Its a remarkable achievement and one that will hopefully continue to shed light on this cold and mysterious part of the world. The numbers of skuas seemed to have fallen too. Researchers found the speed of melting is being slowed down by a layer of colder and fresher water at the glaciers base. NEW YORK, March 26 (UPI) -- Emilia Clarke does not regret turning down the lead role in the movie adaptation of the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. Scientists from Project MIDAS had been monitoring a break in the Larsen C ice shelf - the fourth-largest in Antarctica - following the collapse of the Larsen A ice shelf in 1995 and had. Media interest in the expedition faded after the rescue, but in the year since Turney and his team have been busy. The expedition needed a new rescue plan. 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. Climate change is expected to be more rapid and severe in polar regions compared to other places on Earth. THE Q TEAMS TAKEDOWN OF THE GLOBAL CABAL FROM A TO Z VIDEO: 'THE PHASER.COM' ASSUMES ALL INFORMATION TO BE TRUTHFUL AND RELIABLE; HOWEVER INFORMATION AT THE PHASER.COM IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS INVESTMENT ADVICE. While the oldest known core of ice dates back approximately 2.7 million years, per Science, the oldest continuous ice core dates back just 800,000. They may spend months indoors in the research stations. Keep up to date with the latest news, events and activities in Antarctica with our e-newsletter, Antarctic Insider. Unusually warm temperatures broke several records in both Antarctica and the Arctic late last week. Scientific samples and measurements from the voyage are being turned into research papers that reveal striking changes at the southern ice cap. They believe the forest is the oldest one known to exist in the southern polar. Scientists say that the lake disappeared from the Amery Ice Shelf sometime . BGRs audience craves our industry-leading insights on the latest in tech and entertainment, as well as our authoritative and expansive reviews. But they must battle more than just the cold. Repeatedly the crew was sternly told that they did NOT see what they kept seeing. With no icebreaker able to smash way through, a Chinese helicopter, Xue Ying, or Snow Eagle, rose into the air for the first of five flights to ferry passengers from the stricken ship to the Aurora Australis. Brian: Brian: And the voice on the other end of the line said, Is this Brian?. Gray's friends and colleagues weren't about to give up, though. The torpedo-like Icefin allowed the scientist to garner information about water temperature and salinity, ocean currents, as well as images. BGR is a part of Penske Media Corporation. 2. At one level I still cant fathom it. People who try to climb Mount Everest sometimes die from "summit fever," which is a sort of psychosis. As I noted above, Antarctica is often considered one of, if not the coldest, driest, and iciest places on Earth. Brian and his crew also saw a huge, football-field-sized hole in the ice only about five to ten miles from the geographic South Pole that was supposed to be a No Fly Zone. 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. "We just wanted to let all our family and friends know there is no risk to the vessel and everyone is well," he wrote on the expedition's website. And thats for good reason. A view of the trapped Akademik Shokalskiy from across the ice in Antarctica. It's the world's largest ice shelf and has been the focus of multiple research projects over the years. 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 . When the Shokalskiy got stuck last Christmas, Turney and the rest aboard the vessel failed to grasp how much attention the expedition was receiving. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Locations of high strangeness in 1995 to 1996, identified by U. S. Naval Flight Engineer (Ret). Type above and press Enter to search. And sometimes those people had to venture into places where few people have gone before, places so remote that when the unthinkable did happen, the rest of the world was left with an unsolvable mystery. You see this remarkable transition with the expansion of sea ice. Dr Elanor Bell Southern Ocean Research Coordinator. Antarctic scientists carry Iridium satellite phones for communication, he said, but there are spots without coverage. Pearce knows well enough, having spent 15 years working in and on Antarctica. Some of these, like the warming effect of water . Live Science features groundbreaking developments in science, space, technology, health, the environment, our culture and history. What we have found is that despite small amounts of melting there is still rapid glacier retreat, so it seems that it doesnt take a lot to push the glacier out of balance.. We guide our loyal readers to some of the best products, latest trends, and most engaging stories with non-stop coverage, available across all major news platforms. Technically, this dude is dead. ]. 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. 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. 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. Second, the team probed individual climate feedbacks. But Brian was never asked to sign an official non-disclosure agreement. The research has important implications for climate . A lot of kelp and other life on the seabed is dead or dying. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The goal is to collect data on climate, geology, oceanography, and ecology to compare with the detailed observations of Mawson's expedition a century before. Built by an ancient and powerful race and hidden under the ice. VIDEO: Loading from Amazing Polly: BOOM! According to Time, in 1985, a Soviet physicist named Vladimir Alexandrov was visiting Madrid when he vanished. Dr Glenn Johnstone applied benthic biologist. On June 17, the team was running low on vital supplies, so Peng walked out of camp, leaving only a note to inform his companions that he was going to go look for water. Dor Bahadur Bista was fond of trekking off alone into the wilderness where he could conduct his research in private, unencumbered by pesky people who could help him in an emergency or inform his family where he'd gone. Sometimes scientists disappear for non-conspiratorial reasons. 03:28. The moisture in your mouth would start to freeze, he said. The scientists in Antarctica discovered radio pulses that indicated high-energy neutrinos coming upward out of the ground, which led to various different explanations, including that the pulses. 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. The last communication from the ship was a telegram on September 27, 1912, in which Rusanov said he planned to sail east across the Kara Sea. Overall, they say the discovery of the hidden world under Antarcticas ice had them jumping up and down for joy.. I dont think theres anything sinister or ominous, Pearce said. Scientists announced the discovery of the fossilized trees in Antarctica's Transantarctic Mountains in November. The Russians have their own way of dealing with things, particularly the media, which I respect, he told FoxNews.com. As the story went global, the venture came in for plenty of criticism. 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Commonwealth Bay has experienced substantial changes in recent years. Brian entered the U. S. Navy in 1977, and retired 20 years later in 1997. In this tale of adventure gone terribly, terribly wrong, a geologist and planetary scientist named Thomas A. Mutch vanished in 1980 while descending a 23,000-foot peak in the Kashmir Himalayas. At any rate, one such disappearance was the case of Boris Weisfeiler, a mathematician who decided one day that Pennsylvania winters were just too danged warm so he was going to go hiking in the mountains of southern Chile. And when we finally picked them up again . We don't actually know for sure what happened to him, though, as he went off into the wilderness by himself with no witnesses and no one to come back and tell his friends and family about his unfortunate fate. Obituaries. BANKS IMPERSONATE MH370 CRASH?!? That morning Brian received a surprising and disturbing phone call. 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. 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. The actual well head itself would be enclosed by a tent, he said, and scientists would sleep in tents as well. I can only imagine what things must be like at Vostok Station this week, he said. BERLIN (AP) Scientists in Antarctica have harvested their first crop of vegetables grown without earth, daylight or pesticides as part of a project designed to help astronauts cultivate fresh food on other planets. "We're not sure if we're going to get back in on the return journey north, so we'll just have to play that one by ear at the moment.". After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have confirmed that they reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million . He had some enemies, too elites who were annoyed by his efforts to help empower lower-class Nepalese. Search parties failed to locate him, and his colleagues concluded he'd met with some kind of accidental death, and then proceeded to divide up all of his stuff. That blocked the exit for fresh sea ice. And because the 2.7 million-year . Yes, that's just shockingly boring, but "got lost while hiking" is really a lot more plausible than "was kidnapped by people who don't like math" or "got abducted by aliens who want to learn algebra." To get around the harsh terrain, AAE relied on its trio of eight-wheeled Argos. They need to be out by the 6th of February, Pearce said, when winter sets in and temperatures drop another 40 degrees centigrade. But he never returned. When they re-appeared, Brians flight crew was assigned to pick them up, and all were silent and appeared scared. Two studies published in the journal Nature found that deep cracks and staircase formations in the ice are melting at a faster rate due to rising temperatures, though the pace of melting underneath is slower than previously believed. Its the worlds largest ice shelf and has been the focus of multiple research projects over the years. When Popular Mechanics spoke with Turney via Skype on Dec. 27, the expedition had just learned that the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long (Snow Dragon) had been stopped by the ice within sight of the stranded scientists. But he is still missing because no one has found his body or any trace of him since he disappeared in 1925. The three were last heard from Aug. 13 near Petermann Island, 6 miles from their Faraday Antarctic research base. Point:Entire hillsides in the Lop Nur desert sometimes collapse, burying travelers and whatever other unfortunate creatures might be passing by. Insignia of Antarctic Development Squadron According to a study published in Frontiers in Marine Science, researchers have discovered a massive living world below Antarctica's icy surface that could be as big as 5 million square. A flair for comfort food is understandably a requisite skill for any chef . Lithuania brings back military conscription. Vostok Station boasts the lowest recorded temperature on Earth: -129 degrees Fahrenheit (-89.4 degrees Celsius). U. S. Naval Flight Engineer (Ret). Turney acknowledges that the rescue operation had an impact on others scientific work, but adds that Antarctica is a risky place for any expedition. They are formed when huge slabs of ice are pushed off the land onto the ocean surface. That search also turned up nothing. 00:25. LIke all great mysteries, though, there were people who said otherwise. Davis added that the joint studies could can help make more accurate projections about sea level rise, which can be fed into efforts to mitigate climate change and protect coastal communities. Temps are dropping below -40 Celsius [-40 degrees Fahrenheit] and they have only a week or so left before they have to winterize the station, Dr. John Priscu professor of ecology at Montana State University and former head of the Whillans Antarctic exploration program told FoxNews.com via email. EVERYTHING OLD IS Q AGAIN VIDEO: Loading from Exposing Corruption: LISTEN!! New research indicates a possible Antarctic location for ice that seemed to be missing at a key point in climate history 34 million years ago. But time is running out for the Russian scientists. On Dec. 20, the expedition reached the hut left by Mawson 100 years ago. Dr Mike Double Leader, Australian Marine Mammal Centre. He witnessed a number of anomalies pointing to hidden facilities or bases located deep under the Antarctic ice sheets. That's what happened to Peng Jiamu, a biologist at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. But there aren't any good theories to explain why the boat might have gotten into trouble in the first place, especially considering the good weather and its captain's extensive experience. The Shokalskiy's Russian crew stayed with their ship, where they waited until they managed to free the ship today. Currently: -45 F. 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. The average high temperature in Vostok at the center of the eastern ice sheet is around minus-63 (minus-53 Celsius) in March. See Websites below. Six (VXE-6). Dr Petra Heil - sea ice scientist. Lake Vostok hasnt been exposed to air in more than 20 million years. The team from RussiasArctic 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 the surface of the icy continent. Youre away from your family and friends, and theres pressure to deliver the science youve promised. We could have probably driven back to New Zealand." THE COMMENTARY ON THE PHASER.COM REFLECTS THE OPINIONS OF THE PHASER.COM AND OTHER CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS. Click here for larger map. The animals inhabit a wedge of . If you're stricken with summit fever, nothing will dissuade you from the summit, not even life-threatening illness, because Everest is your dream, and dang it, it cost you a lot of money to get there. As the ice built up, the ocean conveyor system partially closed down. Although today it is considered inhospitable, it exerts an almost magically attractive force over mankind. At the bottom, they noticed multiple blurry, tiny specks flashing in front of the video feed. In 2019, a team of 13 US and British scientists from the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration traveled to the glacier for about six weeks and used mooring data, sensors and an underwater robot vehicle known as Icefin to monitor the glacier. Here's a list of a few (more or less) modern scientists who are still missing today. New Zealand cardiologist J.C.P. Were all waiting with bated breath, he said. ORENBURG, Russia, April 16 (UPI) -- A teenage dance group in Russia is under investigation by officials after a twerking performance video went viral this week. Princess Elisabeth research station in Antarctica faces wind speeds of up to 155 mph and temperatures as low as -58F. One sunny day in December 1995, Brian and his C-130 flight crew were on a mission from McMurdo Station to the South Pole. But Williams seems to have voluntarily disappeared, and it was probably because of a spurned marriage proposal. A team of scientists trapped in Antarctica for more than a week is on its way home aboard an Australian icebreaker after a series of failed rescue attempts culminated in a helicopter airlift off the stranded vessel. From an Australian perspective, many projects were cancelled or abbreviated because of re-direction of shipping, a problem when shipping is such a limiting factor, said Pat Quilty, former chief scientist at the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition, and a researcher at the University of Tasmania. On land, counts of Adlie penguins revealed the population had slumped near Mawsons huts in Commonwealth Bay in East Antarctica. Missing scientists presumed dead in Antartica CAMBRIDGE, England -- Three British scientists, presumed dead in Antartica, may have fallen through thin sea ice more than a week ago,. 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. Like the rescue mission, this involved plenty of waiting. 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. Marianne Guenot November 14, 2022,. 5 Drs. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The Russian scientists have been communicating with Pearce and colleagues at a third Antarctic expedition a study of the subglacial Whillans Ice Streammainly featuring U.S. scientists. 10 - The Pyramids of Antarctica. Calvin Harris forbids Taylor Swift from writing about him. The birds are now commuting 40 miles to get food for their young. He also said a group of. Pearce heads a team from theBritishAntarcticSurveyon 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. The. See more current weather. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Photograph: Andrew Peacock /Rex Features. "I can only imagine what things must be like at Vostok Station this week," he said. Glitches delay start of Florida recount for senator, governor. 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. Emilia Clarke on why she turned down 'Fifty Shades' role. All rights reserved. Youre away from your family and friends, and theres pressure to deliver the science youve promised. There's more to Antarctica than we bargained for. Early Warning Signs of Global Warming: Arctic and Antarctic Warming. This theory says Alexandrov was kidnapped by the KGB because he was planning to tell the world the nuclear winter theory was actually bunk. The images are giving scientists from Brown University and elsewhere a view of geological change in the Dry Valleys of the Antarctic that can't be seen any other way. 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The world holds its breath, hoping for the best after six days of radio silence from Antarctica -- where a team of Russian scientists is racing the clock and the oncoming winter to dig to an alien lake far beneath the ice. 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. In Antarctica sea ice is extending, for reasons that are unclear, but possibly through the actions of stronger winds churning out more and more sea ice. We've received your submission. Related coverage: Scientists may have found something unfathomably massive living under Antarctica. The studies authors claim the melting of these cracks may become the primary trigger for ice shelf collapse.. We all went to a local Mexican restaurant and after dinner, we kept talking until after midnight outside in the restaurant parking lot under trees. Antarctic scientists carry Iridium satellite phones for communication, he said, but there are spots without coverage. History of ozone measurement over Antarctica. Mutch's body was never recovered. Meanwhile, the glacier is still in trouble, Peter Davis, an oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey and a lead author on the other paper, told CNN. Past Weather in Antarctica, Antarctica Yesterday and Last 2 Weeks. The squadrons mission was to provide aviation support for Operation Deep Freeze, the operational component of the United States Antarctic Program. Priesner was a well-known biologist who was interested in pheromones, collaborating on some of the great works on the subject, like Olfactory Receptor Response to the Cockroach Sexual Attractant and Wind-tunnel study on attraction inhibitor in male Coleophora laricella Hbn. By Jeremy A. Kaplan FOX News The world holds its breath, hoping for the best after six days of radio silence from Antarctica where a team of Russian scientists is racing the clock and the oncoming winter to dig to an alien lake far beneath the ice. The National Science Foundation has funded major field campaigns to West Antarctica, including POLENET, which place Global Positioning System (GPS) stations in the area to measure geological changes. 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. The expedition will return to Hobart, Australia, rather than to its home port of Bluff, New Zealand, and the planned stop at Macquarie Island is, in Stone's words, "so not on." That was all in real time, live, so we can actually bring Antarctica to the public back at home. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! 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. Evolving technology has played a role in the public's fascination with Antarctica since the earliest days of exploration. The actual well head itself would be enclosed by a tent, he said, and scientists would sleep in tents as well. Weather Data Notice: We have recorded very few readings for this month, some days may be missing. The Russian scientists have been communicating with Pearce and colleagues at a third Antarctic expedition -- a study of the subglacial Whillans Ice Stream mainly featuring U.S. scientists. Pearce knows well enough, having spent 15 years working in and on Antarctica. The collapse of the glacier itself could take hundreds or thousands of years. Air temperatures have been higher than usual in parts of the Antarctic, around 1.5 degrees Celsius above the long term average. Sudden Disappearance. Two studies published Aug. 10 and led by researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California reveal unexpected new data about how the Antarctic Ice Sheet has been losing mass in recent decades. But they must battle more than just the cold. A group of scientists discovered ancient viruses frozen in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China, and most of them are unlike anything ever seen before. Two days later, the rescue effort entered a new phase. Later at a camp near Marie Byrd Land, some dozen scientists disappeared for two weeks. CPI Aero signs contract with Sikorsky Black Hawk fuel assemblies. According to the BBC, the last time anyone saw or heard from Weisfeiler was in January 1985. This is a really important part of the ocean circulation system, so getting some sediments from that is absolutely fabulous news," Turney said. Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Florida's statewide recount began Sunday morning after a three-hour delay amid a series of technical glitches with Broward County's counting machines. 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. I dont think theres anything sinister or ominous, Pearce said. The research stations are like small towns but only kind of. Also, some mountains look a bit pyramid like from some directions. So not only is Ernst Priesner still missing today, but his work has been set back until someone else steps up to the plate so we can better understand how and why cockroaches get it on, and stuff. He was never heard from again. The researchers say that having such a hidden world beneath the arctic ice is clear evidence of an ecosystem at play. . 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. 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