Chinese researchers bid farewell as the research icebreaker “Xue Long” departs for the 38th Antarctic expedition in Shanghai. (Photo: Polar Research Institute of China) “Xue Long 2”, China’s first Chinese-built polar icebreaker, set off...
It should be quiet in the future, as it has been so far, at Davis Station in Australia. (Photo: AAD) Australia has abandoned plans to build a 2,700m concrete runway near its Davis research station on the coast of Antarctica. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s...
This is what the new data center will look like after completion (Photo: USAP, Ferraro Choi) Covid-19 delays an 11,000-square-meter facility at the US Antarctic station McMurdo. Completion was scheduled for 2020. According to the latest calculations, the data center...
After only 26 months of construction, the SH Minerva was christened at a ceremony in the shipyard in Helsinki. (Photo: Swan Hellenic) On November 23, 2021, Swan Hellenic christened its new ship, SH Minerva, at the Helsinki shipyard. The godmother Johanna Mäkelä,...
Nest building is an important activity for rearing Adélie penguins. Well-built Adélie penguin nests can contain hundreds of stones. It is not uncommon for the little stones to be stolen from the neighbour’s house. (Photo: Peter Rejcek) Adélie penguins often...