#Same-sex couple makes history with Antarctica wedding

#Same-sex couple makes history with Antarctica wedding

“Same-sex couple makes history with Antarctica wedding” Both of these grooms had cold feet on their wedding day — literally. A gay couple made history by holding their nuptials in Antarctica, becoming the first same-sex couple to wed in the British Antarctic Territory. Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter, who are both stewards on the polar research ship…

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#Job offers chance to live with penguins in Antarctica

#Job offers chance to live with penguins in Antarctica

“Job offers chance to live with penguins in Antarctica” GOUDIER ISLAND, Antarctica — Do you like to live a basic, sustainable life and dream of waking up and counting penguins in Antarctica? Maybe you want to watch seals and whales stay busy with daily life or witness a sunrise over the snowcapped mountains. The UK…

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#NYC-sized ice shelf collapses in East Antarctica

#NYC-sized ice shelf collapses in East Antarctica

“NYC-sized ice shelf collapses in East Antarctica” An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, according to scientists. The collapse was captured by satellite images, which show the area had been shrinking over the last couple of years.  It was the first time in human history that the region had an ice shelf…

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#Penguin wanders 1900 miles from Antarctica to New Zealand

#Penguin wanders 1900 miles from Antarctica to New Zealand

“#Penguin wanders 1900 miles from Antarctica to New Zealand” A rare penguin wandered nearly 2,000 miles from Antarctica to New Zealand, according to a report. Named “Pingu” by charmed locals, he’s just the third Adélie penguin ever found on New Zealand, the BBC reported. The breed lives only on the Antarctic peninsula — at least…

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#Scientists discover Antarctic marine life trapped under ice for half a century

#Scientists discover Antarctic marine life trapped under ice for half a century

“#Scientists discover Antarctic marine life trapped under ice for half a century” German researchers have uncovered marine life along the Antarctic seafloor for the first time in decades after a massive iceberg calved from the continent’s ice sheet last month.  The iceberg, dubbed A-74, detached about two weeks ago and began to drift through the Weddell Sea.  As the only research vessel nearby, the research…

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#Heroic penguin escapes killer whales in nail-biting video

#Heroic penguin escapes killer whales in nail-biting video

“#Heroic penguin escapes killer whales in nail-biting video” Penguin: 1. Killer whale: 0. Matt Karsten, 40, and his wife Anna, 32, have captured harrowing footage of a gentoo penguin narrowly escaping the jaws of a few hungry killer whales in the Antarctic. The Karstens were whale watching aboard a dinghy in the Gerlache Strait, near…

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#Massive iceberg ‒ larger than NYC ‒ breaks off in Antarctica

#Massive iceberg ‒ larger than NYC ‒ breaks off in Antarctica

“#Massive iceberg ‒ larger than NYC ‒ breaks off in Antarctica” A massive iceberg, larger than New York City, has broken off from an ice shelf in Antarctica, according to researchers on Friday.  The 490-square mile iceberg broke away from the Brunt Ice Shelf about a decade after scientists started detecting cracks in the ice, wrote the British Antarctic…

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#Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say

#Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say

“#Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say” SANTIAGO – More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, according to the University of Chile, a spike in seismic activity that has intrigued researchers who study the remote, snowbound continent. Scientists with the university’s National Seismological Center said the…

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