The museum in Grytviken on South Georgia houses a replica of Shackleton’s lifeboat, the “James Caird”, as well as numerous small and large items from the expedition. Some of the expedition members’ personal belongings are also included, giving...
Pride parades have been a way for the LGBTQI community worldwide to call for more rights and equality and to raise public awareness for years. The cheerful and colorful parades have also become an integral part of the annual program in Arctic communities (here in...
A cold wind, ice and snow and emperor penguins: these are the ingredients for the perfume designed by Chiaki Nomura, produced by Zoologist Perfumes, and launched next January. (Photo: Michael Wenger) Anyone who has visited Antarctica knows about the freshness of the...
Southern elephant seals crowd the beaches of South Georgia in their thousands, amidst penguins and with numerous seabirds as neighbors. However, this also brings them into quicker contact with the globally rampant HPAI H5N1 virus, which is now raging among seals....
The summit of Mont Ross, a French glacier in the southern hemisphere, on the Kerguelen archipelago. Image: JF Cousin / Wikimedia Commons Next week in Paris, a coalition of countries will meet to discuss the disappearance of the cryosphere and its consequences for...