http://www.usap.gov/ Announcements displayed on the United States Antarctic Program web site. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:25:35 GMT http://www.usap.gov/webservices/rss.cfm en-us webmaster@usap.gov Copyright 2010, United States Antarctic Program At approximately 1 PM New Zealand time on Tuesday, February 22, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island. Christchurch serves as the deployment hub for personnel of the U.S. Antarctic Program ... Announcements Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:30:03 GMT Recent and upcoming personnel changes within Antarctic Sciences Section (ANT) in the NSF's Division of Polar Programs (POLAR) are announced... Announcements Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:25:35 GMT NSF's Division of Polar Programs seeks candidates for the 2014-2015 Artists and Writers Program ... Announcements Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:25:35 GMT Nominations are open for the 2013 Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica. The $100,000 (USD) prize, an unrestricted award in the fields of Antarctic science or policy ... Announcements Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:25:35 GMT In accordance with NSF policy that all facility awards must be re-competed after an appropriate period of operation (NSB-08-12 and NSB-08-16), this solicitation seeks the services of a qualified organization to provide a core curation facility and services for geological cores collected in the polar regions ... Announcements Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:25:35 GMT The Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF), has released the 2012 Antarctic Solicitation (NSF 13-527) for support of projects in the Antarctica during the 2014-2015 field season or projects in the United States beginning in early 2014 ... Announcements Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:25:35 GMT The National Science Foundation (NSF) yesterday announced plans to realign four program offices in the Office of the Director to maximize research and education outcomes for science and engineering, while enhancing NSF's operational agility ... Announcements Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:25:35 GMT Recent changes to travel and deployment forms can be found on the Program Updates page located in the Travel and Deployment section ... Announcements Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:30:03 GMT The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that it will exercise an option for chartering the diesel icebreaker Vladimir Ignatyuk from Russia's Murmansk Shipping Company for the upcoming 2012 to 2013 season ... Announcements Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:30:03 GMT In Antarctica, the solstice or Midwinter's Day is a turning point when the thoughts of the wintering population turn to coming sunrise and the end of the austral night. Throughout the continent celebrations are held, as they have been held since early days of exploration, and messages of good will circulate among the stations ... Announcements Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:57:35 GMT Raytheon Polar Services Company (RPSC) is pleased to announce that the Research Vessel Icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer (NBP) charter has been extended through March 2017, with an option for an additional five years. RPSC will assign the NBP charter to the new Lockheed Martin Antarctic Support Contractor (ASC) effective 31 March 2012 ... Announcements Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:25:35 GMT Lockheed-Martin is seeking qualified candidates for a wide range of activities in support of the Antarctic Support Contract... Announcements Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:25:35 GMT Looking out over the next couple of decades, this report identifies key questions that will drive scientific research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and presents opportunities to be leveraged to sustain and improve the science program ... Announcements Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:25:35 GMT Three new Program Officers will soon be joining the Division of Antarctic Sciences in the National Sciences Foundation's Office of Polar Programs ... Announcements Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:25:35 GMT The Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF), has released the 2012 Antarctic Solicitation (NSF 12-539) for support of projects in the Antarctica during the 2013-2014 field season or projects in the United States beginning in early 2013 ... Announcements Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:27:35 GMT The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced it has reached an agreement with a Russian company to charter a diesel icebreaker to create a channel through the sea ice of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound ... Announcements Fri, 26 Aug 2011 9:06:03 GMT Laurence M. Gould (LMG) has been extended]]> ... Announcements Tue, 17 Feb 2010 12:28:00 GMT Blue Ribbon Panel to Assess U.S. Activities on World's Southernmost Continent ... Announcements Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:25:03 GMT There are important changes for baggage allowance during Mainbody deployment ... Announcements Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:43:00 GMT Colin Bull, professor emeritus at The Ohio State University and pioneering polar scientist, passed away on September 7, 2010 ... Announcements Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:45:03 GMT A workshop has been scheduled in February 2011 to discuss new polar research vessel development ... Announcements Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:26:03 GMT The U.S. Senate has confirmed Subra Suresh, President Barack Obama's nominee for director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), for a six-year term ... Announcements Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:45:03 GMT The 2010-2011 austral summer season will begin on schedule ... Announcements Tue, 21 Sep 2010 9:26:00 GMT Dr. Charles R. Stearns, the father of the U.S. Antarctic Program's Automatic Weather Station system and a pioneer in polar meteorology, died on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 ... Announcements Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:43:00 GMT Effective September 29, 2009, the USAP Air Post Office (APO) will no longer accept registered mail ... Announcements Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:56:00 GMT Arden L. Bement, the director of the National Science Foundation, has been named to lead Purdue University's new Global Policy Research Institute (GPRI), which will draw on seven different science and research disciplines ... Announcements Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:39:00 GMT In response to President Obama's Open Government Directive, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is finding ways to make its work more accessible to the general public, including the NSF's Open Government Directive Plan ... Announcements Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:26:00 GMT The format of USAP email addresses for USAP participants is changing ... Announcements Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:00 GMT On February 6, 2010 the National Science Foundation launched a new interactive web page designed to encourage participation and collaboration between the agency and the citizens it serves ... Announcements Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:50:00 GMT The U.S. IPY opening ceremony included remarks from polar scientists about the nature and scope of U.S. IPY research, as well as remarks from government officials whose agencies play an active role in IPY ... Announcements Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:00:00 GMT The International IPY Committee has scheduled a regular sequence of "International Polar Days" to raise awareness and provide information about particular and timely aspects of the polar regions. The first International Polar Day, on September 21, 2007, will focus on sea ice. A new web site with information for the press and educators, details of current projects and expeditions, contact details for scientists in the polar regions and around the world, images, background information, and useful links and resources is available ... Announcements Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/sea_ice Advanced students and PhD graduates conducting research in the Arctic or Antarctic during the International Polar Year are invited to apply for the NGPR Symposium, which will be held May 4-11, 2008, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs through Whitman College and University of Colorado, the NGPR Symposium will provide an open forum for discussions that will lead to cross-fertilization of research ideas and techniques for educational outreach. The net result should be expansion of participants' historical, scientific, and professional outlook. Announcements Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://apecs.is/workshops/ngpr The 2009-10 season Customer Service Plan for the Antarctic Geospatial Information Center (AGIC) is available to view; AGIC services are made possible by a National Science Foundation funded grant supported by Raytheon Polar Services Company, the Antarctic support contractor ... Announcements Thu, 1 Oct 2009 9:51:00 GMT ANtarctic geological DRILLing (ANDRILL) has launched a new web site providing information about this multinational collaboration effort that involves recovering a history of paleoenvironmental changes ... Announcements Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:44:01 GMT http://www.andrill.org/ The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) initiative is a multidisciplinary study of rapid climate change and future sea level. The WAIS web site provides an overview of the program, schedules, agendas, and abstracts, as well as articles. There is also a new multimedia area called "What's cool about WAIS?" that includes a comparison between Poles, ice stream dynamics, satellite views, and information about predictive tools, ocean-ice interaction, and ice coring. Announcements Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:44:01 GMT http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/ What's cool about WAIS? Announcements Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:44:01 GMT http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/waisFlash/index.htm The NSF-sponsored IPY web site serves as a gateway to information generated by U.S. federal agencies and their grantees about activities during the International Polar Year ... Announcements Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:44:01 GMT http://www.us-ipy.gov/index.cfm?id=hom