News tagged with expedition
Relics from Scott's doomed Antarctic trip fetch 500,000 dlrs
Photographs, skis and other relics belonging to a scientist on Captain Scott's ill-fated Antarctic trip sold for 370,000 pounds (579,000 dollars, 434,000 euros), Christie's auctioneers said Thursday.
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Sep 23, 2010 |
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Russia finds last-days log of famed 1912 Arctic expedition
Russian explorers Monday said they had found a sailor's log from aboard a legendary Arctic expedition that vanished as it sought to forge through the ice-choked Northeast Passage in 1912.
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Sep 13, 2010 |
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Research expedition breaking records on voyage across Antarctica
Six-wheel drive mobile laboratories, a biofuelled ice vehicle that glides on skis, and the latest in wireless mobile sensors are on display today at Imperial College London, UK, as a team of explorers and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 08, 2010 |
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'Titanic' mapping expedition sets sail (Update)
A high-tech expedition that aims to create a detailed map of the wreckage of the Titanic, nearly a hundred years after the fabled ship sank in the Atlantic, set sail from Canada on Monday. ...
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Aug 24, 2010 |
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Countdown begins to 520 day 'Mars mission'
A group of volunteers have started final training in Russia in preparation for being locked up in a capsule for 520 days to simulate the psychological effects of the voyage to Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2010 |
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Expedition heads for world's deepest undersea volcanoes
A British scientific expedition is heading into the world's deepest volcanic rift, more than three miles beneath the waves in the Caribbean, to hunt for the deepest "black smoker" vents detected so far on ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2010 |
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New research cuts into origins of iron and steel in India
A small but intrepid team of Exeter staff and students have returned from a six-week archaeological research expedition to a remote region of rural Andhra Pradesh in India.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Expedition 22 Crew to Return From Station Thursday
The crew aboard the International Space Station conducted a change of command ceremony Wednesday as Expedition 22 comes to a close and two crew members prepare for an early Thursday return home.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Pioneering Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea
(PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering deep-sea exploration robot -- one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships -- was lost at sea Friday, March 5, on a ...
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Mar 09, 2010 |
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Remains of early 1900s plane found in Antarctica
(AP) -- Remains of the first airplane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced Saturday.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 03, 2010 |
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Soup can reopens mystery of doomed Franklin Expedition
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lead levels that are "off the scale" have been confirmed after tests were done this morning on the lid of a soup can dating back more than 150 years. The findings reopen the mystery surrounding ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Antarctic expedition studies survival strategies of Weddell seals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Eight years after her last major expedition to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams is back on the ice. This time, however, her team began the expedition during the Antarctic winter, the ...
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Polar Sea Ice replicated in Hamburg
(PhysOrg.com) -- As northern Europe enjoys a rather warm start to autumn, an international team of 20 polar scientists have brought icy winter conditions to the middle of Hamburg, Germany. They are studying the effect of ...
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Sep 28, 2009 |
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Dung beetle named after Darwin
A dung beetle from Costa Rica has been named after Charles Darwin and the Darwin Initiative. It was discovered during a Natural History Museum led expedition.
Sep 22, 2009 |
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NOAA and partners to survey marine life at USS Monitor wreck site
NOAA will participate in a private research expedition to study marine life living on and around the wreck of the USS Monitor. The August 2-8 expedition is the first in the history of Monitor National Marine Sanctuary devoted ...
Aug 07, 2009 |
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