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July 27, 2020

Climate change: The rapid melting of the Thwaites glacier

Estimated reading time: 1 minute Global warming scientists consider the Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica to be one of the most vulnerable and important glaciers in the world because it supports the entire West Antarctic ice sheet. Its collapse could[…]

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June 15, 2020

A68: The beginning of the end for the largest iceberg in the world

Estimated reading time: 1 minute The largest iceberg in the world is about to enter the ocean. When the iceberg, called the A68, first came off the Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017, it had an area of over[…]

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April 7, 2020

Antarctica: The only continent coronavirus-free

Estimated reading time: 1 minute Since the first cases were reported in China at the end of last year, the coronavirus pandemic has spread around the world, infecting millions of people around the globe. However, there is one continent that[…]

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February 11, 2020

A new temperature record in Antarctica

Estimated reading time: 1 minute Antarctica recorded for the first time a temperature above 20°C (68°F). The temperature of 20.75°C (69.35°F) was measured by Brazilian scientists on Seymour Island on February 9, 2020. Carlos Schaefer, a Brazilian scientist, described the[…]

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January 15, 2019

Age range on trips to Antarctica

Estimated reading time: 1 minute Antarctic tourists are people close to senior citizens. More than 40% are between 60 and 69 years old and 36% are from the United States compared to 26% of Europeans. The profile of the Antarctic[…]

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October 23, 2018

10 interesting facts about penguins

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Depending on the scientist asked, you will find that there are between 17 and 20 species of penguins alive, most of them living in the southern part of the globe. The most northern penguins live[…]