Cruise ships in Antarctica represent a non-negligible scientific platform for monitoring bird communities, according to British and Norwegian scientists who experimented with this mode of observation between 2019 and 2020. On September 18, a study published in...
Southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus) are large predators, weighing between 3 and 5 kg. Image: Lucas Krüger Like the albatross, the giant petrel could be used to monitor fisheries in the Antarctic. Opportunistic, its home range allows it to cover a vast...
These larvae will once turn into midges able to live on cold soils with an average temperature of about 2°C. Image: Chris Gilbert The soil of an island, not far from the Antarctic Peninsula, is the scene of a powerful metamorphosis. An insect larva introduced by...
Researchers from the Japanese National Institute of Polar Research have installed cameras on the backs of 8 Adélie penguins from the Hukuro Cove colony on Queen Maud Land, 20 kilometers from the Japanese Antarctic base Syowa. Image: Michael Wenger A camera on the back...
The motorization of the sailboat allows her to go to the poles, it filters its emissions of particles and nitrogen oxide, and she travels as much as possible by sail. Image: Polar Pod The Piriou shipyard has just delivered the supply ship for the Polar Pod, a drifting...
