About 80 percent of Greenland’s surface is covered by a second largest ice sheet. At its edges, the glaciers flow into the sea, bringing fresh water and nutrients to the surrounding waters and to the coastal inhabitants. But all this is likely to change if...
Emperor penguins breed at the beginning of the Antarctic winter on the fast ice around Antarctica. The colonies are usually a few hundred to thousands of breeding pairs large and disband around the end of December. Photo: Michael Wenger Emperor penguins are the icons...
The latest interactive map cannot only represent the surface of Antarctica, but also shows what lies beneath the ice: a sunken continent full of valleys, mountains and vast plains. Image copyright Antarctic Digital Database There are many maps of Antarctica and the...