NASA
NASA | Operation IceBridge Discovers Massive Crack in Ice Shelf
In October, 2011, NASA's Operation IceBridge discovered a major rift in the Pine Island Glacier in western Antarctica. This crack, which extends at least 18 miles and is 50 meters deep, could produce an iceberg more than 800 square...
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NASA | OIB Flights South 2014: A Sea Ice Mystery
Where’s it coming from? With global average temperatures rising, it would be natural to assume that total quantities of sea ice would be falling. But it’s not. Scientists have begun to observe sea ice increases around Antarctica, and the...
NASA
88-South Antarctic Traverse: Year Two
For the second straight year, NASA researchers (Kelly Brunt and Adam Greeley) endured low temperatures, biting winds, and high altitude to conduct another 88-South Traverse. The 470-mile expedition in one of the most barren landscapes on...
NASA
NASA | Exploring Ozone
This short video combines dynamic ozone visualizations with an interview with leading atmospheric NASA scientist, Dr. Paul Newman. Dr. Newman explains why ozone is important, he cites the ingredients that cause an ozone hole to form, and...
NASA
NASA | Earth Science Week | How is the Global Earth ...
Earth is currently in a period of warming. Over the last century, Earth's average temperature rose about 1.1 F (0.6C). In the last two decades, the rate of our world's warming accelerated. Scientists predict that the globe will continue...
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NASA-funded Balloon Recovered From Antarctica
For 12 days in January 2016, a football-field-sized balloon with a telescope hanging beneath it floated 24 miles above the Antarctic continent, riding the spiraling polar vortex. On Jan. 31, 2016, scientists sent the pre-planned command...
NASA
OIB: McMurdo Accomplished, West Antarctica Calling
Last year Operation IceBridge flew for the first time out of McMurdo Station in Antarctica, reaching a new slate of exciting science targets. But that means it's now been two years since the mission has flown over critical areas in West...
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NASA | Operation IceBridge: Getz Mission in 3 Minutes
Can you stuff all the sights and science of a 12-hour mission into just three minutes? Maybe not, but here's our first try, chronicling NASA's recent flight to Antarctica's remote Getz Ice Shelf, where Operation IceBridge measured...
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NASA | IceBridge Mission Over the Antarctic Peninsula
The IceBridge science team and DC-8 crew flew a mission over the Antarctic Peninsula on Saturday, November 13th. This video provides a snapshot of the flight from the field and describes the challenges faced with weather and terrain....
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NASA | Surprise Shrimp Under Antarctic Ice
At a depth of 600 feet beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet, a small shrimp-like creature managed to brighten up an otherwise gray polar day in late November 2009. This critter is a three-inch long Lyssianasid amphipod found beneath the...
Guinness World Records
Teenager's Journey to the South Pole: Inspiring Adventure and Personal Achievements
In this video, Lewis Clarke, a 16-year-old from Bristol, shares her experience of being the youngest person to trek to the South Pole. He discusses his motivation, challenges faced, and the mixed emotions he felt upon completing the...
Curated Video
Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula - Cuverville Island
Cuverville Island or ele de Cavelier de Cuverville is a dark, rocky island lying in Errera Channel between Arctowski Peninsula and the northern part of Ronge Island, off the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica. Cuverville Island was...
Next Animation Studio
The second attempt to find Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’s sunken ship will begin next month
An expedition to find the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance will set sail to search the depths of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea next month.
Curated Video
Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula - Gerlache Strait Island
The Gerlache Strait is named after the Belgian Adrien de Gerlache, who explored the Strait in 1898 Between the Palmer Archipelago and the Danco Coast-on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula-runs the sprawling waterway of Gerlache...
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NASA | The Arctic and the Antarctic Respond in Opposite Ways
The Arctic and the Antarctic are regions that have a lot of ice and acts as air conditioners for the Earth system. This year, Antarctic sea ice reached a record maximum extent while the Arctic reached a minimum extent in the top ten...
Mazz Media
The Science of Climate Change
Real World Science : The Science of Climate Change This program begins by explaining how scientists have learned that Earth’s climate has changed many times over billions of years and that Earth’s climate is always changing. Students...
Next Animation Studio
Melting ice has warped Earth’s crust
The melting of Earth's polar ice is incrementally warping the planet’s crust both vertically and horizontally.
ProTeachersVideo
Ecosystems: Exploitation
The potential threat to Antarctica from industrial exploitation.
Curated Video
Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is currently dotted with numerous research stations and nations have made multiple claims of sovereignty. The peninsula is part of disputed and overlapping claims by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom. None...
Next Animation Studio
Antarctic ice sheet faces chain reaction collapse
As melting ice in Antarctica exposes land beneath it, the chain of processes set off may be capable of causing the sheet to collapse.
Kids Learning Videos
Winter Animals! Learn about animals for Kids
Winter Animals! These animals live in cold weather, like the Arctic or Antarctica. Often thought of during wintertime, when the weather gets cool, these animals live year round in colder climates. They have ways to cope with extremely...
British Movietone
POLAR NEWS
The US Icebreaker ""Edisto"" carried the advance party of the United States expedition to the frozen Antarctic. On landing they saw the camp, with its provisions, left by Captain Scott in 1911. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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CHILEAN PRESIDENT ""CAPTURES"" ANTARCTIC
Signor Gonzales Videla visits part of the British owned South Shetland Islands and rechristens it ""O'Higgins Land"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...