A Dutch study published online in the Nature Geoscience journal said that sea ice around Antarctica has expanded at an accelerated rate of 1.9 percent per decade since 1985, unlike that in the Arctic region.
A less ancient Antarctic lake forms from melting snow near Cape Folger on the Budd Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory on January 11, 2008. (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images)
British scientists are preparing to drill into an ancient lake that's been trapped under Antarctic ice for thousands of years, according to a press release from the British Antarctic Survey.
Google Street View has a remarkably comprehensive handle on cities and towns worldwide. And now, the mapping service has moved to the remote Canadian Arctic.
Shackleton's whisky has "whisper of marmalade, cinnamon and a tease of smoke, ginger and musovado sugar,” according to Whyte & Mackay Master Blender Richard Paterson.
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