I just got off the phone with Dale Andersen who is at Lake Obersee, Antarctica. He reports that his team’s dives have been a success and that microbial mat and […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 2 December 2013
We made the first dives beneath the thick, perennial ice (3.6 m) of Lake Obersee yesterday. It was nice being back under the ice again, and its always interesting. […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 30 November 2013
We have had pretty nice weather the last two days so we have taken advantage of it with a fair amount of work. Today we put up the tripod that […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 27 November 2013
The weather today was quite nice. While a bit windy, it was sunny all day which was a nice change of pace. We completed the dive hole this afternoon, and […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 26 November 2013
Today’s weather is a major improvement over what we have seen the last two weeks while in Antarctica. This really is the first day of beautiful blue skies, sunshine and […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 24 November 2013
My research team and I are now camped on the shores of Lake Obersee, a few km NE of Lake Untersee in the mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was […]
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Life Found in Sediments of Antarctic Subglacial Lake for First Time
Evidence of diverse life forms dating back nearly a hundred thousand years has been found in subglacial lake sediments by a group of British scientists. The possibility that extreme life […]
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Lake Vostok Contains a Diverse Set of Gene Sequences
Lake Vostok, the 7th largest (by volume) and 4th deepest lake on Earth, is covered by more than 3,700 m of ice, making it the largest subglacial lake known. The […]
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Video: Cold Warriors: Diving for Science in Antarctica
Its a place few people have seen or even imagined, and distant from familiar, everyday surroundings. The weather can be as harsh as the terrain at times with winds and […]
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Dinoflagellate Fossils: Antarctic Icecap is 33.6 Million Years Old
The Antarctic continental ice cap came into existence during the Oligocene epoch, some 33.6 million years ago, according to data from an international expedition led by the Andalusian Institute of […]