The expedition ANT XXIII/8 is coming to an end. We would like to say good bye to those that have been following this web blog over the last 10 weeks, prior to the official beginning of the International Polar Year. [more]
Expedition reports ANTXXIII/8
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
The closer the better - inverse relationship between proximity to iceberg
A few years ago thousands of icebergs were calved from the Larsen A/B area. On a large scale the fauna inhabiting the seafloor in this region was probably not disturbed but further north, where the icebergs ran aground with... [more]
Monday, January 29, 2007
Mysterious Beaked Whales around the South Shetlands
Cetacean surveys by helicopter turned out to be a particularly efficient technique to identify the poorly known beaked whales and therefore extend our knowledge of their geographical distribution in Antarctica. [more]
Monday, January 29, 2007
Icebergs and the implications for the seafloor fauna
Few scour marks indicate that the Larsen ice shelf broke gently apart [more]
Monday, January 29, 2007
Wanderlust - deep-sea fauna under Antarctic ice shelf
Under the former Larsen ice shelf east of the Antarctic Peninsula, deep-sea sea cucumbers and stalked feather stars were ubiquitously found in shallow waters. These animals usually inhabit far greater water depths. [more]