The 2007 team during a visit to Shackleton’s hut at Cape Royds (missing: Christian Angelici). Photo by Wendy Hood, Auburn University

NSF Polar Program

U.S. Antarctic Program


The National Zoo's Antarctica Expedition is sponsored by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs.

All photographs depicting Weddell seals were taken under NMFS Permit No. 763-1485-00 issued under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

 

 

 


Our 2007 team includes biologists from a number of countries with diverse scientific skills critical to the project. Some are veterans of previous Antarctic expeditions, others are first-timers to The Ice.

 

Our 2006 Team

 

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