An ultra-rare penguin with an all-white plumage caused by a genetic condition has been spotted in the Chilean Antarctica. The female penguin of the Gentoo species, which typically have mostly black and only few white feathers, was sighted at the Gabriel Gonzalez Videla Base earlier this month. The rare white […]
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Among a colony of black and white penguins with bright orange beaks in Antarctica is one animal that stands boldly apart from the rest. Scientists have discovered that one of the penguins is almost completely white – the result of a rare condition that makes it more susceptible to danger. […]
Josiah Horneman lived at Antarctica’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station In one of his TikToks, he takes people inside the base’s sole convenience store One of the fancier items on sale comes in the form of a waffle bath robe By Sadie Whitelocks For Dailymail.com Published: 14:30 GMT, 6 January 2024 […]
andBeyond and Quark Expeditions are partnering up for a 19-day expedition across Chile, Argentina, and Antarctica in February 2025. Michelle Sole/Courtesy of andBeyond Whether you’re planning your first visit to Antarctica or a return trip, andBeyond has a new dream itinerary that might pique your interest — particularly if you travel […]
Terrifying new footage has emerged from a luxury cruise liner negotiating a ferocious storm off Antarctica, capturing the moment waves measuring almost 100ft smashed the vessel and swamped the deck with freezing seawater. The Atlas World Voyager cruise ship was traversing the Drake Passage – the spot at which the […]
KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — When U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Antarctica in November to highlight a planet in peril to set the stage for global climate talks in Dubai, he went to see an accelerating ice melt, not penguins. But penguins were all around as Guterres and his […]
Antarctica is the world’s fifth and southernmost continent. For decades it has attracted only the most daring of adventurers, with John Davis, the American Captain, believed to have been the first person to set foot there in 1821. Since then, an altogether different kind of traveller has frequented Antarctica: the […]
Satellite image of the Antarctic iceberg A23a in November 2023 European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-3 via Reuters The largest iceberg in the world is on the move after being stuck in the Antarctic sea floor for nearly 40 years. Known as A23a, the iceberg has now floated beyond the northernmost point of […]