The nematode Plectus murrayi (blue arrow) is an Antarctic soil-dweller only a few millimeters in size. Although actually simple in structure, it has a complex life cycle and is also a bioindicator that could detect diesel pollution in Antarctica. Image: AAD / Brown et...
The former military airfield in Mestersvig, East Greenland, is just one of around 30 abandoned military installations in Greenland. Photo: Anders Christian Vestergaard Throughout the Arctic, there are numerous weather, research, and radio stations, as well as military...
Many of the stations in Antarctica have been in existence for decades. Due to the climatic conditions, it is therefore not unusual for substances to have been deposited in the surrounding soil as a result of weathering. Image: Dr Michael Wenger Antarctica was never...