14 months in Antarctica The Alfred Wegener Institute's Neumeyer-Station III in Antarctica Stahn/Charit One way to potentially study the effects of long-term isolation on the human brain is to. When youre outside, its extremely cold -- minus 30, minus 40, microbiologist Dr. David A. Pearce told FoxNews.com. The team from Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) have been drilling for weeks in an effort to reach isolated Lake Vostok, a vast, dark body of water hidden 13,000 ft. below. CPI Aero signs contract with Sikorsky Black Hawk fuel assemblies. Passengers from the Shokalskiy constructed a makeshift helipad on the ice alongside the vessel, and on Jan. 2 a helicopter from Xue Long airlifted the scientists 14 nautical miles to the Aurora Australis. After drilling a hole through the ice, scientists dropped a camera into the hole. Oh and guess what, he was alone. The voyage was meant to retrace the steps of Douglas Mawson, the great polar explorer and scientist who led the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911. Fawcett was never found, but his lost City of Z kind of turned out to be a real thing. Scientists have made recent expeditions to Antarctica to install instruments that will give them the information they need. Since the glacier acts as a dam to the surrounding ice in west Antarctica, if it melts and collapses, it could raise sea levels by up to 10 feet, oceanic researchers from Cornell and the British Antarctic Survey reported. Since his failed expedition, archaeologists have discovered huge cities of stone fortified by walls hidden within the jungle, not too far from where he disappeared. Live Science features groundbreaking developments in science, space, technology, health, the environment, our culture and history. They are formed when huge slabs of ice are pushed off the land onto the ocean surface. Located in an area called Wilkes Land on Antarctica . I dont think theres anything sinister or ominous, Pearce said. Instead, they found that swarms of tiny amphipods were moving in front of the lens. Instead, scientists walked away having discovered an entirely unknown world and ecosystem. Akademik Shokalskiy. July 17 (UPI) -- CPI Aerostructures has secured a five-year contract worth $21 million to manufacture and supply fuel panel assemblies for Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The scientists also found an underwater glacial landscape with staircase terraces and crevasses that are contributing to the recession of the glacier. I can only imagine what things must be like at Vostok Station this week, he said. We could have probably driven back to New Zealand." He hopes to achieve something similar with AAE, and so far, he says, it has worked. The scientists may have encountered a technical issue, he speculated, or perhaps theyve simply packed up and are travelling home -- keeping their discoveries to themselves. Its a remarkable achievement and one that will hopefully continue to shed light on this cold and mysterious part of the world. According to the American Alpine Club, he was last seen "on a precarious ledge" just after losing a crampon, which is kind of like an iron maiden for your shoes. "Initially, when they got off, I think it was kind of an awareness of what they'd been through But, morale has still been very, very good as far as I can tell.". Scientists believe they've found untapped helium reserves, Person hired to promote new 'Scream' movie prompts 911 calls, Polish basketball player breaks slam dunk world record, Extra food support ends for millions of low-income U.S. taxpayers, Man arrested after explosive device found in his luggage at Pennsylvania airport. . PERFORM YOUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE BUYING OR SELLING ANY INVESTMENTS, SECURITIES, OR PRECIOUS METALS. Trawls of water reeled in hauls of plastic rubbish, now seemingly ubiquitous in the worlds oceans. Antarctic Insider. EVERYTHING OLD IS Q AGAIN VIDEO: Loading from Exposing Corruption: LISTEN!! Mutch's body was never recovered. According to Russian Arctic Seas: Navigational Conditions and Accidents, after a successful expedition into Svalbard in 1912, Rusanov and 11 of his crew decided to sail to the Pacific Ocean via the Northern Sea Route, which was by all accounts kind of a stupid idea. Like so many other stories of mysterious disappearances, though, we won't know until Alexandrov either comes out of hiding or rises from the dead. The numbers of skuas seemed to have fallen too. Glitches delay start of Florida recount for senator, governor. "An Antarctic research station is like a remote mining town, but because it's nobody's permanent . The Russians have their own way of dealing with things, particularly the media, which I respect, he told FoxNews.com. Here's a list of a few (more or less) modern scientists who are still missing today. He confided to one friend that he felt threatened and was considering leaving Nepal for his own safety. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Alok Jha and Laurence Topham look on at the Akademik Shokalskiy beset in ice in East Antarctica. In 1925 he entered the jungle with two companions, two laborers, and a ton of supplies. BANKS IMPERSONATE MH370 CRASH?!? Antarctica is often considered the coldest, driest, and iciest place on Earth. A defecting Russian scientist has surfaced with a mind-bending account of what REALLY occurred when he and his colleagues went missing for five days in a mysterious lake 12,366 feet beneath the Antarctic ice. He couldn't come down without the crampon, so one of his two companions went to find a spare and when he returned, Mutch was gone. At the time, he sounded optimistic about the expedition's prospects. A Lockheed LC-130F Hercules ski-equipped Hercules of VXE-6 at the VILNIUS, Lithuania, March 20 (UPI) -- Military conscription returns to Lithuania amid Eastern Europe's military tension. 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Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans From Polar Melt Give this article 1426 By Justin Gillis and Kenneth Chang May 12, 2014 A large section of the mighty West Antarctica ice sheet has begun falling. "The other guys dropped a core into the seabed today and did really well, so they got some sediments as well. Point:Entire hillsides in the Lop Nur desert sometimes collapse, burying travelers and whatever other unfortunate creatures might be passing by. The ocean circulation at Commonwealth Bay was disrupted in 2010 after an enormous iceberg, B09B, arrived. Photograph: Andrew Peacock /Rex Features. You see this remarkable transition with the expansion of sea ice. All rights reserved. . the geographic south pole. We were on a ship that had serious problems, said Turney. A flair for comfort food is understandably a requisite skill for any chef . On its website, the AAE says it hopes to release most of its key findings to the public domain within a year of the expedition's return to New Zealand. 2022 BGR Media, LLC. Nobody lives in Antarctica permanently. Author Douglas Fox accompanied them on an eventful eight-week trip and . Some of these, like the warming effect of water . The research stations are like small towns but only kind of. Researchers found the speed of melting is being slowed down by a layer of colder and fresher water at the glaciers base. THE COMMENTARY ON THE PHASER.COM REFLECTS THE OPINIONS OF THE PHASER.COM AND OTHER CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS. Five years later, Gray's wife had him declared "missing but presumed dead," which at least must have given her a small sense of closure. The freshly created ice blows out to sea, as if on a production line. On top of providing evidence of a vast ecosystem beneath the ice, nobody expected to find any kind of life there, let alone a hidden world under Antarctica. The birds are now commuting 40 miles to get food for their young. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! To survive the extreme colds there, scientists wear as many layers as possible and do everything they can to work indoors. According to China Daily, in 1980 Peng led an expedition into the Lop Nur desert, a dangerous landscape full of soft riverbeds and shifting sand dunes, which made for treacherous traveling conditions. Theres a natural interest in discovery, in exploring. This theory says Alexandrov was kidnapped by the KGB because he was planning to tell the world the nuclear winter theory was actually bunk. To get around the harsh terrain, AAE relied on its trio of eight-wheeled Argos. See Websites below. "They can float, they can cover almost any ground, and we've been traveling all over; they've been so reliable. According to UFO Hunters, not only s Antarctica home to Pyramids, oddly shaped structures, and disc-shaped objects, there is a 150-mile ANOMALY hidden deep beneath the continent. A rescue mission swung into operation. Early Warning Signs of Global Warming: Arctic and Antarctic Warming. Technically, this dude is dead. New research by scientists at UC Santa Barbara indicates a possible Antarctic location for ice that seemed to be missing at a key point in climate history 34 million years ago. The trouble with being a scientist is there's always going to be someone who doesn't like what you're doing and who really doesn't want you coming out with ideas that might change consumer behavior or influence regulations. As one of the polar caps, it is responsible for 90 percent of the worlds ice and 80 percent of its fresh water. Every now and then one of them pokes out accidentally and photographs are taken, but by the time anyone looks again, the snow is heaped back over it and it disappears from view. The discovery of the hidden world under Antarctica was made at The Ross Ice Shelf. The scientists say they just happened to stumble upon the structure that houses an entire ecosystem of amphipods. TUCKER CARLSON INTERVIEWS ED DOWD (COMPLETE, UNEDITED INTERVIEW). More conspiracy-minded people think the whole nuclear winter idea might have been heavily promoted by Russia, designed to convince activists in the United States to protest America's nuclear weapons programs. But Brian was never asked to sign an official non-disclosure agreement. Other science institutions that typically conductinvestigationsin Antarctica did not respond to requests for information, including theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), the NSFsUnited States Antarctic Program, or theU.S. Ice Drilling Program. I said, Yes, who is this? because I didnt recognize the number. What has happened in Commonwealth Bay may be echoed around the continent in the future. In 1980, Amundsen-Scott Station cook Casey Jones died. All rights reserved. Image courtesy Brian. For Russian geologist Vladimir Rusanov, it was Northern Sea Route fever. Warm water is getting into the weakest parts of the glacier and making it worse, Cornell University scientist Britney Schmidt, a lead author on one of the papers, told Reuters. Now a defecting Russian scientist had surfaced with a mind-bending account of what REALLY occurred when he and his colleagues went missing for five days in a mysterious lake 12,366 feet beneath the Antarctic ice. Press Esc to cancel. Thesearch team even located a missing camel that had been almost completely buried by shifting sands. Pearce knows well enough, having spent 15 years working in and on Antarctica. "They've finished all the science that was needed to be done on the ice, and there was just going to be some ocean science on the way back and possibly stop at Macquarie Island. Published Jul 16, 2008. The teams last contact with colleagues in the unfrozen world was six long days ago, and scientists from around the globe are unsure of the fate of the mission -- and the scientists themselves -- as Antarcticas killing winter draws near. They believe the forest is the oldest one known to exist in the southern polar. The men probably died by falling through thin sea ice as long as nine days ago or could have been carried away to sea on a breaking ice floe, Laws said. Scientists call this "marine ice sheet instability." Researchers believe that as recently as some 100,000 years ago, West Antarctica was not a sheet of ice at all but rather, an open ocean that later converted to glacier. Then, a few weeks later, he was seen boarding a bus. AmundsenScott South Pole Station. But the freezing process leaves behind cold, dense water that sinks to the sea floor, forming part of an oceanic current that drives circulation on a global scale. or redistributed. Chilean authorities concluded he drowned while trying to cross. Pearce heads a team from the British Antarctic Survey on a competing mission, set to plumb the depths of Lake Ellsworth, one of a string of more than 370 lakes beneath Antarctica that may soon see light for the first time since well before Fred Flintstones ancestors roamed the planet. Percy Fawcett, besides having the most English name of all time, was a geographer and archaeologist searching for the City of Z, a lost civilization he believed was hidden somewhere in the Amazon. But they must battle more than just the cold. Vostok is right in the center of the Antarctic platter, he said, situated somewhat to the East. The animals inhabit a wedge of . Public outreach has been a major part of the expedition, which used Google Hangouts, blogs, and Twitter to stay in touch. That morning Brian received a surprising and disturbing phone call. Vostok is right in the center of the Antarctic platter, he said, situated somewhat to the East. a study of the subglacial Whillans Ice Stream, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sudden Disappearance. According to theNew York Times, the Coast Guard searched 132,000 square miles of ocean for four days but found no trace of the Turing Award-winning Microsoft researcher's 40-foot sailboat. Particle Accelerator Reveals Beginning of Time, The Russian ship they were aboard was freed by better weather this morning, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Therefore, even in the peak season, there are only about 4,000 scientists and military personnel from various countries. Later at a camp near Marie Byrd Land, some dozen scientists disappeared for two weeks. On February 19, 1947, Admiral Richard E. Byrd left Base Camp Arctic and flew northward. VIDEO: Loading from Amazing Polly: BOOM! New Zealand cardiologist J.C.P. Once we got back home and made sure everyone was all right, we got on with working up the data and getting a whole load of papers ready for submission, Turney said. Dubbed the Doomsday Glacier by scientists because its collapse could lead to a catastrophic rise in sea levels, the Thwaites is about the size of Florida and partly held in place by an ice shelf that protrudes onto the surface of the ocean. Some draws on measurements from rocks that will reveal how and when ice expanded from the polar ice cap along a 3,500km stretch of coastline. But during an emergency medevac crisis, to speed up their trip, they flew across the No Fly Zone and saw apparently what they were not supposed to see: a huge hole in the ice entrance to an underground installation. 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