The majority of tourists visit Antarctica by ship and mainly on the Antarctic Peninsula. The Dutch shipping company “Oceanwide Expeditions” has been sailing in polar regions with ‘small’ ships for over 30 years. (Image: Oceanwide Expeditions)...
Gentoo penguin in front of reddish snow at “Vernadsky” station. (Photo: Sergei Glotov) Around the Ukrainian Antarctic station “Akademik Vernadsky” the snow has turned a reddish color. The reason for the color change was the mass accumulation of...
The four airlift specialists from the 109th. Airlift Squadron of the New York Air National Guard are working with contractors from the National Science Foundation to clear cargo pallets from snowbanks in Antarctica. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Shannan O’Connor). Roald...
Specialists of the Russian Antarctic Expedition presented a 1-million-year-old ice core at Vostok Station on January 31, 2023. The presentations of the latest success stories in front of the drilling rig in Vostok are already legendary. (Photo: AARI) In Antarctica,...
This 9 meter long invertebrate was discovered by tourists in the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula. (Photo: Mark Niesink) Viking Expeditions has announced that a giant phantom jellyfish (Stygiomedusa gigantea) was spotted and photographed during a dive with an...
