The NSF is beginning an operational retreat from Antarctica. Both the aging U.S. facilities and the research itself are ...

Land-fast ice is locked to the land - that's the kind of sea ice that occurs in McMurdo Sound, the patch of ocean between Ross Island (where Scott Base is located) and the mainland Antarctic coast.

Since then, B-15A has found its way to McMurdo Sound, where its presence has blocked ocean currents and led to a build-up of sea ice. With the Antarctic summer now at an end and in-situ ...

Trista J. Vick-Majors, Amanda Achberger, Pamela Santibáñez, John E. Dore, Timothy Hodson, Alexander B. Michaud, Brent C. Christner, Jill Mikucki, Mark L. Skidmore ...

Shackleton planned to be the first person to cross Antarctica. He was headed for ... using the coordinates and then trace a path to McMurdo Sound in the Ross Sea—going through the South Pole ...

It is not the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Antarctica but it is the largest so far The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) has been forced to stop inbound travel to the McMurdo Base ...

To determine what environmental and physiological factors impact the seals’ ability to successfully produce pups, scientists can perform pregnancy ultrasound examinations. Timing of embryo ...