Mount Erebus on Ross Island in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on Earth and maintains a lava lake that has been constantly fed from below for decades. Photo: Michael Wenger Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano in the world, and a...
The geological structures of Greenland are remarkable and a treasure chest for scientists. Because on the island the history of the earth is almost like an illustrated book and lets you look far into the past. Picture: Michael Wenger Greenland is the epitome of the...
Ordovician black shales of the Mount Hare Formation, Road River Group (c. 465 million years old) rise above conglomerates of the Aberdeen Member. The dangerous rapids of Aberdeen Canyon (Nan Zhak Nadhàdlaii), created by the Peel River cutting through the resistant...
Because the ice caps cover almost the entire area of the Antarctic continent, studies of the geology of Antarctica are difficult and fragmentary. Samples can be taken mainly from mountain peaks (nunataks) protruding from the ice and from the coasts. The new method of...
The Petermann Glacier, named after the German geographer August Petermann, has been the focus of science for a long time. In 1962, 2010 and 2012, gigantic parts of the glacier tongue (back) broke off and drifted down the West Greenland coast as icebergs. Picture: A....
