Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is found in huge quantities around the Antarctic continent. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute) Antarctic krill is only slightly contaminated with microplastics and is therefore well suited for monitoring the contamination of the...
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s polar medal is valued at an incredible 1.76 million pounds. (Photo: DCMS) The British government believes that Shackleton’s Polar Medal is his last one still in the UK. The medal awarded to Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton...
A large part of the land mass around the North Pole belongs to Russia. With increasing global warming and melting ice, the Northern Sea Route (blue) will become more important. The sea route through the Arctic is the shortest connection between Asia and Europe....
Airships have been around for more than 100 years. Zeppelins, airships and other types of flying machines filled with lighter-than-air gases have enabled slow, steady travel over oceans and other areas of the world that were inaccessible to most short-range aircraft....
Vostok station will not be fully operational until 2025, but the buildings will already be home to the first overwinterers in the coming austral winter. (Photo: Alexander Kozlov) The new wintering complex at Vostok Station in Antarctica was put into operation on...