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Arctic Exploration

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

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The Census of Marine Life

Did you know that over 17,000 species thrive in the deep sea where no light...

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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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Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

In the spring of 2011, a research crew from Oceana spent two months in the...

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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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Antarctic Minke Whale

The elegant Antarctic minke whale feeds on krill (tiny crustaceans) during the...

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Bowhead Whales

The bowhead whale has a massive, bow-shaped skull to break through thick Arctic...

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Arctic Copepod

This copepod Calanus hyperboreus (up to 7mm in length) lives...

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US Coast Guard Cutter HEALY

A dive tender monitors the line connected to ice divers studying creatures living...

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Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

For five years, I've had a photograph of Palmer Station, Antarctica, tacked up over...

Personal Perspectives

Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...