metabolism and breeding, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
metabolism and diving, [>]–[>]
numbers, [>]
serial monogamy, [>]
Endurance, [>]–[>]
Engelhardt, Hermann, [>]–[>]
Engle, Joe, [>]
Epic of Gilgamesh, [>]
Erebus Ice Tongue, [>]
Esperanza Station, [>]–[>]
Evans, Edgar, [>]
Exasperation Inlet, [>]
Executive Committee Range, [>]
Explorers Cove, [>]
Falklands War, [>]–[>]
Fave, Jean-Paul, [>]
feldspar, [>]
firn, [>]–[>]
firn quakes, [>]
fish, antifreeze, [>]–[>], [>]
floods, under-ice, [>]–[>]
foraminifera, [>]–[>]
Forane 141b, [>]–[>]
forests, petrified, [>]–[>]
Fountain, Andrew, [>]–[>]
Fram, [>]
frazil, [>]
Fricker, Helen Amanda, [>]
frost nip, [>]
gamma-rays, [>]–[>]
Garrott, Bob, [>]–[>]
George V, King, and Queen Mary, [>]
Gilbert, Caroline, [>]–[>], [>]
glaciers, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
see also ice streams
global conveyor belt, [>]
glycol, [>]–[>]
Glyptonotus antarcticus, [>]
Godon, Patrice, [>]
Goldin, Dan, [>]
Grand Canyon, [>], [>]
Great Ice Barrier, see Ross Ice Shelf
green flash, [>]
greenhouse gases, [>]–[>]
Greenland, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
growlers, [>]
Grundlock, Sarah, [>]
Grytviken, [>]
Haakon VII, King of Norway, [>]
Harvey, Ralph, [>]–[>], [>]
Head, Jim, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Heath, Bob, [>]
Helgestad, Jostein, [>]-[>]
Henrickson, Bill, [>], [>]
Hercules aircraft, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
HMS Endurance, [>]–[>], [>]
Hobart, [>], [>]
Hope Bay, [>]
hormones
corticosterone, [>], [>], [>]
prolactin, [>], [>]
T3, [>]
testosterone, [>]
hovercraft, [>]
hurricane walking, [>]
Hut Point, [>], [>], [>]
ice ages, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
ice cores, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
drilling for, [>]–[>]
ice diving, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
ice shelves, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
ice streams, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
icebergs, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Iliad, The, [>]
Imperial Transantarctic Expedition, [>]
Industrial Revolution, [>]
International Geophysical Year, [>]
International Space Station, [>]
internet, [>], [>], [>], [>]
It’s a Wonderful Life, [>]
Jacobs, Stan, [>]–[>], [>]
James, Barry, [>]–[>]
James Caird, [>], [>]
James Ross Island, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Jenkins, Adrian, [>]
John Biscoe, [>]
Johnson, Nicholas, [>]
Johnston, Mark, [>], [>]
Jones, Tom, [>], [>]
Jupiter, [>], [>]
Kallistrat, Father, [>]–[>]
Kamb, Barclay, [>]–[>], [>]
King George Island, [>], [>]
Klenova, Marie, [>]
Krall, Sarah, [>]–[>]
krill, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Kunlun Station, see Dome A
Labyrinth, [>]
Lake Fryxel, [>]
Lake Hoare, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Lake Vida, [>]–[>]
Lake Vostok, [>]
lakes, [>]–[>]
under-ice, [>]–[>]
Lallemand Fjord, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Larsen A Ice Shelf, [>]
Larsen B Ice Shelf, [>], [>]–[>]
Larsen Inlet Ice Shelf, [>]
le Calvez, Claire, [>]–[>]
Leibert, Gregg, [>]
Leventer, Amy, [>], [>]
light years, [>]
Lindbergh, Charles, [>]
Little America, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Little Ice Age, [>]
McGonigal, David, [>]
McKay, Chris, [>]–[>], [>]
McKay, David, [>]
Mackay Glacier, [>]
McMurdo Sound, [>], [>]
McMurdo Station
compared with others, [>], [>]
field training, [>], [>]
flights to pole, [>]
psychotic cook, [>]
relationships, [>]–[>]
the town, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
winter storms, [>]
women, [>]–[>], [>]
McMurdo Dry Valleys, [>], [>]–[>]
Beacon Valley, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
channel systems, [>]–[>]
environmental rules, [>]
living organisms, [>]–[>]
and Martian environment, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Marble Point, [>]
March of the Penguins, The, [>]
Marchant, Dave, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
Marie Byrd Land, [>]
Mario Zuchelli Station, [>]
Marks, Rodney, [>]–[>], [>]
Mars, [>]
and Dry Valleys, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
and life on Earth, [>]–[>]
likelihood of ice, [>]
and meteorites, [>]–[>]
Vallis Marinaris canyon system, [>]–[>]
volcanoes, [>]
Mawson, Douglas, [>]–[>], [>]
Meatloaf, [>]
Mertz, Xavier, [>]–[>]
meteorites, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
achondrites, [>], [>]
ALH81005, [>]–[>], [>]
ALH84001, [>]–[>]
chondrules, [>]–[>]
fusion crusts, [>], [>]
ordinary chondrites, [>]–[>]
SNCs, [>]–[>], [>]
methane, [>]–[>]
methanol, [>]
Middle Western Icefield, [>]
Mikkelsen, Caroline, [>]
Milky Way galaxy, [>]–[>]
Galactic Centre, [>]–[>]
Miller, Jed, [>]–[>]
Mirny Station, [>]
Mittlefehldt, David, [>]–[>]
Monteleone, Lt Col. Miguel, [>]–[>]
Moon, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Morris, Liz, [>]
Mount Erebus, [>]–[>], [>]
Mount Everest, [>], [>]
Mount Hope, [>]
Müller Ice Shelf, [>]–[>]
muons, [>]–[>]
Murphy, Charlie, [>]
Nathaniel B. Palmer, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Natural History Museum, [>]
nematodes, [>]
neutrinos, [>]–[>], [>]
New Zealand alps, [>]
Nicholson, Jack, [>]
Nimrod, [>], [>], [>]
Ninnis, Belgrave, [>]–[>]
North Pole, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, [>]
Oates, Captain, [>]
Observation Hill, [>]–[>], [>]
oceans, colour of, [>]
Office Girls, [>]
oil, [>]
Olivero, Eduardo, [>]–[>]
Olympus Range, [>]
oxygen, [>], [>]
ozone layer, [>]
Palma, Emilia Marcos, [>]
Palma, Silvia Morella de, [>]
; Palmer Station, [>], [>], [>]
Parsons, C. W., [>]
Peck, Lloyd, [>]–[>]
pemmican, [>], [>]
penguins, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
chinstrap, [>], [>]
gentoo, [>], [>]
rockhopper, [>]
see also Adélie penguins; emperor penguins
Peregrine Adventures, [>]
Perk, Henry, [>]–[>]
Peterson, Jeff, [>]
Pine Island Bay, [>], [>]
Pine Island Glacier and Ice Shelf, [>]–[>], [>]
polar madness, [>]–[>]
Ponganis, Paul, [>]–[>]
Port Lockroy, [>]
Port Stanley, [>]
Pourquoi Pas?, [>]
Prince Gustav Ice Shelf, [>], [>]
Proust, Marcel, [>]
psychological testing, [>]–[>]
Pudsey, Carol, [>]
Pujarto, General Hernán, [>]
Punta Arenas, [>], [>], [>]
Queen Alexandra Mountains, [>]
Raclot, Thierry, [>]–[>], [>]
radio storms, [>]
Recovery Glacier, [>]
ribbon worms, [>], [>]
Richter, Steffen, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Rickard, Larry, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Rignot, Eric, [>]–[>]
Roberts, Steve, [>], [>]
Ronne Ice Shelf, [>]–[>], [>]
ice streams, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Ross Ice Shelf (Great Ice Barrier), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
early explorers and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
ice streams, [>], [>]–[>]
Ross Island, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Ross Sea, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rothera Point, [>], [>]
Rothera Station, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and ban on dogs, [>]–[>]
climate change research, [>]–[>]
rations, [>]–[>]
women, [>]
Royal Society Range, [>]
Rutford Ice Stream, [>]
Sakharov, Oleg, [>]–[>]
salps, [>]
Santa Marta Cove, [>]
sastrugi, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
satellite data, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Saturn, [>]
Scasso, Roberto, [>]–[>]
Schmitt, Harrison ‘Jack’, [>], [>]
schools, [>]
Schutt, John, [>]–[>]
Schwarz, Robert, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Scott, Captain Robert F., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
and bad luck, [>], [>]–[>]
diary entries, [>], [>], [>]
polar expedition, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
memorial to, [>]
Scott Day, [>]
scurvy, [>]
sea ice, [>], [>], [>], [>]
sea levels, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
sea spiders, [>], [>], [>]
sea urchins, [>]
seals, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
crab eater, [>]
fur, [>]
leopard, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Weddell, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Seierstad, Inger, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Service, Robert, [>]
Shackleton, Ernest, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Shackleton Mountains, [>]
Shemenski, Ron, [>]
Shepherd, Andy, [>]
Shergotty, [>]
Shining, The, [>]
shooting stars, [>]
Signy Station, [>]
Siple, Paul, [>]
Siple Coast, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Siple Dome, [>]–[>]
skuas, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
sky divers, [>]
sling loading, [>]
‘slushies’, [>], [>]–[>]
Smith Glacier, [>]
snails, [>]
snow petrels, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
sodar signals, [>]
South Georgia, [>], [>]
south magnetic pole, [>]–[>]
South Pole, [>]–[>]
acclimatisation, [>]–[>]
altitude, [>]–[>]
astronomy, [>]–[>], [>]
atmospheric research, [>]–[>], [>]
deaths, [>]–[>]
fire risk, [>]–[>]
flights to, [>]
hierarchy, [>]–[>]
medical evacuation, [>]–[>]
midwinter celebrations, [>]–[>]
Old Pole station, [>]–[>], [>]
‘Polies’, [>], [>], [>]
private expeditions, [>]–[>]
psychological testing, [>]–[>]
psychoses, [>]–[>]
relations with outside world, [>]–[>]
relationships, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
sauna and [>] Club, [>]
seismology, [>]–[>], [>]
snowfall, [>]
temperatures, [>], [>]
territoriality, [>]–[>]
under-ice lake, [>]
water conservation, [>]
winter-over syndrome, [>]–[>]
winters, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
South Pole Dome, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Southern Cross, [>]
Spain, Rae, [>]–[>]
Speed, Jake, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
star formation, [>]–[>]
starfish, [>], [>], [>]
Stark, Tony, [>]–[>], [>]
static electricity, [>]–[>]
Stearns, Leigh, [>]
storms, [>]–[>]
strawberries, [>]
submarines, autonomous, [>]–[>]
sugar snow, [>]
Sun, [>], [>], [>], [>]
sun dogs, [>]
supernovas, [>], [>]
superstitions, [>]
tardigrades, [>]
Taylor Glacier, [>]
Taylor Valley, [>]
telescopes, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
AMANDA, [>]–[>]
AST/RO, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Ice Cube, [>]–[>], [>]
South Pole, [>], [>]
VIPER, [>]
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, [>]
Terra Nova Bay, [>], [>]
Terror Point, [>]
Thames, River, [>]
Thing, The, [>]
Thwaites Glacier, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Tothill, Nick, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
tourism, [>]–[>]
Transantarctic Mountains, [>]
tsunami warnings, [>]
Tulaczyk, Slawek, [>]–[>]
Turk’s Head, [>]
Twin Otter aircraft, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
U-barrels, [>]–[>], [>]
Uberuaga, Jules, [>]–[>]
Universe
mass, [>]–[>]
origin, [>]–[>]
structure, [>]
Upstream D camp, [>]–[>]
US Navy, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Ushuaia, [>]
Vaughan, David, [>]–[>]
Venus, [>]
Vesta asteroid, [>]
Vial, Sara, [>]
volcanic ash, [>]
volcanoes, [>], [>], [>]
Vostok Station, [>], [>], [>]
ice cores, [>]–[>]
under-ice lake, [>]–[>]
Washington State scablands, [>]
water vapour, [>], [>]
Weddell Sea, [>]–i, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
wetlands, under-ice, [>]
whales, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
humpback, [>]–[>]
killer, [>], [>]
minke, [>]
southern right, [>]
whaling and sealing, [>]–[>], [>]
>
Whillans, Ian, [>]
White Island, [>]–[>]
whiteouts, [>]–[>]
Wild, Frank, [>]–[>], [>]
Wilson, Bill, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Windless Bight, [>]
Wingham, Duncan, [>], [>]
winters, Antarctic, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Worsley, Frank, [>], [>]–[>]
Wright Upper Glacier, [>]
Yelcho, [>]–[>]
Zebroski, Steve, [>], [>]
About the Author
GABRIELLE WALKER has a PhD in natural sciences from Cambridge University and has taught at both Cambridge and Princeton universities. She is Chief Scientist of strategic advisory firm Xynteo, a consultant to New Scientist, contributes frequently to BBC radio and writes for many newspapers and magazines. In 2009 and 2011 respectively she presented the Planet Earth Under Threat series and Thin Air for BBC Radio 4, and in 2011 she presented The Secret Life of Ice for BBC4. She lives in London.
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