Rather inconspicuous Antarctic soil fungi could provide valuable substances in the fight against diseases. In the study, Antarctomyces sp. (a,b), Thelebolus sp. (c, d), Penicillium sp.(e, f) and Cryptococcus gilvescens species were tested against different bacteria...
PONANT’s “Le Commandant Charcot” brings not only tourists, but – in cooperation with the Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium – also scientists to the polar regions. Photo: Ponant, Olivier Blaud Polar research is in many cases dependent...
While the flagship of the British polar research program RRS “Sir David Attenborough” is still on its way to its new Antarctic season, funding for maintenance and modernization has already been awarded in London. Image: Jamie Anderson, British Antarctic...
40 years in service and not a bit tired: The research icebreaker “Polarstern” is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary in the service of German and international polar research in South Georgia as part of a research cruise. The blue-and-white ship...
The AWI research aircraft Polar 6 is fyling over the 79-degree-north glacier in Greenland, measuring its thickness with the new AWI ultra wideband ice radar system, attached to the aircraft’s wings. Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and...
