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1. www.antarctica.gov.au › news › 2024Australian Antarctic scientists in bid for NASA space mission

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   4 days ago · “The role of sea ice within the climate system is in the spotlight following the recent deficit in both Antarctic summer and winter sea-ice extent,” said Dr Heil. NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of space missions as part of the agency’s new Earth System Explorers Program.

2. www.nsf.gov › news › special_reportsPenguins | National Science Foundation

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   4 days ago · Behind the scenes in Antarctica with the National Science Foundation and Disneynature Penguins. The U.S. Antarctic Program manages a robust, cutting-edge Antarctic Program, supporting researchers who study everything from penguins and biology to astrophysics, glaciology, Earth science and oceanography. Penguins, which live exclusively in the ...

3. www.defence.gov.au › news-events › newsA glimpse of life on the ice | Defence

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   5 days ago · A glimpse of life on the ice. Lieutenant Holly Boubouras in front of a Basler aircraft at Casey Skiway before a flight to Bunger Hills, Antarctica. People who think meteorologists in Australia are under pressure to get the forecast right should spare a thought for those working in frigid extremes with the Australian Antarctic Program.

4. www.britannica.com › place › AntarcticaAntarctica | History, Map, Climate, & Facts | Britannica

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   5 days ago · Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent, is almost wholly covered by an ice sheet and is about 5.5 million square miles (14.2 million square km) in size. It is divided into East Antarctica (largely composed of a high ice-covered plateau) and West Antarctica (an archipelago of ice-covered mountainous islands).

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   What is the US Antarctic Program?

   • The U.S. Antarctic Program manages a robust, cutting-edge Antarctic Program, supporting researchers who study everything from penguins and biology to astrophysics, glaciology, Earth science and oceanography.

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   Why is Antarctica called Antarctica?

   • Lying almost concentrically around the South Pole, Antarctica’s name means “opposite to the Arctic.” It would be essentially circular except for the outflaring Antarctic Peninsula, which reaches toward the southern tip of South America (some 600 miles [970 km] away), and for two principal embayments, the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea.

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   What is Antarctic region?

   • The term Antarctic region refers to all area—oceanic, island, and continental—lying in the cold Antarctic climatic zone south of the Antarctic Convergence, an important boundary around 55° S, with little seasonal variability, where warm subtropical waters meet and mix with cold polar waters ( see also polar ecosystem ).

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   Is Australia a leader in Antarctic science?

   • "Australia has a 42 per cent claim to Antarctic territory — we're meant to be leaders in Antarctic science," the inquiry's chair, Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson, said in a statement. "Yet this Senate inquiry shone a light on how our government agency that's designed to facilitate critical science on the icy continent lost its way."

   Antarctic inquiry calls for Australia to buy second vessel, blasts 'bewilder…

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6. www.miragenews.com › aussie-antarctic-scientistsAussie Antarctic Scientists Vie for NASA Mission, 10 May 2024

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   4 days ago · Two Antarctic scientists in Tasmania are part of an international team selected by NASA to develop a new satellite mission for monitoring the effects of climate and vegetation change. Dr Petra Heil of the Australian Antarctic Division, and Dr Alex Fraser of the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership at the University of Tasmania, are ...

7. www.abc.net.au › news › 2024/05/10Antarctic inquiry calls for Australia to buy second vessel ...

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   5 days ago · The Australian Antarctic Division has "lost its way", a Senate inquiry has heard as it hands down its final report — and makes 16 recommendations to put it back on track.(ABC News: Luke Bowden ...

8. prod.utasrasc.cloud.edu.au › index › thirteenthThirteenth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (Brussels ...

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   4 days ago · Item BB-AQ-417 - Thirteenth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (Brussels) Working paper 24 "Man's impact on the Antarctic environment" (ANT/XIII/WP 24) (United States) Item BB-AQ-418 - Thirteenth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (Brussels) Working paper 25 Revision 1 "Man's impact on the Antarctic environment: code of conduct" (ANT/XIII ...