Science news articles about 'north pole'

The Ulysses spacecraft today is making a rare flyby of the sun's north pole. Unlike any other spacecraft, Ulysses is able to sample winds at the sun's poles.

The finding is based on radar images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which show seven distinct layers of ice and dust. Mars' north pole, like a French parfait, comes in layers.

The North Pole now contains mostly thin, newly formed ice that is highly vulnerable to the summer heat, according to the latest data from the Arctic.

Arctic sea ice could disappear at the North Pole this summer.

A British environmental activist will launch his kayak Saturday from Svalbard, Norway, bound for the North Pole.

... the Northeast and the Northwest Passages and thereby circled the North Pole. The third part of the research vessel ... Polar Year, the European project DAMOCLES and the North Atlantic project of the German Federal Ministry ...

... to Bremerhaven from the Arctic Sea. It has cruised both the Northeast and the Northwest Passages and thereby circled the North Pole. The third part of the research vessel ...

... have set out on a 90-day skiing expedition to the North Pole, measuring sea ice thickness the whole way to find out exactly how fast it is disappearing ...

ESA’s Mars Express orbiter imaged the snow-laden region of Rupes Tenuis on the martian north pole on 29 July 2008.

Preliminary results from scientific mapping of the Arctic seabed indicate that the North Pole likely falls within Denmark's boundaries, a Canadian scientist says.

A plane set off Wednesday during a break in bad weather to re-supply three stranded British researchers, who are trapped and fighting to survive in the North Pole, organizers of the aid effort said.

... to measure the thickness of floating Arctic sea ice ended their expedition short of reaching the North Pole due to an early summer ice ...

ESA’s Mars Express orbiter imaged the snow-laden region of Rupes Tenuis on the martian north pole on 29 July 2008.

LONDON (AP) -- The North Pole will turn into an open sea during summer within a decade, according to data released Wednesday by a team of explorers who trekked through the Arctic for three months...

The North Pole will turn into an open sea during summer within a decade, according to data released Wednesday by a team of explorers who trekked through the Arctic for three months