The world’s first electric polar vehicle Antarctica from the Monegasque manufacturer Venturi has successfully mastered its first Antarctic season at the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Station. Nevertheless, some improvements had to be made. Photo: Louis...
Here, a southern elephant seal that is equipped with several tags, while coming to breed on the northern river beach of the Kerguelen archipelago, by scientists from the French Polar Institute. Image: Camille Lin To reconstruct the fishing activities of southern...
Gentoo penguins are the second largest penguins in the Falkland Islands after the king penguins. Avian pox outbreaks occur every few years in the various colonies. Photo: Julia Hager Wildlife diseases do not stop at remote islands. This is especially true for diseases...
Just ten years ago, the main storehouse (center) of what was once the largest whaling station Grytviken was a historic accumulation of corrugated sheets and iron and closed to visitors due to the risk of collapse. But thanks to five years of restoration work, the...
The island, which is about 165 kilometers long and 35 kilometers wide, is considered a biodiversity hotspot worldwide and comprises a huge protected area that also includes the marine regions as far south as the South Sandwich Islands. But new organisms that are...