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The Cosmic Microwave Background, also known as the earliest light of the universe, was captured through SPT-3G in the South ...
She’s having a snowball on the South Pole. A travel blogger from San Francisco is sharing what life is actually like in the frozen tundra of Antarctica — along with the adjustments she’s had ...
‘Antarctica Calling’ Review: Luc Jacquet’s Latest Feels Like a Feature-Length Selfie, With the South Pole Over His Shoulder Reviewed at Locarno Film Festival (Piazza Grande), Aug. 7, 2023 ...
The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...
Even though it’s accessible only during the South Pole’s summer, there was still light snow, and the temperature was around 1°C and 0°C. Sure, there were tricky moments during the trip.
The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station sits at the Earth's axis, standing at an elevation of 9,306 feet on Antarctica's "nearly featureless ice sheet," which is around 9,000 feet thick at that ...
ANTARCTICA "South Pole Vulgarized" No woman is known to have voyaged to Antarctica. Believing that many a U. S. and British woman wants to go there, Lieut.-Commander J. R. Stenhouse announced in ...
Until now, Antarctica was the only continent on Earth without any known amber fossils. But sediment cores taken from below the seafloor have revealed a tiny piece of fossilized resin holding ...
The researchers on South Africa’s SANAE IV outpost won’t be relieved until December, when temperatures at the South Pole are at their warmest for the year and seasonal ice storms pass.
South Korean Youngmi Kim's solo unsupported crossing is in its 14th day. She's currently completed 230km out of 1,700km. In our last update, we noted that Youngmi Kim seemed to be struggling with ...
The team of four women - Ann Bancroft, Sunniva Sorby, Sue Giller, Anne Dal Vera - at the South Pole in 1993. Sunniva Sorby. On this day (January 14, 1993), four women arrived on skis at the South ...
For the first time, researchers have discovered a piece of fossilized resin, or amber, in Antarctica. The tiny golden fragment, unearthed beneath the seafloor, contains microscopic remnants of an ...