The emperor penguin has managed to create a home in one of the most hostile habitats on Earth – Antarctica. And award-winning photographer Stefan Christmann has captured their unique existence there in a quite breathtaking collection of photographs, showcased in a stunning coffee table book called Penguin – A Story of Survival, published by teNeues … Read more
Two of Antarctica’s most important glaciers which together cover area the size of Norway are crumbling faster than ever, satellite images reveal Researchers studied the evolution of the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers Their melting is responsible for around 5 per cent of global sea level rise to date However, their total collapse would raise global sea … Read more
Like finding a needle in a haystack! MailOnline spots Antarctica’s rarest seal alone on the ice within the polar circle MailOnline Travel’s Sadie Whitelocks spotted the seal while at sea with Oceanwide Expeditions Little is known about the Ross seal as the species lives mainly on the densest pack ice It is nicknamed the ‘singing … Read more
Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier has warm water from three directions well under it threatening to destroy the ice sheet and raise global sea levels by up to two feet. A team of scientists from Oregon State University made the most of ice free waters in West Antarctica to look under the glacier – which is about … Read more