Polar research comes in from the cold
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Switzerland has finally become a full member of the international Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), after 20 years of regular polar studies.
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A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite. The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across the Arctic Ocean after Arnesen suffered frostbite in three of her toes, and extreme cold temperatures drained the batteries in some of their electronic equipment.
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A study on a 15 million-year-old underground Antarctic lake could yield clues on the origins of life.
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PHILADELPHIA _ A submersible, robotic glider that took on the frigid waters of the Antarctic has wowed oceanographers by collecting in 24 days almost as much data as research vessels had gathered in 12 years.
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By SUE BAILEY  OTTAWA (CP) - Melting ice and Arctic health will get millions of dollars in federal funds Thursday as Ottawa kicks off International Polar Year.
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Researchers working with a type of super-cooled helium have made the frigid stuff whistle, an attribute they say might make it the crux of better global positioning systems (GPS) in submarines and airplanes among other things.
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New technology supercharges dog-sled racing. This is the real polar express. By Aria Pearson from Wired magazine.
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Scientists find four big lakes under the ice of Antarctica which may help explain how ice flows into the sea.
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Just as explorers once searched the vast reaches of Africa's Nile River for clues to its behavior and ultimate source, modern-day scientists are searching Antarctica for its hidden lakes and waterways that can barely be detected at the surface of the ice sheet.
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The weight of evidence to suggest that some Antarctic glaciers are melting at an increasing pace continues to build. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has been melting naturally
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BOSTON -- The Gakkel Ridge, encased under the frozen Arctic Ocean, is steep and rocky, and scientists suspect its remote location hosts an array of undiscovered life.
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Scientists are researching the long-term environmental effects of winter road maintenance, using the Cascade Lakes near Lake Placid as a laboratory.
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Russian geologists say they have data that would support a claim to a huge energy-rich area in the Arctic.
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A large network of waterways helps carry ice from the center of Antarctica to the ocean, scientists say, in a finding that may help clarify how global warming will affect the world's sea levels.
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Ice cores drilled from under the floor of the Arctic Ocean show it was once warm enough for swimming.
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On a cloudy day in  the Chukchi Sea near Alaska's northwestern coast, two marine  biologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Zoological  Institute pulled up a small crab that could be proof the Arctic  is growing warmer.
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Last summer's big retreat of Arctic Ocean ice allowed oceanographers to chart new regions -- and find more potential United States real estate.