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Expedition Directory -
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| alpine club antarctic expedition 2013 | Our team of 7 mountaineers & ski mountaineers from the Alpine Club has now returned from Antarctica after completing seven ascents of previously unclimbed Antarctic peaks.
Using the yacht,... |
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| 2014 north pole expedition | | The idea for our journey was born from a true passion for adventure in the purist style. Antarctica is considered the driest, coldest, and windiest continent on the planet. Our goal is to be a part of... |
| | Duration : Jan 2014 - |
| first female solo attempt to the magnetic north | | In March 2010 Christina Franco will return to Canada to have another go at completing the first successful female solo expedition to the North Pole. The 775KM journey from Ward Hunt Island in northern... |
| | Duration : Feb 2010 - May 2010 |
| dive & discover expedition 11 | | For the first time in the history of humankind, a scientific team—using unique underwater and under-ice vehicles—will attempt to reach the bottom of the Arctic Ocean to find seafloor hydrothermal ... |
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| virtual journey across greenland | | FFAE2007 departed the UK on 2nd November 2007 for Punta Arenas, where final final packing and weighing of equipment and food was done, before the flight to the Patriot Hills base of Antarctic Logistic... |
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| russian-u.s. arctic census 2009 | | The RUSALCA mission set sail from Nome, Alaska, on the Russian research vessel (R/V) Professor Khromov on August 22 for a 40-day voyage into the Bering Strait and northwards to the Pacific side of the... |
| | Duration : Aug 2009 - Sep 2009 |
| the greeland glacier expedition | | Greenland—the world’s largest island—is also home to one of the world’s largest ice sheets (after Antarctica). If Greenland’s two-mile-thick ice sheet melts completely, it would ultimately r... |
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| soi international polar year | | The Students on Ice - International Polar Year Arctic Youth Expedition 2007 is one of the most exciting and important contributions to the International Polar Year, and one of the most comprehensive y... |
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| finnmark expedition | | Within the Arctic Circle (drawn at the latitude north of which the sun does not rise above the horizon at winter solstice, and does not set below it at summer solstice) lies Finnmark. Here beneath Pol... |
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| arctic seafloor expedition | | No one has ever laid eyes on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. For the first time in the history of humankind, a scientific team—using unique underwater and under-ice vehicles—will try. Join our exp... |
| | Duration : Jul 2007 - Aug 2007 |
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News
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Dutch Polar Explorers Likely Drown in Arctic
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Two Dutch explorers studying melting Arctic sea ice have apparently drowned after falling through thin ice, police said Monday. Marc Cornelissen and Philip de Roo were last seen on April 6 heading north on skis from Resolute — C... |
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Antarctic ice shelves rapidly thinning
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A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the Univ. of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) researchers has revealed that the thickness of Antarctica’s floating ice shelves has recently decreased by as much as 18... |
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Should tourists be banned from Antarctica?
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This season around 37,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctica - home to about 20 million pairs of breeding penguins. But is it ethically acceptable to go on holiday to such a pristine environment?
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Antarctic Ice Loss Tripled in the Last 10 Years
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The melt rate of glaciers in the fastest-melting part of Antarctica has tripled over the past decade, researchers said Tuesday in an analysis of the past 21 years.
Glaciers in the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica are losing ice ... |
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Antarctic ice thicker than previously thought
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Groundbreaking 3D mapping of previously inaccessible areas of the Antarctic has found that the sea ice fringing the vast continent is thicker than previous thought. Two expeditions to Antarctica by scientists from the UK, USA and ... |
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Training for the North Pole
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It's not glamorous being an explorer, says Eric Larsen. After all, he says: I'm not jumping off cliffs or anything. But perusing Larsen's expedition photos — from snow biking in Antarctica to skiing to the North Pole, during his... |
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Denver Post: News: Top News
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Revised Antarctic Sanctuary
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Australia said Monday it was hopeful of winning support for its plan to create a vast marine reserve off Antarctica, after revising the proposal to make it smaller.
Australia, France and the European Union first put forward a b... |
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Global Warming Could Cause More Cold Snaps
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Remember that sudden, extreme plunge in temperatures throughout much of the United States in January 2014, which led to life-threatening wind chills that forced schools to close in the Midwest? Many were mystified to hear that it ... |
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Rock-Eating Microbes Found in Buried Antarctic Lake
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A large and diverse family of hearty rock-eating bacteria and other microorganisms live in a freshwater lake buried a half-mile beneath Antarctic ice, new research confirms.
The finding not only adds another extreme environment... |
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Norway's sneaky seismic attack on the Arctic
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The Esperanza has been in the Arctic near Svalbard, for a few weeks now and we recently became aware of something urgent and disturbing. A seismic company called Dolphin Geophysical, commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Directo... |
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Far-Away Earthquake Caused 'Icequake' in Antarctica
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In February 2010, a massive 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile. Even though it occurred nearly 22 miles beneath the surface, it was still powerful enough to cause the deaths of 300 people and severely damage buil... |
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Brace yourself for another polar vortex — in September
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It’s already August, which means fall is around the corner – and another winter no longer seems that far away. Forecasters are out with some predictions about the weather we can expect in the coming months:
A polar vortex ... |
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