Today marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen reaching the South Pole. The event occurred on December 14, 1911, when the Norwegian explorer and four others managed to reach 90° 0′ latitude south, marking the first time this ever happened in recorded history.
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14 December 2011
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A team of explorers announced yesterday, September 13, that they have just discovered the log of a ship that set sail about a century ago, in search for the elusive Northeast Passage. This was a hypothesized route that was supposed to connect Europe with Asia directly, through or around the North Pole. Satellite data... |
14 September 2010
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Scientists with the IODP initiative this year conducted a new expedition off the coasts of Canada, in a bid to install a sensor network deep under the ocean floor. The array will be used for running innovative, cutting-edge marine experiments. The team spent about two months aboard the scientific research vessel ... |
8 September 2010
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People can now watch the endeavors of a scientific expedition making its way across the planet's oceans from the comfort of their own homes, via a dedicated website. The Enlighten '10 research effort is being conducted by experts at the University of Washington, which are traveling hundreds of miles from th... |
24 August 2010
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A new scientific study conducted in the Antarctic has revealed that numerous species of viruses exist in the continent's lakes. Some of the new organisms were previously unknown, and researchers say that they are surprised to have discovered such large diversity in a seemingly-harsh place. The thing about Antarc... |
6 November 2009
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Naturalists have managed to finally rediscover a species of extremely rare and endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs, which were last spotted some half a century ago in California. Scientists from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the San Diego Natural History Museum discovered the elusive amphibians ... |
27 July 2009
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