Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Members of the Japanese Antarctic observation team conduct research on global warming around Lutzow-Holm Bay on Jan. 13, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Members of the Japanese Antarctic observation team conduct research on global warming around Lutzow-Holm Bay on Jan. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Photo taken Jan. 22, 2017, from a drone shows the head of a glacier at Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, where a Japanese observation team is involved in research on global warming. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Photo taken Jan. 22, 2017, from a drone shows the Japanese icebreaker Shirase involved in research on global warming in Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Photo taken Jan. 22, 2017, from a drone shows the Japanese icebreaker Shirase involved in research on global warming in Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Photo taken Jan. 22, 2017, from a drone shows the Japanese icebreaker Shirase involved in research on global warming in Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Icebreaker Shirase involved in study on global warming

Photo taken Jan. 22, 2017, from a drone shows the Japanese icebreaker Shirase involved in research on global warming in Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan to test Antarctic water following base oil spill

Japan to test Antarctic water following base oil spill

SHOWA BASE, ANTARCTICA - Members of the Japanese Antarctic expedition collect water samples from Lutzow-Holm Bay on Jan. 9 to test them for pollution following an oil spill from its base camp that occurred Dec. 17.

Antarctica sea ice sampled to study rare summer growth

Antarctica sea ice sampled to study rare summer growth

SHOWA BASE, Antarctica - Members of the Japanese expedition to Antarctica sample sea ice off Padda Island in Lutzow-Holm Bay to study the rare phenomenon of more ice forming in summer than in winter. Sea ice that does not melt for longer than a year usually grows as sea water freezes underneath it. In the bay, however, growth also occurs when snow that falls during summer freezes and accumulates on the ice.