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Princess Elisabeth: 1st Zero Emission Polar Research Station operated by @PolarFoundation Send requests to: info@polarfoundation.org

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Explainer: what any country can and can’t do in Antarctica, in the name of science

Explainer: what any country can and can’t do in Antarctica, in the name of science

There are some limits on what countries can do in the Antarctic, but not when it comes to science.

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OPEN: SCAR's Visiting Scholar Scheme which provides individual awards of up to USD $5000 (Deadline: December 3rd 2018) goo.gl/aDm97i
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Congrats to Dr. Kate Winter, @NorthumbriaUni, for winning the €150,000 2018-2020 Baillet Latour Antarctica Fellowship Award !!! She will soon be conducting research at zero emission @AntarcticBase #BLAF2018 goo.gl/d5ciTi
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More ships and more clouds mean cooling in the arctic

More ships and more clouds mean cooling in the arctic

Researchers recently modeled the future of trans-Arctic shipping routes and found that the accompanying increase in emissions may offset some of the overall warming trend in that region. Though the...

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A frozen graveyard: The sad tales of Antarctica’s deaths

A frozen graveyard: The sad tales of Antarctica’s deaths

Beneath layers of snow and ice on the world’s coldest continent, there may be hundreds of people buried forever. Martha Henriques investigates their stories.

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In warming Arctic, major rivers show surprising changes in carbon chemistry

In warming Arctic, major rivers show surprising changes in carbon chemistry

New research suggests that the same factors driving the Arctic's changing climate are fueling a geological response that could play a small part in counteracting those changes' malign effects.

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VACANCY We’re hiring an enthusiastic and skilled Electrical/Electronics Engineer to assist us with Belgian Antarctic Operations at the Princess Elisabeth research station Apply by 15 September 2018: goo.gl/ygHVi5 Please RT
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Arctic ship returns home after 100 years

Arctic ship returns home after 100 years

Roald Amundsen's Arctic explorer finally returns to Norway, 100 years after it set out.

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nytimes.com/2018/07/31/scien…
Largest King Penguin Colony in the World Drops by 90% (Published 2018)

Largest King Penguin Colony in the World Drops by 90% (Published 2018)

Researchers hadn’t visited the remote island in 30 years when there were 500,000 breeding pairs. Satellite images now indicate perhaps as few as 60,000 pairs.

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Antarctica: plastic contamination reaches Earth's last wilderness

Antarctica: plastic contamination reaches Earth's last wilderness

Traces of microplastics and hazardous chemicals found in majority of snow and ice samples taken earlier this year

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World Climate Research Programme is soliciting offers to host an International Project Office (IPO) to coordinate its cryospheric activities from 1 January 2019 goo.gl/t6Nte2
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CALL CLOSES TODAY (15 May): 2018 BAILLET LATOUR #ANTARCTICA FELLOWSHIP AWARD - Exceptional €150K grant for young scientist to conduct research at zero emission Princess Elisabeth #Antarctica station - Apply here: goo.gl/tTfJqq - PLEASE RT
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CALL CLOSES IN TWO WEEKS (15 May 2018): 2018 BAILLET LATOUR #ANTARCTICA FELLOWSHIP AWARD - Exceptional €150K grant for young scientist to conduct research at zero emission Princess Elisabeth #Antarctica station - Apply here: goo.gl/tTfJqq - PLEASE RT
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OPEN: Faculty Position in Extreme Environments with EPFL School in Lausanne goo.gl/frne6q
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25 April - Happy World #Penguin 🐧 Day!!!
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Underwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, study finds theguardian.com/environment/…

Underwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, study finds

The base of the ice around the south pole shrank by 1,463 square kilometres between 2010 and 2016

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Scientists Naki Akçar and Serdar Yeşilyurt @unibern looking quite rosy and invigorated after returning from the Nils Larssen Mountain just SW of Princess Elisabeth #Antarctica research station
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