Articles & Interviews
Sciencepoles articles look at key findings from a range of polar science and research fields. Our articles RSS feed will inform you when new articles are published on this website.
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Hugh Ducklow: Long Term Ecological Research at Palmer Station
31.07.2009
So far most of Antarctica has not been greatly affected by climate change, at least as far as researchers can tell. However there is one place in Antarctica that has witnessed some of the most drastic changes on the planet: the Antarctic Peninsula. Here temperatures have been rising, sea ice…
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Thomas Puestow on Polar View Meeting User Needs in the IPY and Beyond
09.07.2009
Since 2003 Polar View and its predecessor, Northern View, have been providing Earth observation services to a wide variety of end users all over the planet. These services include everything from ice charts to help ships navigate in polar waters to monitoring melting snow and glaciers to improve meltwater runoff…
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Thomas Puestow on the Emergence of Polar View as a Major Player in Earth Observation Services
08.07.2009
Since 2003 Polar View and its predecessor, Northern View, have been providing Earth observation services to a wide variety of end users all over the planet. These services include everything from ice charts to help ships navigate in polar waters to monitoring melting snow and glaciers to improve meltwater runoff…
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The State of Polar Research: A Preliminary Report on IPY Research
26.02.2009
Marking the official end of the Fourth International Polar Year (IPY) in Geneva, Switzerland on 25 February 2009, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Council for Science (ICSU) have co-published a preliminary report entitled "The State of Polar Research", which provides an outline of what has been learned…
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Inauguration of Kunlun Station at Dome Argus
06.02.2009
With the inauguration on Kunlun station at Dome A, it can be said that man has effectively colonized the Earth's last great terrestrial frontier, as well as one of the most remote and inhospitable locations anywhere on Earth.
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Farewell to the Xue Long and Chinare 25
08.01.2009
Today, sixteen days after leaving Zhongshan Station, the Dome A traverse team are over 1,000 kilometres inland, and less than 200 kilometres from Dome A. Having attained an altitude of over 3,500 metres, oxygen levels are already much reduced and the temperature has dropped to below -30 degrees centigrade. Two…
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Dome A Traverse and Kunlun Station
18.12.2008
This morning, we finally got to wave goodbye to the Dome A traverse team of 28 men. After six weeks of immersion in the 25th Chinese Antarctic Expedition and the emotional speeches and storytelling at the banquet the night before, it was very moving to witness the spontaneous outburst of…
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Frozen Grail: Dome A and the Future of Ice Coring in Antarctica
16.12.2008
Understanding the history of the Earth's climate and atmosphere is not simply an intellectualcuriosity; it is a necessity if we hope to predict and prepare for the impact of human-induced global warming on the global environment.
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Ice Ocean and Atmosphere Science at Zhongshan Station
08.12.2008
First a weather update: The last week has brought us two force ten gales lasting 48 hours each. According to meteorologists here as well as those from the neighbouring Russian station and Australian station (100km away), this is unusual for this time of year. The same is true for the…
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Chinese Antarctic Expedition: Plato and the Future of Astronomy at Dome A
28.11.2008
If Antarctica lives on in our minds as perhaps the most distant and otherworldly of all Earthly environments, than it is all the more remarkable to see how, in recent years, it has itself become a privileged vantage point from which to observe and research other worlds.
