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HISTORICAL FACTS: 33 | History Defined

First Thing: Capitol attack panel votes to subpoena Trump

Committee says ex-president – ‘the central cause of January 6’ – led effort to overturn the election. Plus, $1bn Kushner deal investigated

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022

East Antarctic glacier melting at 70.8bn tonnes a year due to warm sea water

Denman glacier in remote part of the continent could become unstable, possibly contributing to more sea level rise than predicted

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022

Freeze frame: how the Antarctic’s hidden jewel box of creatures was captured

Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s portfolio award goes to Laurent Ballesta, who describes his long and deep dives under the ice

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

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Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance could be raised from sea in Antarctica

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915. The wreck now lies at a depth of 9,000 feet

Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022

Raising of Shackleton’s lost ship from under sea downplayed by discoverers

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

Shackleton’s lost ship ‘could be raised from under sea off Antarctica’

Endurance sank after becoming stuck in ice in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

Women in Antarctica face assault and harassment – and a legacy of exclusion and mistreatment

A federal report that, in the words of its key finding, “sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking are problems in the U.S. Antarctic Program community” – and that efforts “dedicated to prevention [are] nearly absent” – drew attention around the world. But as a historian of Antarctic science, I did…

The Conversation · Oct 5, 2022

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Scots woman travels 9,000 miles to Antarctica to take job in world’s most remote post office

Mairi Hilton will live and work on Port Lockroy base on Goudier Island, taking up a role as a wildlife monitor, one of the most remote jobs in the world, spending five months without running water or a flushing toilet.

Daily Record · Oct 5, 2022

Four British women to run post office and count penguins in Antarctica

They will spend 5 months in isolation without running water or flushing toilet

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2022

Scottish woman heading to Antarctica to run post office and count penguins

A SCOTTISH woman will be amongst those heading to a distant part of Antarctica to run the world’s most remote post office and count the island’s…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2022

Four women head to Antarctica to run world’s most remote post office

Team including newlywed will abandon home comforts for no running water or flushing toilet

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Four women selected to run world’s most remote post office in Antarctica

The historic site of Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island, will be their home for five months

Wales Online · Oct 4, 2022

Women working at Australia’s Antarctica camps were sexually harassed, report finds

‘Women have to work in the field with their abusers for weeks at a time’

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

Remembering Seattle-born top ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson

SEATTLE — In January 2020, ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson broke trail on the last few hundred steps to the summit of Mount Vinson, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, on a previously unclimbed route. Nelson, The North Face athlete team captain, led the final push in a team that included her…

Tribune News Service · Oct 1, 2022

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The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

Newlyweds spend 12 months on honeymoon talking about love

Davor Rostuhar, 40, a photographer and writer, and his wife, Andela, 36, travelled to 30 countries

The Conversation · Sep 23, 2022

Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier: the melting monster of sea level rise – The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript

This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: Thwaites Glacier: the melting, Antarctic monster of sea level rise, published on September 22, 2022.

The Conversation · Sep 22, 2022

Thwaites Glacier: the melting, Antarctic monster of sea level rise – podcast

This episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast is about the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Thwaites is among the largest glaciers on Earth and one of the single most important factors for future global sea level rise. We talk to three experts about what makes Thwaites so uniquely significant, why it’s…

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Everything named after Queen Elizabeth II including cakes, pigeons and train lines

From Manny Pacquiao’s daughter to a planetarium and even an entire territory of Antarctica, there are many tangible ways the world will remember the late monarch's lasting legacy

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2022

Antarctic researchers gain insights from on high as they count seals from space

Scientists used satellite images and more than 300,000 volunteers to count Weddell seals, a key Southern Ocean indicator species

ABC News · Sep 6, 2022

Thwaites 'doomsday' glacier could begin rapid melt with 'just a small kick', researchers say

Scientists have mapped underwater terrain near the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica for the first time, showing the massive glacier has the potential to retreat at twice the speed observed over the past decade.

The Conversation · Sep 6, 2022

Antarctic stations are plagued by sexual harassment – it's time for things to change

In October 2017, Antarctic science had its own #MeToo moment. Science magazine published a piece on allegations of abuse of female geoscientists in Antarctica – the most remote environment in the world.

The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2022

‘Nella Dan, Nella Dan, Nella Dan’: the ghost of the lost red ship that called me to Antarctica

As a child, Favel Parrett was devastated when the Danish polar explorer Nella Dan was scuttled. As an adult, she brought it back to life

Zenger · Sep 2, 2022

Emperor Penguins Live Up To 373 Miles Further North Than Previously Believed

Emperor penguins are the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and are endemic to Antarctica.

ABC News · Sep 1, 2022

Australian polar explorers complete final gear check before attempting first unsupported coast-to-coast crossing of Antarctica

Two Australian surgeons will attempt "one of the last great journeys left on Earth" with a 200kg sled and just three pairs of socks.

WEKU · Sep 1, 2022

Sexual harassment and assault plague U.S. research bases in Antarctica, report says

A new report commissioned by the National Science Foundation finds a culture of silence and fear among employees at U.S.-run facilities in Antarctica.

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