Young Weddell seals are better off on the Antarctic fast ice than the pups of crabeater seals on the pack ice. Photo: Dr. Michelle LaRue/University of Canterbury In Antarctica, each marine mammal species has adapted perfectly to the extreme conditions and found its...
Here it is: Iceberg A76 from the Ronne Ice Shelf. At just under 170 km long and 25 km wide, the colossus has secretly risen to become what is currently the largest iceberg in the world. Since it is currently winter, recordings are only known from satellites. Image:...
The Ross Sea area of East Antarctica is home to Antarctica’s largest penguin colonies. Primarily Adélie penguins live here, attracted by the great abundance of food in the region. They go far out to sea and use ice floes as resting places. Picture: Michael...
The iceberg at the north end of the Brunt Ice Shelf has now broken loose. Its area of around 1,270 square kilometres is about the size of the city of Los Angeles in the USA, slightly smaller than the canton of Aargau in Switzerland and about half the size of Saarland....
The Weddell Sea is a year-round ice-covered adjacent sea of the Southern Ocean and covers approximately 2.8 million square kilometers. Almost all known animal species found in Antarctica live in the Weddell Sea or along its edges. Germany and other states have been...