The delegation near the Chilean base of Risopatrón. Image: Instituto Milenio Base / INACH Chilean lawyers have been sent to Antarctica to study the possibility of harmonising legislation in this region in terms of standards and biosafety linked to the introduction of...
Four million breeding pairs of Adélie penguins live around Antarctica. (Photo: Michael Wenger) Initial results from an international expedition along the West Antarctic Peninsula reveal that Adélie penguins are unaffected carriers of avian flu. Adélie penguins...
The German Neumayer Station in Antarctica is just one of the 64 research facilities that researchers can use as part of the POLARIN network. Photo: Klaus Guba The EU is funding the new POLARIN (Polar Research Infrastructure Network) research infrastructure project...
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...
Hard to believe, but islands and other areas of the Antarctic Peninsula were once a green oasis with sparse forests and scrubland that could easily go up in flames. (Photo: Michael Wenger) When one hears about fires in the polar regions today, one inevitably thinks of...