2008 News From the Field |
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