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Antarctic Sun Articles, Week March 3rd, 2008

by Kris Molle last modified 2008-03-07 19:32

News articles from the Antarctic Sun, week commencing March 3rd. February 2008

This week the following articles can be found in the Antarctic Sun:

Spring Cleaning
The disappearance of thousands of tons of stuff -- from earplugs to engines -- is a part of a deliberate plan to remove excess and obsolete material off Antarctica. And this is the final season of the five-year retrograde project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Think spring-cleaning on a town-wide scale.

Ready to Roll
This year's mission for the South Pole Traverse team was to re-establish the 1,600-kilometer-long route between McMurdo and South Pole stations, conducting maintenance along the way.

Plumbing Erebus
To look deep inside an Antarctic volcano, scientist Phil Kyle and his team have to use a little force. Researchers spent more than three months installing an array of seismometers around Mount Erebus to listen to waves of energy generated by small, controlled blasts from explosives they buried along its flanks and perimeter. By studying the refracted and reflected seismic waves, the scientists can map the interior of the volcano.

Source:

The Antarctic Sun