Showa Station is a Japanese Antarctic research station established in 1957 on Ongul Island off the coast of Queen Maud Land. The sea around the station is usually covered with ice all year round (Photo: NIPR) The sea around Japan’s Showa Station is covered with sea...
Antarctic sea ice encircles the continent in winter and retreats almost completely in summer (Photo: Julia Hager) While global warming in the Arctic is mainly causing a decline in sea ice, in the Antarctic it is mainly the ice shelves that are losing mass. A review...
The wind turbines will be part of a comprehensive renovation plan for Scott Base (Photo: Antarctica New Zealand) In Antarctica, fuel is expensive, since it has to be transported halfway around the world from to the bases countries have set up there. Some research...
Hard to believe, but islands and other areas of the Antarctic Peninsula were once a green oasis with sparse forests and scrubland that could easily go up in flames. (Photo: Michael Wenger) When one hears about fires in the polar regions today, one inevitably thinks of...
Panda bears, alpacas and penguins felt the impact of calving events, but polar bears, who were closest, did not. Graphic: Oliver Day / Oregon State University In the immediate vicinity of Greenland, massive icebergs regularly broke off from an ice sheet in North...