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National Ice Center Monitors the Arctic and Antarctic

The National Ice Center’s work is focused on ensuring safe and efficient...

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Arctic Exploration

New technology is making it possible for scientists to go where they’ve never...

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Taking an Ice Sample

Using a drill, a team removes a chunk from the thick Arctic ice. Small samples are...

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Ice Divers Prepare to Plunge

It takes special equipment and many warm layers of clothing to dive safely beneath...

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The Arctic and The Antarctic

Travel to the ends of the earth—literally—and discover the polar ocean basins....

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Under Arctic Ice

Hidden beneath Arctic ice is a world few have ever seen. Take the icy plunge with a...

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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean...

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Emperor Penguins on the Ice

Standing at twice the height of the Adélie penguins, emperor penguins are the...

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Adélie Penguin Jumping Out of the Water

Small Adélie penguins live throughout the Antarctic, but are most abundant in the...

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Amphipod Under Arctic Sea Ice

Several species of amphipod like this one, Gammarus wilkitzkii, live permanently...

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Deep-Water Larvacean

Found in Arctic waters, this rare deep-water species of larvacean, Oikopleura...

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Arctic Amphipod

This species of amphipod, Eusirus holmii, was found both at the surface of Arctic...