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Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...
Antarctic engineers p-p-p-pick up a new team member
An engineer working thousands of miles from home in Antarctica has befriended one of the locals – and has named his new ...
Meet the penguin who became friends with a digger
A playful penguin named Collin has become pals with a construction digger in Antarctica. Engineer named Alan Cox, travelled ...
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Penguin eggs, “once vital for Antarctic explorers, but now illegal to consume”
A Korean news site has published an interesting article on Penguin Eggs, and its nutritional virtues, which it describes as ...
Cruising Antarctica: A green guide to the white continent
What began as Shackleton’s ambitious plan to be the first to traverse the Antarctic continent instead became one of the most ...
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How Antarctica's only native insect defies the cold
Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.
Antarctic expedition confirms the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the Weddell Sea
The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...
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Deciding on a polar destination: Arctic or Antarctica?
Argentina’s Ushuaia and Chile’s Punta Arenas are the usual departure points for West Antarctic voyages, and to the relief of Antarctic tourists dreading Australia’s southern oceans or the infamous ...