{"id":12250,"date":"2025-06-03T10:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T14:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/?page_id=12250"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:39:20","slug":"antarctica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id12250_84519f-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id12250_84519f-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id12250_84519f-45 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id12250_84519f-45{background-image:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(8,46,88) 0%,rgb(65,118,161) 0%);}.kb-row-layout-id12250_84519f-45 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and 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.kt-inside-inner-col > figure.wp-block-image, .kadence-column12250_708f92-21 > .kt-inside-inner-col > figure.wp-block-kadence-image{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kadence-column12250_708f92-21 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image-is-ratio-size{flex-grow:1;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column12250_708f92-21 kb-section-dir-horizontal\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90\"]{padding-right:10px;font-size:30px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_adbd9c-90\">Royal Society Range<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id12250_48e621-d0 > 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Jan. 2011. &nbsp;Photo credit: Stephanie Allard.<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id12250_c1caeb-d2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id12250_c1caeb-d2 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id12250_c1caeb-d2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:60px;max-width:1268px;padding-top:75px;padding-bottom:30px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id12250_c1caeb-d2{background-color:#faf4ec;}.kb-row-layout-id12250_c1caeb-d2 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id12250_c1caeb-d2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:50px;padding-left:50px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id12250_c1caeb-d2 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap 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src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Looking westward up Marshall Valley. Jan 2011. \u00a0Photo credit: Stephanie Allard.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"kt-img-overlay wp-image-12267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-1268x951.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1335-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,2560px\" \/><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-color-wrapper\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-color\"><\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/brand-marketing-strategy\/\" class=\"kt-imageoverlay-link\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-message kt-over-substyle-visible kt-over-valign-center kt-over-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24\"]{display:block;padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center;font-size:15px;line-height:38px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;background-color:#faf4ec;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24\"] a, a.kb-advanced-heading-link.kt-adv-heading-link12250_bd2b4e-24{text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/brand-marketing-strategy\/\" class=\"kb-advanced-heading-link kt-adv-heading-link12250_bd2b4e-24 hls-none\"><span class=\"kt-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_bd2b4e-24\">Looking westward up Marshall Valley. 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Jan.2011. \u00a0Photo credit: Stephanie Allard.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"kt-img-overlay wp-image-12268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-1268x951.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1426-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,2560px\" \/><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-color-wrapper\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-color\"><\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/news\/\" class=\"kt-imageoverlay-link\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-message kt-over-substyle-visible kt-over-valign-center kt-over-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71\"]{display:block;padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center;font-size:15px;line-height:38px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;background-color:#faf4ec;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71\"] a, a.kb-advanced-heading-link.kt-adv-heading-link12250_5f0b9f-71{text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/news\/\" class=\"kb-advanced-heading-link kt-adv-heading-link12250_5f0b9f-71 hls-none\"><span class=\"kt-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_5f0b9f-71\">Our field camp on a snowy evening in Marshall Valley, Antarctica. 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src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/100_1470-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A busy day in the field \u2013 geologic mapping and algae hunting in Marshall Valley, Royal Society Range, Antarctica. Jan. 2011.  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Taken during the 2010-2011 season.  Photo credit: Calvin Mako.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"kt-img-overlay wp-image-12285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-1268x951.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-1038-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,2560px\" \/><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-color-wrapper\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-color\"><\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/brand-marketing-strategy\/\" class=\"kt-imageoverlay-link\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-message kt-over-substyle-visible kt-over-valign-center kt-over-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23\"]{display:block;padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center;font-size:15px;line-height:38px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;background-color:#faf4ec;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23\"] a, a.kb-advanced-heading-link.kt-adv-heading-link12250_c6272a-23{text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/brand-marketing-strategy\/\" class=\"kb-advanced-heading-link kt-adv-heading-link12250_c6272a-23 hls-none\"><span class=\"kt-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_c6272a-23\">Looking west into Garwood Valley, Royal Society Range, Antarctica. 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class=\"kt-image-overlay-color\"><\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/brand-marketing-strategy\/\" class=\"kt-imageoverlay-link\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-message kt-over-substyle-visible kt-over-valign-center kt-over-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_4c8fc1-16, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_4c8fc1-16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_4c8fc1-16\"]{display:block;padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center;font-size:15px;line-height:38px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;background-color:#faf4ec;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_4c8fc1-16 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_4c8fc1-16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_4c8fc1-16\"] 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Antarctica. \u00a0Photo credit: Calvin Mako.<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column12250_8c374a-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;}.kadence-column12250_8c374a-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:0px solid #ffffff;border-right:0px solid #ffffff;border-bottom:0px solid #ffffff;border-left:0px solid #ffffff;}.kadence-column12250_8c374a-fc:hover > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:0px solid #3698d4;border-right:0px solid #3698d4;border-bottom:0px solid #3698d4;border-left:0px solid #3698d4;}.kadence-column12250_8c374a-fc:hover > .kt-inside-inner-col{box-shadow:0px 0px 14px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}.kadence-column12250_8c374a-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column12250_8c374a-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column12250_8c374a-fc > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column12250_8c374a-fc > 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.kt-image-overlay-message{border-top:0px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-right:0px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-bottom:0px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-left:0px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.8);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-img-overlay12250_270d4c-c3 .kt-image-overlay-wrap{max-width:2560px;}.kt-img-overlay12250_270d4c-c3 .kt-image-overlay-message{border-top:0px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-right:0px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-bottom:0px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.8);border-left:0px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.8);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"kt-img-overlay12250_270d4c-c3 aligncenter wp-block-kadence-imageoverlay\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-wrap kt-over-image-static\"><div class=\"kt-block-intrisic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Looking northeast in Miers Valley, Royal Society Range, Antarctica. Taken during the 2010-2011 season.  Photo credit: Calvin Mako.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"kt-img-overlay wp-image-12287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-1268x951.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-194-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,2560px\" \/><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-color-wrapper\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-color\"><\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/news\/\" class=\"kt-imageoverlay-link\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-message kt-over-substyle-visible kt-over-valign-center kt-over-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef\"]{display:block;padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center;font-size:15px;line-height:38px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;background-color:#faf4ec;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef\"] a, a.kb-advanced-heading-link.kt-adv-heading-link12250_48d586-ef{text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/news\/\" class=\"kb-advanced-heading-link kt-adv-heading-link12250_48d586-ef hls-none\"><span class=\"kt-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_48d586-ef\">Looking northeast in Miers Valley, Royal Society Range, Antarctica. Taken during the 2010-2011 season. \u00a0Photo credit: Calvin Mako.<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id12250_9e8cbc-26 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id12250_9e8cbc-26 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id12250_9e8cbc-26 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:60px;max-width:1268px;padding-top:75px;padding-bottom:30px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id12250_9e8cbc-26{background-color:#faf4ec;}.kb-row-layout-id12250_9e8cbc-26 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id12250_9e8cbc-26 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:50px;padding-left:50px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id12250_9e8cbc-26 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div 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src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-192-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Adams Glacier (left) and Miers Glacier (right), Miers Valley, Antarctica.  Photo credit: Calvin Mako.\n\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"kt-img-overlay wp-image-12286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-192-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-192-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-192-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-192-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-192-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-192-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/730\/2025\/06\/Antarctica-4-192-105x79.jpg 105w, 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class=\"kt-image-overlay-color\"><\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/brand-marketing-strategy\/\" class=\"kt-imageoverlay-link\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-message kt-over-substyle-visible kt-over-valign-center kt-over-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_f9fa29-6f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_f9fa29-6f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_f9fa29-6f\"]{display:block;padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center;font-size:15px;line-height:38px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;background-color:#faf4ec;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_f9fa29-6f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_f9fa29-6f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_f9fa29-6f\"] 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class=\"kt-image-overlay-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd\"]{display:block;padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center;font-size:15px;line-height:38px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;background-color:#faf4ec;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd\"] a, a.kb-advanced-heading-link.kt-adv-heading-link12250_2568d7-cd{text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/news\/\" class=\"kb-advanced-heading-link kt-adv-heading-link12250_2568d7-cd hls-none\"><span class=\"kt-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_2568d7-cd\">calvin mako takes notes near a basalt cobble collected for surface exposure dating. calvin and the cobble are perched on the crest of a moraine ridge deposited by the ross sea ice sheet at the last glacial maximum.  the view is to the southwest, with heald island and the koettlitz glacier in the upper left background.  photo credit: Toby 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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_edce48-68 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_edce48-68[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_edce48-68\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_edce48-68[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_edce48-68\"] a, a.kb-advanced-heading-link.kt-adv-heading-link12250_edce48-68{text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/brand-marketing-strategy\/\" class=\"kb-advanced-heading-link kt-adv-heading-link12250_edce48-68 hls-none\"><span class=\"kt-adv-heading12250_edce48-68 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_edce48-68\">Glenn mckenney cleans a cection near the mouth of miers valley.  january 2011; the view is up-valley to the west.  the white salt is probably thenardite, a sodium sulfate salt formed by the dehydration of mirabilite.  radiocarbon dates from algae and shells collected in this section will indicate times in past when a grounded ice sheet advanced through the ross sea and mcmurdo sound.  photo credit: toby koffman<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column12250_db9783-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;}.kadence-column12250_db9783-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:0px solid #ffffff;border-right:0px solid #ffffff;border-bottom:0px solid #ffffff;border-left:0px solid #ffffff;}.kadence-column12250_db9783-49:hover > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top:0px solid #3698d4;border-right:0px solid #3698d4;border-bottom:0px solid #3698d4;border-left:0px solid #3698d4;}.kadence-column12250_db9783-49:hover > .kt-inside-inner-col{box-shadow:0px 0px 14px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}.kadence-column12250_db9783-49 > 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class=\"kt-image-overlay-color-wrapper\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-color\"><\/div><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/news\/\" class=\"kt-imageoverlay-link\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-message kt-over-substyle-visible kt-over-valign-center kt-over-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-image-overlay-inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e\"]{display:block;padding-right:25px;padding-left:25px;text-align:center;font-size:15px;line-height:38px;font-weight:900;font-style:normal;font-family:stratum-1-web;text-transform:uppercase;color:#003263;background-color:#faf4ec;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e\"] a, a.kb-advanced-heading-link.kt-adv-heading-link12250_11a265-1e{text-decoration:none;}<\/style>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/marketingandcommunications\/news\/\" class=\"kb-advanced-heading-link kt-adv-heading-link12250_11a265-1e hls-none\"><span class=\"kt-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_11a265-1e\">A solar-owered differential gps is set up on a survey benchmark near the east end of Lae miers in january 2011.  the i-196 (hall) camp is in the background near the south shore of the lake.  adams glacier is on the left at the far end of the lake, and miers glacier is on the right.  ross sea ice gounded in the mouth of the valley dammed a much larger lake during glacial times.  gps elevations on deposits formed near the shore of this paleo-lake define a minimum thickness for the former ross sea ice sheet.  photo credit: toby koffman<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id12250_1caa92-87 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id12250_1caa92-87 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id12250_1caa92-87 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_e3a0af-ee img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_e3a0af-ee[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_e3a0af-ee\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_e3a0af-ee, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading12250_e3a0af-ee[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_e3a0af-ee\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading12250_e3a0af-ee wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading12250_e3a0af-ee\">mcmurdo station-u.s. base<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id12250_6aef86-f1 > 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