Read more Antarctica stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4614/antarctica.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:08:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73947/giant-iceberg-floats-toward-nz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA gigantic iceberg drifting unusually far north has been spotted by Australian researchers off an island south of Tasmania. The chunk of ice, 2,300 feet long and 1,000 feet deep, is floating toward New Zealand and could pose a danger to shipping when it splits into smaller chunks....http://www.newser.com/story/73947/giant-iceberg-floats-toward-nz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 2:56:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72946/nasa-mission-monitors-polar-ice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNASA has begun a mission much closer to home than usual. The agency is flying a DC-8 over Antarctica to track melting glaciers and any subsequent rise in sea levels. Operation Ice Bridge is designed to buttress the work of a fading satellite, ICESat, which is just about spent after...http://www.newser.com/story/72946/nasa-mission-monitors-polar-ice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69108/whiteout-leaves-critics-cold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAntarctica's a great setting for a thriller, say critics, but the new Kate Beckinsale movie Whiteout is too mundane to bear much resemblance to a great thriller. Joe Neumaier, Daily News : Whiteout, based on a graphic novel, has the makings of an enjoyable, cheesy thriller, but then "wimps out, starting...http://www.newser.com/story/69108/whiteout-leaves-critics-cold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 7:40:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66406/congressmen-studied-climate-change-on-500k-trip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSnorkeling, scuba diving, and penguin-watching were on the agenda when 10 members of Congress went on an 11-day trip to study climate change in early 2008, a Wall Street Journal investigation finds. Lawmakers from both parties, along with six spouses, visited New Zealand, Antarctica, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef on...http://www.newser.com/story/66406/congressmen-studied-climate-change-on-500k-trip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 8:12:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62706/south-pole-doc-who-treated-own-cancer-dead-at-57.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died at age 57, her husband said today, passing away yesterday at their home in Southwick, Mass. Her cancer had been in remission until it returned in August 2005.http://www.newser.com/story/62706/south-pole-doc-who-treated-own-cancer-dead-at-57.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 9:28:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62476/glaciers-may-vanish-in-geologic-instant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew data about a prehistoric Canadian glacier that rapidly vanished is giving scientists a stronger model to predict the radical effects of climate change. It's very possible that the same conditions could quickly shrink today's larger ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, prompting sea levels to soar in a "geographic...http://www.newser.com/story/62476/glaciers-may-vanish-in-geologic-instant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 5:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60949/radar-reveals-antarcticas-hidden-alps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists using radar to map what lies beneath two miles of Antarctic ice have discovered a landscape similar to Europe's Alpine region, the BBC reports. The sharp peaks and deep valleys surprised researchers who expected the area to have been ground much flatter by shifting ice. Researchers believe the findings...http://www.newser.com/story/60949/radar-reveals-antarcticas-hidden-alps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 5:28:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60743/experts-get-the-poop-on-penguins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEmperor penguin droppings are so concentrated that the reddish-brown guano has been spotted from space, reports the Times of London. That's a good thing because it's helping scientists pinpoint colonies of the giant birds in Antarctica and help experts track climate change affects. “The ice gets pretty dirty and it's...http://www.newser.com/story/60743/experts-get-the-poop-on-penguins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 4:19:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57603/antarctic-ice-shelf-crumbles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA huge ice shelf in the western Antarctic has become unstable and is beginning to fracture into icebergs, the Telegraph reports. Images from space show that the Jamaica-sized Wilkins ice shelf has lost 270 square miles of ice in recent weeks. Scientists expect the "fragile and vulnerable" shelf to continue...http://www.newser.com/story/57603/antarctic-ice-shelf-crumbles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Apr 2009 1:53:36 CDT