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PRESS RELEASE: ANCIENT ANTARCTIC ICE MELT RESEARCH

Posted  02/12/20 in Updates From The Field, Press Release, General Interest, Science, Antarctic Environment

Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions (ALE) played an integral part in supporting research, led by UNSW Sydney, into mass melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Last Interglacial. A team of international scientists, led by Professor of Earth Science & Climate Change Chris Turney, have just released findings on Antarctica’s sensitivity to warming in [...]

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Travel and the Environment: Where Two Contrasts Meet in Support of Our Planet

Posted  11/11/19 in Antarctic Environment

Travel is one of the best things we can give ourselves, supporting immersion in other cultures, long lasting life changes, expanding our knowledge of the planet and satisfying good old human curiosity. There are many remote expeditions and world circumnavigations that never would have happened without the individual desire to conquer inhospitable places and push [...]

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ALE PRESS RELEASE: FINAL 5 FOR ANTARCTIC SABBATICAL

Posted  11/8/19 in Press Release, Antarctic Environment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This Talented Team Will Bring Invaluable Skills, Perspective and Enthusiasm to Participate in Research about Micro Plastics and Ongoing Polar Protection Salt Lake City, Utah November 2019 – An expert panel reviewed tens of thousands of applications who submitted to be part of the Airbnb Antarctic Sabbatical, in partnership with the Ocean [...]

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ALE PRESS RELEASE: ANTARCTIC SABBATICAL

Posted  10/4/19 in Press Release, Antarctic Environment

Airbnb announced they are funding a research sabbatical in the heart of Antarctica. Led by Antarctic scientist and passionate biogeochemist Kirstie Jones–Williams, five people will join an expedition to explore the impact of humans on Earth’s remotest regions. These five participants will be carefully chosen by Airbnb’s expert team and trained in Chile for an [...]

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Non-native Species: A Threat to Antarctica

Posted  10/3/19 in Updates From The Field, Antarctic Environment

The introduction of non-native species is a priority conservation concern among Antarctic Treaty countries, and one we share at ALE. Non-native species are one of several major threats to biodiversity – globally and in the Antarctic. They have already profoundly transformed the biodiversity of many sub-Antarctic islands and are increasing on the Antarctic continent itself. [...]

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Thwaites - Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier

Posted  07/31/19 in Science, Antarctic Environment

Principal Investigators of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) recently conducted a special briefing for UK policy makers, on sea-level rise from Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The scientists explained why it is important to reduce the uncertainty on how Thwaites Glacier will contribute to future sea-level rise; how governments will need to adapt to [...]

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Changing Antarctic Waters Could Trigger Steep Rise in Sea Levels

Posted  01/5/17 in Press Release, General Interest, Science, Camp Services, Antarctic Environment

Current changes in the ocean around Antarctica are disturbingly close to conditions 14,000 years ago that led to the rapid melting of the Antarctic ice sheets and a three metre rise in global sea levels. New research published in Nature Scientific Reports found that at the end of the last ice age, Antarctic ocean temperatures [...]

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Blue-ice Airfields

Posted  08/29/16 in General Interest, Air Transport, Antarctic Environment

ALE uses blue-ice airfields to land wheeled aircraft in Antarctica. These snow-free areas are a cornerstone of our operations. But what are blue-ice fields? How are they formed? And what makes them so special? Blue-ice fields are glacial areas that remain snow-free. Most of the Antarctic ice sheet is covered by snow, since the accumulation [...]

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The Geology of The Ellsworth Mountains

Posted  03/31/15 in Antarctic Odyssey, General Interest, Science, Antarctic Environment

The glaciated and alpine topography of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains provides excellent climbing terrain for mountaineers with eight of the ten highest peaks in Antarctica being located here. While the majority of visitors to the area come to climb, this region of the continent has plenty to offer adventurers and geologists in [...]

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