The U.S. Antarctic research program is in trouble, as canceled field seasons imperil data sets and demoralize researchers.

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    Well, a lot of ice, a few strange birds and no oil. So, no big deal. /s

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      A lot of the work in Antarctica are microbiology and weather related. My colleagues while I was in NZ regularly brought back soil and ice core samples to “mine” for unknown microbes.

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        Global temperature record (section Ice cores (from 800,000 years before present))

        This is amazing, if not the Americans, then maybe others will push the research forward.