Antarctic midges are the biggest terrestrial land animal in #Antarctica. Scientists sailed along the coast of Antarctica making a genetic map of their migration down the peninsula. bit.ly/2VqVXQH

Hercules Dome will be the site of the next big U.S. ice core in #Antarctica. Scientists spent 3 weeks driving over the inhospitable landscape in radar-equipped snowmobiles looking for the perfect spot. bit.ly/2WiCeU1

During the cold, dark winter in #Antarctica, scientists launched helium balloons high into the upper atmosphere to study thin clouds of atmospheric particles that affect the climate and ozone layer. bit.ly/39ycGrc

🎙️ PODCAST: There are potential hazards everywhere in the harsh environs of #Antarctica. The USAP's Field Support and Training team keeps scientists & support staff safe when working in the field. bit.ly/3af7Nnp

🎙️ PODCAST: It's a big job keeping hundreds of scientists and staff safe in the remote regions of #Antarctica, and the Field Support & Training team are the experts. bit.ly/3af7Nnp

What makes a biological hot spot so hot? Scientists send radar, ocean gliders and underwater moorings to the Palmer Deep off #Antarctica to learn everything they can about the ecosystem in the Southern Ocean. bit.ly/3gLNnnK

Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's XL-Calibur! The scientific payload flew above 99% of the atmosphere over #Antarctica to detect heavy cosmic rays that bombard our planet. bit.ly/2FlYVBw

The BICEP Array, under construction at the South Pole, will peer back in time through the distant cosmos, and study the universe when it was just a fraction of a second old. #Antarctica bit.ly/3lGjckq

🎙️ PODCAST: If there's an emergency in #Antarctica, the USAP Search and Rescue Team is ready to spring into action and save whoever needs help. bit.ly/38h2oNR

Skuas are amazing birds. It takes a lot of grit to be able to call Antarctica "home sweet home."

Scientists use a swarm of flying robots to map one of the largest Adélie penguin colonies in #Antarctica and are working on an algorithm to automatically count its half million resident birds. bit.ly/2JsAcNo

This robotic surfboard spent four months gliding around the Southern Ocean collecting data about the waters and atmosphere surrounding #Antarctica! bit.ly/380waVb

Seals in #Antarctica caught on camera singing songs too high-pitched for humans to hear, and scientists don't yet know what these noises are for. bit.ly/2LIPOxQ

Researchers traveled to #Antarctica to study Weddell seal pups — keeping an unbroken 52-year-old data set going strong — despite the ongoing pandemic. bit.ly/2NRe3dP

Donna Fraser and her team of "Birders" study the seabirds in #Antarctica to better understand the region's ecosystem. Palmer LTER bit.ly/3dnKCuu

🎙️PODCAST: There's a fire department in #Antarctica, where the remote location, dry conditions and high winds make fighting fires and keeping people safe all the more critical. bit.ly/3e5rG42

Scientists think that encoded in the DNA of sea critters living around #Antarctica is evidence of an ancient sea now completely covered in ice. bit.ly/3tih4U3

Scientists sailed to #Antarctica in search of the sparkly mollusks ✨ that call the frigid Southern Ocean home. bit.ly/3sAKz3n

Thwaites Glacier in #Antarctica is melting fast & could significantly raise sea levels if it collapses. The #ITGC international scientific collaboration is working to figure out how much and how fast it could rise. International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration bit.ly/3eo7ngN 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇦🇶

🚨🚨🚨 360 VIDEO!! 🚨🚨🚨 Immerse yourself in Science at the Bottom of the World, the first 360 video filmed at all 3 US research stations in #Antarctica! youtu.be/TVHe9ovnWJI