Geosphere introduces a new special issue theme - Science Codex

Geosphere introduces a new special issue theme
Science Codex
Introduction: The ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS) and Southern McMurdo Sound (SMS) Drilling Projects Timothy S. Paulsen et al., Dept. of Geology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901, USA.

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USC Dornsife Scientific Diving: Marine Ecology from Antarctica to Micronesia - Scientific American (blog)


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USC Dornsife Scientific Diving: Marine Ecology from Antarctica to Micronesia
Scientific American (blog)
The author helping Dr. Judith Connor remove her gear as she climbs out of a dive hole in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Photo by Scott Applebaum Tenders are an important part of the diving operations at McMurdo Station, which is the largest research ...

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Stowaway's epic Antarctic journey angers wife - TVNZ

Stowaway's epic Antarctic journey angers wife
TVNZ
He had joined self-proclaimed Viking Jarle Andhoy who fled Auckland on a 16-metre steel yacht, Nilaya, and without permission sailed to McMurdo Sound to find traces of his previous yacht, Berserk, which had disappeared in a storm with the loss of three ...

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Maori activist stowaway arrives in Norway - Stuff.co.nz


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Maori activist stowaway arrives in Norway
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He had joined self-proclaimed Viking Jarle Andhoy who fled Auckland on a 16-metre steel yacht, Nilaya, and without permission sailed to McMurdo Sound to find traces of his previous yacht, Berserk, which had disappeared in a storm with the loss of three ...

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Sharlston explorer of Antartic honoured with blue plaque - Wakefield Express


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Sharlston explorer of Antartic honoured with blue plaque
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Mr Hatherton first went to Antarctica in 1955 by walking over the sea ice of McMurdo Sound to select a site for New Zealand's Scott Base, named after the famed explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. As chief scientist he headed a team which worked with ...

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Busby Noble arrives in Norway - Waatea News

Busby Noble arrives in Norway
Waatea News
The Berserk disappeared near McMurdo Sound in February in a storm while Andhoy was trying to get to the South Pole on a four-wheeler. Mr Noble, who planted a Maori Party flag on the ice, told Norwegian television he wants get back home to his angry ...

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Remembering the USS Glacier - Vallejo Times-Herald

Remembering the USS Glacier
Vallejo Times-Herald
... of ex-Coast Guard ice-breaking ship", April 21). I served on the USS Burton Island in 1963-1964. The Glacier and the USS Burton Island and the USS Atka broke a channel to the McMurdo sound base in Antarctica. I have many pictures of these operations.

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