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  • Iceberg B15-K Collides with Erkström Ice Shelf

    25.02.2010

    Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research report that the iceberg B15-K collided with the Erkström Ice Shelf in Atka Bay on 11 February 2010. Weighing 400 million tons, the 54 km-long and 5 km-wide iceberg hit the ice shelf in the vicinity of the…

  • Catlin Arctic Survey to Study Arctic Ocean Acidification

    25.02.2010

    The Catlin Arctic Survey 2010, which is to begin in early March, will take leading research scientists to an Ice Base some 1,200 km from the North Geographic Pole to study the potential impact of rising levels of acidity in the Arctic Ocean.

  • Antarctic Marine Species Settling under Where Larsen Ice Shelf Once Stood

    25.02.2010

    The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research presented their findings of what has happened to an ecosystem previously shielded by the Larsen A/B Ice Shelf on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula before it collapsed in 2002 as part of the United Nations General Assembly declaration…

  • Grizzlies Encroaching on Polar Bear Territorry in Manitoba

    25.02.2010

    Biologists from the American Museum of Natural History and City College of the City University of New York (CUNY) have found that grizzly bears are becoming increasingly present in what has traditionally polar bear habitat in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Preliminary data was recently published in Canadian Field Naturalist…

  • Global Warming Responsible for Disappearing Ice Shelves on Antarctic Peninsula

    24.02.2010

    The southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula is witnessing widespread ice shelf retreat as a consequence of global warming according to research by the US Geological Survey. The peninsula, which is home to five major ice shelves, has been witnessing overall ice shelf retreat from 1947 to 2009, with the…

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  • The JARE-51/BELARE-SAMBA meteorite search program recovered a possible ureilite of 150-200 g (here next to a Gundam scale model of ~12 cm high). This rare type of meteorite is an achondrite (a stony meteorite from the mantle of a different planetoid), only known through similar Antarctic meteorite recovery programs.
  • Another view on the possible ureilite, in the field it is very difficult to distinguish from more common types of meteorite, such as ordinary chondrites. Ureilites are the third rarest type of meteorite after aubrites and diogenites.
  • Although a rather inauspicious specimen on first looks, this fragment is an iron meteorite originating from the deep core of a former small planet. The fusion crust is not as black as found for other meteorites, while the density is a lot higher.
  • Frontal view on the Shirase, the Japanese icebreaker that transported our team from Australia to Crown Bay, Antarctica where the journey to the eastern Sør Rondane Mountains began.
  • Meteorites and the traps in which they are caught are generally widespread in the Antarctic. To get the highest recovery, snow mobiles are used. For this mission, generally a V-shaped formation was applied with 15 to 25 m between each member of the search party. In this way, the explored surface area can easily reach 15 km2 per day.
  • Two pieces of a fragmented meteorite, exposed to the air long enough to be weathered and broken.

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