One of our highlights this year: enjoying the festive, calm atmosphere in Longyearbyen and seeing how the people there celebrate calmly and happily underneath the polar night. Picture: Michael Wenger Anyone who has followed the media and their reviews of 2021 over the...
The sea squirt Synoicum adareanum in 24 meters water depth at Bonaparte Point, Antarctica. New research has traced the production of Palmerolide A, an important compound with anti-melanoma properties, to a set of genes encoded in the genome by a bacterium in the...
On the seafloor beneath the ice shelf in the Antarctic Atka Bay, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the British Antarctic Survey found an unexpectedly large diversity of living organisms. Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute There is more marine life under...
A world first: the knobbly, fully electric high-tech vehicle Venturi Antarctica with a Monaco license plate has been in operation on the emission-free Belgian Antarctic station Princess Elisabeth since December 10. Photo: Venturi Antarctica The Princess Elisabeth...
To date, 67 species of shark are known to inhabit New Zealand waters. Among them are also the well-known white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). However, these predators, which can grow up to 6 metres in size, have little to fear. Leopard seals prefer smaller shark...