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Program 1
The Last Continent
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Planetary processes and environmental conditions resulting in a continent's weather and climate
Plate tectonics and "continental drift"
Organization of scientific research on the Ice
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Program 2
Fire and Ice
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Relation of Antarctica's ice sheets to potential global climate change, and research techniques
Volcanism and glacial movements
Scientific debate using fossils and rocks as evidence for past climate
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Program 3
Life in Extreme Environments
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Organisms and relationships between them in the Antarctic food chain or food web
Technology and human organization used to study the Antarctic marine ecosystem
Connection between environmental and biological factors impacting species survival
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Program 4
Penguin Power: At Home on the Ice
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Physiological adaptations to extreme conditions
Behavioral adaptations to extreme conditions
Unobtrusive observation of organisms and natural environments
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Program 5
Seals and the Scientists who Study Them
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Adaptation at the cellular level (e.g. red blood cells and hemoglobin) allowing seals to dive deep in the ocean
Value of comparative studies of mammals for potential human medical benefits
Need for, and benefits, of pole-to-pole comparisons
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Program 6
Heroes and Heroines: Explorers Past and Present
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History of the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic Exploration and profiles of Scott, Shackleton and
Amundsen
Description of contemporary research infrastructure and diversity of researchers and research
How new techniques, such as diving, open "frontiers of knowledge"
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Program 7
Laboratory on the Ice
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How and why Antarctica can support astronomy: nature of the electromagnetic spectrum
Meteorites as clues to early solar system
Living and working at the South Pole
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Program 8
Antarctica and Global Weather and Climate
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The Ozone Hole and studies of the effect of UV-B radiation on plant life
Antarctica and global sea level rise
Antarctica as a model for the peaceful, cooperative global scientific enterprise
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