The New York Times recently published Antarctic Dispatches, an engaging multimedia feature about ongoing scientific research on the history and future of Antarctica. This series features reporting by climate reporter Justin Gilles accompanied by animated maps, photography, and four virtual reality (VR) films. To create this feature, Gilles was joined by VR specialists Graham Roberts and Evan Grothjan along with graphic editor, Jonathan Corum. Together, this team traveled to Antarctica in late 2016 and visited the McMurdo Station, a scientific research station on Ross Island. The team also worked closely with Columbia University scientists involved in the Rosetta Project, an initiative that seeks to map out the Ross Ice Shelf. As Gilles notes, "The Ross shelf helps to slow the flow of land ice from Antarctica into the ocean. Compared with other parts of Antarctica, the shelf seems stable now, but computer forecasts suggest that it might be vulnerable to rapid collapse in the next few decades." To learn more about this research and the impact of climate change on this continent, check out the full series.