Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella), here a male, live on islands in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. The largest population lives on South Georgia. Photo: Julia Hager The whiskers play an essential role for seals in their search for food. Thanks to their...
Starting this year, the penguins of Port Lockroy, the old British Antarctic station and today’s tourist magnet, will see the rainbow flag of the LGBTQI+ community hoisted on November 18. Photo: Michael Wenger The worldwide LBGTQ+ community still has to fight...
Last year in Antarctica, nearly 55,000 people landed on its shores or on adjacent islands. The increasing demand also attracted more and more operators and their brand new ships, who want to present a unique nature and wildlife to their guests. But a small virus has...
The Southern Right Whales are called “Right whales” in English because they were the ‘right’ whales for whaling due to their buoyancy and low swimming speed. For more than 350 years, the population in the South Atlantic has been heavily...