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POLAR SCIENCE: NSF Budget Ills Send Big Chill Through Antarctic Program
Eli Kintisch
Soaring fuel prices and flat budgets are forcing the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to shorten or defer dozens of research studies in the Antarctic.