Don Pettit Goes to Antarctica
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Astronaut Don Pettit has just landed in the meteorite-rich ice fields of Antarctica where he plans to launch a series of edgy and entertaining science experiments to be shared with the general public.
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A team of scientists has just set off to explore a strange lake in Antarctica, which may be home to exotic forms of microscopic life.
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SEATTLE -- As the Bush administration debates much of the world about what to do about global warming, butterflies and ski-lift operators, polar bears and hydroelectric planners are on the move.
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Two giant slabs of ice are about to collide in Antarctica, possibly with spectacular results, say Nasa experts.
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By DENE MOORE  MONTREAL (CP) - Montreal filmmaker Jean Lemire sailed into the Antarctic two years ago planning to spend the winter filming the effects of climate change on one of the harshest environments on earth.  Mother Nature had other plans.
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A handful of scientists and visitors in Antarctica will get a rare treat on Thursday with an annular eclipse of the Sun, while Southeast Australia and New Zealand will get a partial view, websites reported on Thursday.
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To be perched under pollution-free, open skies on the Antarctic Plateau 3.2 kilometers (10,400 feet) above sea level is a professional stargazer's dream come true, even if the cold is deep enough to freeze your blood.
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Spindly orange sea stars, fan-finned ice fish and herds of roving sea cucumbers are among the exotic creatures spied off the Antarctic coast in an area formerly covered by ice, scientists reported on Sunday.
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This summer, a science team set out on a two-week expedition of Earth's own little version of Jupiter's moon Europa -- the Borup Fiord Pass at Ellesmere Island, a place hidden high above the rest of the world in the Canadian High Arctic. The team, headed by Canadian geologists Drs.
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NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters Life!) - It's billed as running's greatest adventure but participants in the eighth Antarctica Marathon described it as their greatest challenge after completing the harsh 26.2 mile course on Monday.
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Werner Herzog,  who has made movies about grizzly bears in Alaska and a downed  fighter pilot in Laos, just finished filming in Antarctica and  one thing he wants to make clear: it was easy.
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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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PUNTA ARENAS, Chile -- The worst of the ozone hole has pulled back once more to Antarctica this southern spring, leaving behind a shadow of uncertainty for the people living at the bottom of the Americas.
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A new research station at the bottom of the world may give future Antarctica researchers some special treats, like the ability to live above ground and look out a window.
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Peggy Whitson lived on the International Space Station for six months in 2002. She is now preparing for her second tour in space.
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An ice sheet in Antarctica that is the world's largest &#151; with enough water to raise global sea levels by 200 feet &#151; is relatively stable and poses no immediate threat, according to new research.
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Bethesda, MD -- March of the Penguins, the OscarÂ® winning documentary, showed how the emperor penguins endure their incubation and fast for four dark and bitterly cold months each year.