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Antarctica

G. Wayne Clough became the first Smithsonian Secretary to travel to Antarctica.

Antarctica!

Kristina Johnson and Wayne Clough hoist the Smithsonian flag atop Observation Point—a site memorializing explorers who have died at the South Pole.

Day 3: A Day at the South Pole

Flying over the paths trod by explorers before him, Secretary Clough arrives at the South Pole eager to meet the Smithsonian scientists working there

Four emperor penguins standing together near the ice roads in Antarctica.

Day 2: Arriving at the Spectacular Antarctic

Secretary Clough lands on a barren continent intertwined with Smithsonian history, prepared to discover the research being done

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Poles Apart

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Vostok: Looking for Life Beneath an Antarctic Glacier

In what may be the world’s largest lake ever seen by a human eye, the search begins

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The Long, Cold Journey of Ice Station SHEBA

Climate scientists go with the floe

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