I just can’t wait until the BBC series Frozen Planet airs here in the states. Take this clip for example, which the BBC released today. It shows a “brinicle”, which is a sort of underwater icicle that forms under sea ice in winter. As the surface ice freezes, it preferentially takes up fresh water, leaving . . . → Read More: The icy colder finger of death
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By para_sight, on  November 23rd, 2011  6 comments  Environmental Sciences  Antarctica, BBC, Frozen Planet, Ice, starfish, urchins By Kevin Zelnio, on November 6th, 2011 10 comments Climate Change Antarctica, climate change, Climate Contrarianism, glacier, global warming, graphs, ice sheet, IceBridge, Independent Media Centre Australia, NASA, Pine Island Glacier A new addition to my Confronting Climate Contrarianism series, much too long in waiting. Found this interesting animated gif on Andre Nantel’s G+ stream. He found it with no attribution on Reddit (UPDATE: graph from an excellent post on Skeptical Science). Gernot commented on that stream with a link to a Sydney Morning Herald piece . . . → Read More: Confronting Climate Contrarianism III: Data Realism and the Rabbit Hole
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 14th, 2010 6 comments Biodiversity Antarctica, Clione, Doctor Who, Limacina, Mollusc, Predation “Don’t blink. Blink and you’re dead. Don’t turn your back. Don’t look away. And don’t blink.” – The Doctor The Weeping Angels are the monster of the week in one of my very favorite Doctor Who episodes. They look like saccharine angel statues…until they strike. The Weeping Angels could very well have been modeled . . . → Read More: Angels in Antarctica
By Dr. M, on December 8th, 2010 One comment Life At Sea, Natural Disaster, Vessels and Equipment, Weather Antarctica, Drake Passage gCaptain brought my attention to cruise ship rather unfortunate encounter with the Drake Passage. For those who don’t know, the Drake Passage is the hell hole between the tip of South America and the Antarctica Peninsula infamous for the roughest seas in the world. Go ahead type “roughest seas in the world” into Google, . . . → Read More: Cruise ship encounters heavy seas in Drake Passage
Antarctica – Below Zero from Alex.Be. on Vimeo. Hat tip to Chris Mah. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Antarctica – Below Zero from Alex.Be. on Vimeo. Hat tip to Chris Mah. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Kevin Zelnio, on March 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment Biodiversity, Expeditions Antarctica, Clam Beds, cold seep, David Honig, glacier, Icerberg, LARISSA, Larsen Ice Shelf, Methane Seep, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, Ross Ice Shelf, sea ice, Vesicomyidae, Weddell Sea 
David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – Farewell Weddell Sea
By Kevin Zelnio, on March 17th, 2010 9 comments Biodiversity Amphipod, Antarctica, ice sheet, NASA, Ross Ice Shelf A pretty cool little discovery! Amphipod hanging out down below 600 feet of ice in an isolated Antarctic basin. Is it lost?? What are you doing there amphipod!? Of course this begs the question of where the heck is it getting its food from? Vents under the ice? Plesiosaur falls from a lost world? . . . → Read More: Amphipod Stops to Ask NASA for Directions
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 7th, 2010 One comment Ecology, Expeditions algae, Antarctica, Carbon, David Honig, Diet, LARISSA, Primary Production, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, sea ice, Stable Isotopes David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – Sampling the Inverted Benthos
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 3rd, 2010 Leave a comment Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Geology, Vessels and Equipment Antarctica, David Honig, Ice Breaker, LARISSA, Larsen Ice Shelf, oceanography, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, sea ice, Sediment, Weddell Sea David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – First Month’s Progress
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 29th, 2010 One comment Expeditions Antarctica, David Honig, LARISSA, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, Rothera, Skua David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – Rothera
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