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Antarctica 2004

The adventure
It is a continent of superlatives - the coldest, the driest, the highest, the most windy and the least populated. More than 99 percent of its landmass is covered in ice thousands of years old and three miles deep in places. The rest is exposed to barren rock. On any given day along Antarctica's coast, icebergs as big as Rhode Island calve from glaciers that flow to the sea. Even in summer,exposure to the elements can cause deadly frostbite in seconds. ...more
> Creatures of the cold: a photo gallery
Meet the scientists

> Dr. Hugh Ducklow
> Anne Mills
> Jennifer Salerno
> Shana Rapoport
> Nikki Middaugh
> Mary Turnipseed
Related content:
> Ducklow's impressions of the ice
> Faces from the ice: a photo gallery

About the science
> Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
> Palmer Station Long-Term Ecological Research (PAL LTER)
> Cold, hard science: a photo gallery

The Circle Crossing ceremony

Anyone entering The Ice must go through a rite of passage (of sorts) orchestrated by King Neptune. ...more
see also:
> Rites of passage:
a photo gallery

Journals from the ice: Anne Mills
"Penguins may be cute, but hygiene-wise there is nothing cuddly about those birds...odor and lack of social decorum aside, they are fascinating little creatures!" writes Mills.
...see Mills' journal
more journal entries
Ducklow / Salerno / Rapoport / Middaugh

Educational Outreach
Local fifth graders were in constant communication with the WM/VIMS Antarctica team and in the process learned a lot about the Ice. ...more
Related content:
> Q&A with Peter Barnes

Antarctica in pictures

Beauty captured:
A photo gallery showing the pristine landscapes of Antarctica.

more photo galleries:
animals / people / science


 

 

 
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