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Check out this interview with IceCube’s Angela Zegarelli, a postdoctoral researcher at Ruhr-Universität Bochum! Angela takes you behind the scenes and explains what her work searching for astrophysical neutrinos entails. Read the interview here: https://icecube.wisc.edu/voices…/2026/03/angela-zegarelli/

Andrea Ghez was awarded the 2020 physics Nobel prize jointly with Reinhard Genzel “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.” She talked to nine students of different disciplines within science, from all over the world, about being a scientist. Watch the full interview to hear Ghez give herContinue reading “Nobel prize winner talks with students about being a scientist”

There’s amazing women in all industries in the polar regions – Captain Heidi Norling is making waves in the tourism sector. She works for Lindblad Expeditions, where seven years ago she became their first female captain. Lindblad says, “Today, she commands National Geographic Resolution through some of the planet’s most remote waters; the same wildContinue reading “Spotlight on Captain Heidi Norling”

There are many paralleles and connections between Outer Space and the polar regions, which is why we’re glad to read about ESA’s newest female leaders: Céline Begon, Christine Boelsche, Céline Folsché and Ildiko Raczne Szoke are among the women shaping Europe’s future in space. With women now making up 37% of new recruits and 27%Continue reading “ESA appoints new women leaders”

Writer Laureli Ivanoff remembers in the late 1980s when Iditarod teams passed through her home village of Unalakleet. She was especially struck by musher Susan Butcher, who won the race four times between 1986-1990. “She was the woman everyone was talking about,” Laureli remembers. “The woman a lot of men couldn’t stand. The woman who,Continue reading “Inspiring article about Susan Butcher, Iditarod winner extraordinaire”

Join the team: the adverts for next season’s roles at the South Georgia Museum are now live! The South Georgia Heritage Trust is recruiting for three Operations Assistants to join their team from October 2026 – March 2027. Working on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, you’ll welcome over 15,000 visitors to one of theContinue reading “South Georgia Island job opportunity”

Women in Ocean Science is launching a Mentorship Pilot 2026 — a 4-month, global, goal-driven mentorship program designed to support early-career women in ocean science and related fields. This program connects selected mentees with experienced professionals for focused 1:1 mentorship, with one 60-minute online session per month. Each mentee applies with a specific next-step goal,Continue reading “Mentorship program launched by Women in Ocean Science”

“It doesn’t matter how tall or grizzly you are,” says the youngest person to reach the South Pole unassisted, Karen Kylleso. She proves that “extraordinary” isn’t about how you are built; it’s about what you build inside. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/karen-kylleso-youngest-person-south-pole-skis-team-says Antarctica. 5 feet tall, 106 pounds, and a 220-pound sled. And now, a Guinness World Record Holder.Continue reading “South Pole: 21-year old woman breaks Guiness World Record”

Antarctic research enters a new phase as global effort evolves. The Antarctic Research Trends Report 2025 reveals significant evolution in global Antarctic research activity, highlighting evolving scientific effort, evolving collaboration patterns, with implications for the availability of scientific output to the Antarctic Treaty System. The report analysed nearly 30,000 peer-reviewed publications from 2016 to 2024.Continue reading “New research published: The Antarctic Research Trends Report 2025”

Amazing feat by glaciologist Dr Heidi Sevestre and explorer Matthieu Tordeur: They recently completed the “Under Antarctica” expedition, which was a test of human endurance and also the first-ever French crossing of the Antarctic interior by kite-ski, and the first kite-ski expedition dedicated entirely to polar science. Mad respect and congratulations! https://www.underantarctica.com/en