Southern Exposure: Mission in Antarctica

Flight to Antarctica

US uses Russian icebreaker to get fuel supplies to Antarctica

The U.S. is relying on a Russian icebreaker to deliver supplies to its main base in Antarctica thanks to continued problems with its own shrinking fleet of the cold-water vessels.
02:15 February 13, 2012
Antarctic research could change lives around the world

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica — Climate change research that the U.S. military is supporting in Antarctica will likely impact the lives of billions and might even affect servicemembers’ careers.
12:07 February 5, 2012
Antarctica posts like Afghan FOBs but without enemy attacks

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica — U.S. research stations in Antarctica have much in common with the forward operating bases that servicemembers fight out of in places like Afghanistan.
23:19 February 6, 2012
National Guard critical to scientific mission in Antarctica

The place where most U.S. personnel touch down in Antarctica is McMurdo Station, the largest of three bases that the U.S. has built to facilitate scientific research and maintain a military presence on the icy continent.
03:20 February 6, 2012
Finding your way to the bottom of Earth

AMUNDSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION, Antarctica — British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spent weeks slogging through snow and ice before he reached the South Pole on Jan. 17, 1912.
19:35 February 6, 2012
Penguins man the flightless lines at McMurdo