For the radar measurements, larger aircraft capable of covering greater distances must be used in addition to Twin Otter and Basler aircraft. Photo: Kenichi Matsuoka The Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is kilometers thick in places, covers the White Continent almost...
The waters around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are protected from exploitation by the Marine Protected Area. In particularly sensitive and species-rich areas, all fishing is prohibited, while in others it is strictly controlled. In addition, mineral...
The ice drilling team’s base camp on the Ross Ice Shelf. Below them is a massive meltwater river. Photo: Craig Stevens/NIWA The Ross Ice Shelf, the largest on Earth, is far from having revealed all its secrets. There are still many questions that need to be...
In addition to carbon dioxide, the short-lived greenhouse gases methane and nitrogen oxide, as well as particles of soot and sulfur, are causing the atmosphere to warm, with the strongest effects already being felt in the polar regions. Photo: Julia Hager The Paris...
To create the new topographic map of the Antarctic seafloor, countless multibeam measurements were made by research vessels such as Polarstern. Photo: Folke Mehrtens The topography of the ocean floor helps determine how water masses and currents move in the oceans and...