As the Academy's first Affiliated Artist, Michael Bartalos presents the series of work he's creating using recycled materials from polar research facilities in Antarctica to inspire sustainability worldwide.

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Long View Study No. 40 (High Res Mapping)
Long View Study No. 40 (High Res Mapping)
January 31, 2019
Michael Bartalos
Antarctica is now the best-mapped continent on Earth.
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Long View Study No. 39 (Antarctic Fossils)

Left: A specimen of Triassic plant fossils recovered from the Allan Hills, a region of the McMurdo Dry Valleys rich in plant fossils dating from more than 150 million years ago. Photo: Peter Rejcek, NSF. Right: Researchers excavate rocks at the head of the Shackleton Glacier. Photo: Charles Daghlin, NSF.

Long View Study No. 39 (Antarctic Fossils)
December 31, 2018
Michael Bartalos
Antarctic fossil sites shed light on the continent’s prehistoric greenery and mass extinction.
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Long View Study No. 38 (Cratons)

The gravity-mapping satellite GOCE orbited Earth for over four years, revealing East Antarctica to be made up of a mosaic of old cratons. Image: European Space Agency

Long View Study No. 38 (Cratons)
November 30, 2018
Michael Bartalos
Newly-discovered cratons point to ancient continents under Antarctic ice.
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Long View Study No. 37 (Neutrinos)

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at sunset, 2017. The lab searches for neutrinos using thousands of sensors distributed over a cubic kilometer under the South Pole ice. Credit: Martin Wolf, IceCube/NSF

Long View Study No. 37 (Neutrinos)
October 31, 2018
Michael Bartalos
A neutrino is detected in Antarctica. Understanding these ghost particles are revolutionizing astrophysics.
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Long View Study No. 36 (Brinicles)

Under ice brinicles near Turtle Rock in Erebus Bay. Photo by Rob Robbins, United States Antarctic Program.

Long View Study No. 36 (Brinicles)
September 24, 2018
Michael Bartalos
Brinicles are polar curiosities, lethal streams, and chemical gardens that could have helped life originate.
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Long View Study No. 35 (Antarctica's Hardy Collembola)

A close-up image of Tullbergia mediantarctica collected in the Transantarctic Mountains. This Collembola's size is about 1.2 mm in length, around the size of a pinhead. Photo Credit: Gemma Collins, University of Waikato

Long View Study No. 35 (Antarctica's Hardy Collembola)
August 31, 2018
Michael Bartalos
Antarctica's largest resident land animals are microscopic — and are believed to have survived the last ice age.
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Long View Study No. 34 (Ice Coring II)

Scientists collect 1.4 billion year-old rock samples in Antarctica's Transantarctic Mountains. Photo: John Goodge/Antarctic Photo Library

Long View Study No. 34 (Ice Coring II)
July 31, 2018
Michael Bartalos
Antarctic researchers recover two million year-old ice cores, the oldest samples yet discovered.
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Long View Study No. 33 (Operation IceBridge)

Operation IceBridge aircraft gather data on the height, depth, thickness, flow and change of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. Photo: NASA / Katie Jepson

Long View Study No. 33 (Operation IceBridge)
June 30, 2018
Michael Bartalos
An airborne NASA mission monitors polar ice to better understand its connections to the global climate system.
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Long View Study No. 32 (Antarctica's Antifreeze Fish)

Chionodraco rastrospinosus (Ocellated icefish), an Antarctic notothenioid taken close to the South Shetland Islands. Photo by Valerie Loeb, NOAA.

Long View Study No. 32 (Antarctica's Antifreeze Fish)
May 31, 2018
Michael Bartalos
Antarctic notothenioid fish have a natural antifreeze for survival in icy waters. But there may be a downside.
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Long View Study No. 31 (McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory)

Paul Cziko swims over the MOO camera. To its left is the suite of instruments that measure oceanic conditions and the underwater microphone. Photo Credit: Paul Cziko, NSF.

Long View Study No. 31 (McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory)
May 30, 2018
Michael Bartalos
A new project monitors Antarctica's waters for insights into fish that survive subzero temperatures.

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