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...WASHINGTON (AP) -- A surprise discovery in Antarctic lakes could have important implications...researcher Lloyd S. Peck of the British Antarctic Survey. The study may seem confusing...continent and Peck studied lakes on the Antarctic Peninsula, a spot where scientists agree...
...Bancroft, 45, of Scandia, Minn., and Arnesen, 47, of Oslo, Norway, on Sunday became the first women to cross the Antarctic land mass by skis when they reached the frozen ocean of the Ross Ice Shelf. The 2,300-mile journey began on Nov. 13...
...The two had hoped to begin their 2,400 mile journey Nov. 1, but were forced to wait 12 days in South Africa until the Antarctic weather cleared enough to let their plane land. On arriving Monday in Antarctica, the two tested out their equipment, took...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Explorers Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen are back in the frozen Antarctic, but this time it's to prepare for an adventure closer to Bancroft's Minnesota home. The women are getting ready for a six-week...
...dying species."The leatherback turtles are the largest turtles on earth, prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic," Dix said. "Their population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world and they've lost 90 percent of their census...
...history is still with us. Trouble is our bountiful climate is threatened because water that's been bound up in Arctic and Antarctic ice and mountain glaciers is gradually melting. Unfortunately, although this gives us more water, it's not located where...
...Just a few miles from the home where Antarctic explorer Ann Bancroft hangs her hat...sixth-graders hoped to spur the last leg of the Antarctic journey by beginning their day with the...Sunday became the first women to cross the Antarctic land mass by skis when they reached the...
...flight from the Rothera base on the Antarctic peninsula, the eight-seat Twin Otter...emergencies at the isolated, frigid Antarctic outposts forced rescuers in both operations...evacuate four ill Americans at McMurdo Antarctic Base.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Antarctic explorers Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen are back on solid ground after 96 days on the ice and two weeks on a ship. Bancroft and...
...Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition in the Antarctic is documented in "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure" at the Science Museum of Minnesota...Public Broadcast outlet, "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure" draws heavily on the works of...