Endurance, one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks, was discovered off the coast of Antarctica more than a century after it sank. Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has been astonishingly intact in the Weddell Sea at a depth of 3,008 meters (9,869 feet), 6 kilometers (4 miles) from where it was wrecked by pack ice in ...
A giant egg the size of a football could belong to a prehistoric mosasaur, and it’s the only egg of its kind. Discovered in 2011 on Seymour Island in Antarctica, the 68 million-year-old egg holds the title of the largest soft-shelled egg and the second-largest egg in the world, measuring 11.4 by 7.9 inches. Chilean ...
A Chinese destroyer reportedly fired a weapons-grade laser at a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft that was flying above the Pacific. The incident occurred about 380 miles from Guam in the Philippine Sea, where America has a significant military presence. The aircraft, a P-8A Poseidon, was operating from the Kadena airbase located in Okinawa, Japan. Attacking ...
A study finds that even the tallest ice cliffs should be able to support their weight rather than collapse catastrophically. The Antarctic ice sheet spans close to twice the area of the contiguous United States, and its land boundary is buttressed by massive, floating ice shelves extending hundreds of miles out over the frigid waters ...
China is increasing activities in Antarctica and everyone is watching closely to see whether the Asian nation will seek to lay a claim in the region. Doing so would not only violate the Antarctic Treaty, but it could also trigger a global conflict where major world powers rush in to secure a part of Antarctica ...
The increasing involvement of China and Russia in Antarctica is reportedly making the Australian government nervous. Both countries seem less interested in safeguarding the marine ecosystem of the continent than pushing forward their militaristic interest in the region. Why the interest in Antarctica? Australia’s scientific community had warned the government last year about the country’s ...
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