From aboard the National Oceanographic Centre’s research vessel RRS James Cook, scientists will take a closer look at the impact of the iceberg giant. Photo: National Oceanographic Centre A research mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on...
Krill probably is the largest accumulation of animal biomass in the Southern Ocean. Experts suspect that up to 400 million tons dwell in the freezing waters of Antarctica as shoals or swarms. The crustaceans, which are almost 6 cm long and weigh 2 grams, eat algae and...
Blue whales are still the largest whales on earth, despite extensive hunting. But before the hunt, the animals could reach up to 30 meters in size and weigh 140 tons, today still up to 27 meters. A total of four subspecies of blue whales are known, two of them in...
The Natural History Museum of South Georgia opens its doors to the public virtually due to COVID and lack of visitors. If you are heading to South Georgia, you must definitely stop and register in Grytviken. Because the former whaling station is also the...
The world’s largest iceberg, A-68A, broke off the Larsen C ice shelf on July 17, 2017 and drifted past the South Orkney Islands in July this year. The image was currently taken on November 2, 2020 by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite. Photo: ESA, Copernicus...
