Flybondi’s plan is to double its passenger numbers this year, and the opening of the new Buenos Aires-Ushuaia route brings it a step closer to its goal. Currently, the airline has five aircraft and plans to acquire five more by June. Photo: Mauricio V....
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s “Endurance” was crushed by pack ice while attempting to reach the edge of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf and sank in November 1915. The upcoming “Endurance22” expedition is to locate, investigate and film the wreck....
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest in Antarctica and covers an ocean area of about 500,000 square kilometers. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger The waters beneath the numerous ice shelves extending from the Antarctic continent into the Southern Ocean are even more hostile to...
Ships like the Royal Navy’s HMS Protector, which travel all over the world and also go to Antarctica, are partly responsible for the introduction of species into other regions. Photo: Royal Navy/Nicky Wilson Global shipping transports not only goods,...
Arctic foxes also roam human settlements in search of food, where there have been several encounters with rabid animals in recent months. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger Since last November, the government of Nunavut, Canada, has recorded six rabies cases in Arctic foxes...
