UMaine Professor, 50, Dies in Antarctica
A University of Maine professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences died in an accident Saturday in Antarctica.
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The Coldest it’s Ever Been on Earth Recorded in Antarctica
A new world record for a cold temperature has been recorded in east Antarctica at -135.8 degrees. Newly analyzed satellite data show the temperature was reached in August of 2010. This year in July it almost reached that same temperature when the reading dipped to -135.3 degrees.