In 2018, NASA satellite images of penguin guano sent researchers to Antarctica's Danger Islands, where they found more than 1.5 million Adélie penguins

A breakthrough study reveals that NASA satellite images led to the discovery of over 1.5 million Adélie penguins in Antarctica's Danger Islands, highlighting the importance of wildlife conservation ...
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UAB in Antarctica 2018

Over the last 24 hours onboard the LMG, the scenery surrounding the ship has changed as we approached the Antarctic Peninsula. Open ocean as far as the eye can see has been replaced by snowy islands ...
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First male to ski solo across Antarctica

Colin O’Brady (USA) became the first man to ski solo across Antarctica when he arrived at the Leverett Glacier on the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf on 26 December 2018 after a 1,499-km (932-mile) journey ...
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The Structural Barriers to Resource Extraction in Antarctica

A geologist estimated in 2018 that the global price of oil would need to be above $200 per barrel for commercial resource extraction of oil in Antarctica to be feasible. That is a remarkably high ...