Antarctic Scientists Inaugurate 'Ocean Station Obama'
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 08:42
in Earth & Climate
Scientists aboard the U.S. research vessel Laurence M Gould, 10,000 miles from Washington off Antarctica, held their own presidential inaugural celebration on Jan. 20. Stopped in desolate, icy seas for three days to do climate-change research, they dubbed their temporary study area Ocean Station Obama. read more