Since 1996, NOAA has operated a field station on Livingston Island to study Antarctic fauna and the impact of fisheries on the Antarctic environment. Now, new, more environmentally friendly buildings are being constructed here. Right next door, Chile also operates a...
Krill is the most important food resource for whales in Antarctica and its availability determines whether female humpback whales become pregnant or not. Photo: Michael Wenger Antarctic krill is one of the most abundant species on our planet. However, its total...
Among other things, the research team discovered the remains of a baleen whale on its images, which must have already been lying on the seabed for several months. The vertebrae and bones no longer hung together and there was no tissue left. Photo: Stauffer et al. 2022...
Object left by Australian explorers in Mawson’s Huts, sometimes referred to as “the birthplace of Australian Antarctic heritage”. Image: David Killick Microscopic germs flourish in the frames of the shelters built during the heroic age of polar...
The map shows the record distance covered by Polar Preet in 68 days, over 1,430 km. In doing so, she set a new world record for women’s distance on skis and unsupported in Antarctica. The previous record of 1,381 km had been set by the German Anja Blacha only in...