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Antarctica's Gamburtsev Province Project (AGAP)
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Antarctic Research: Peering Through The Ice
In the dead of winter 2008, when most of us wouldn’t consider traveling to a location that promises even colder temperatures and more severe conditions, a team of scientists will venture to the coldest, most remote location on Earth. Why? This team of U. S. Antarctic scientists, working with international partners from Britain, Germany, Australia, China and Japan, will complete the first comprehensive study of the Gamburtsev Mountains, found in the deep interior of East Antarctica and hidden several miles beneath the thick ice sheet! Looking at the image above it is hard to imagine this continent as more than an icy block - but scientists feel the secrets hidden deep in the heart of Antarctica hold the key to a deeper understanding of the early history of the Earth.
The AGAP project focuses on an invisible world in one of the most remote areas on Earth, just west of the Pole of Inaccessibility, in East Antarctica. Organized as part of a large international effort through the fourth International Polar Year, the project will peel back the roughly 2 mile deep layer of million year old glacial ice, to expose the mountains and lakes hidden below. Working from two camps, AGAP S and AGAP N, located on either side of Dome A, the scientists and technical crew will embark on one of the most major scientific expeditions of our century.
To travel with the scientists to this remote location we have teamed up with the several partners - check out our connections & see which one works for you! We think you will enjoy them all!
Check out the latest dispatches from the Arctic and Antarctica in Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists. Brought to you by the Exploratorium. Follow Robin Bell, Adrienne Block and Beth Burton on their journey into East Antarctica.
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Check in with Scientific American's Dispatches from the Bottom of the Earth: An Antarctic Expedition in Search of Lost Mountains Encased in Ice for trip updates click links below |
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| SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BLOG TITLE | DATE | ||
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| Getting to Antarctica - or NOT | |||
| A flight to a continent dressed in white | Dispatch 11/21/08 | ||
| A shoveling scientific community | Dispatch 11/24/08 | ||
| Moving the chess pieces | Dispatch 12/1/08 | ||
| Thanksgiving Day blizzard | Dispatch (#2) 12/1/08 | ||
| Fire and Ice | Dispatch 12/2/08 | ||
| Wiggles & Bits of Data | Dispatch 12/3/08 | ||
| Old Bones and Socks | Dispatch 12/4/08 | ||
| Audacious Plans, Nasty Weather | Dispatch 12/9/08 | ||
| At Last People Moving | Dispatch 12/10/08 | ||
| Crackling Pretzels | Dispatch 12/11/08 | ||
| Almost Calibrated | Dispatch 12/17/08 | ||
| Running Into An Invisible Wall | Dispatch 12/19/08 | ||
| Kicking Rocks | Dispatch (#2) 12/19/08 | ||
| A long weekend at South Pole | Dispatch 12/23/08 | ||
| Rising Frustration | Dispatch 12/24/08 | ||
| At AGAP Camp at Last! | Dispatch 12/31/08 | ||
| A Picture is Worth 1000 Words | Dispatch 1/6/09 | ||
