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...
Members of the expedition in front of the “Akademik Fedorov” shortly before departure for Antarctica. (Photo W. Sielski) The Polish Antarctic station AB Dobrowolski, abandoned 40 years ago, is to be reactivated. A team of scientists left Bremerhaven for...
RRS Sir David Attenborough, photographed during sea trials earlier this year. (Photo: David Ferguson) Britain’s new research vessel, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, left Harwich on November 16 with 66 crew and staff on board. After a short stopover in Portsmouth...
The aircraft carrying out the mission was Hi Fly ‘s A340-300 with registration 9H-SOL. (Photo: Sybren Meijntz) On 2 and 4 November 2021, an Airbus A340-300 operated two flights to Antarctica from Cape Town. While details about the mission are not known, it is...