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Scientists blog from Antarctica and provide a glimpse of what it's like to do research in the field. 
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March 31, 2020
From satellites to sea ice: a budding scientist’s journey to the Arctic
Sean Horvath, a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder, gained Arctic research experience by taking part in the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) School. The school is affiliated with the MOSAiC expedition, a $150-million scientific research mission to study the Arctic climate system by freezing a German icebreaker into sea ice for a year.
March 3, 2020
Seeing sea ice: A new tool shows dynamic changes
A new data visualization tool, the Sea Ice Analysis Tool, has just been added to the Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis (ASINA) website. The tool helps users customize sea ice extent and concentration data into graphs or maps based on their chosen criteria.
January 27, 2020
Ice station: CU students contribute to Antarctic research
Team JANE, a group of seven undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder, spent a year building a system for researchers to use to better understand Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica as part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration.
January 13, 2020
Survival mode: Adaptability of phytoplankton in the changing Arctic Ocean
A team of researchers use sea ice concentration data at NSIDC to catch another massive phytoplankton bloom under thick Arctic sea ice in the Chukchi Sea.
