RRS Sir David Attenborough’s cargo tender completes maiden voyage

EXETER. There is great excitement this week for British Antarctic Survey and the RRS Sir David Attenborough as Captain Will Whatley and Chief Engineer Luke Parnell put the cargo tender …

Living in an extreme and changing world: can an Antarctic midge respond to climate change?

Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green

Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface of snow along the Antarctic Peninsula coast. Results indicate that this ‘green snow’ is …

Isolation Stories from Antarctica

There is a lot that’s unique about Antarctica. It’s the coldest, windiest and least populated of the world’s continents. It’s the highest continent on Earth and the world’s largest desert. …

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