Journey to one of the most remote, breathtaking regions of Antarctica, the Weddell Sea. Encounter gigantic ... Note: King George Island is located at the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula ...

A mysterious hole larger than Maryland has reappeared in the middle of Antarctica after 42 years ... regions of open water surrounded by sea ice. But the Weddell Polynya is unlike any other.

Antarctica is a formidable icy seductress ... Another lesser-visited alternative is the Weddell Sea, located on the peninsula’s less-explored eastern side, where giant emperor penguin colonies ...

Cartwright) Scientists have discovered that summer sea ice (*) in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica has decreased by one million square kilometres – an area twice the size of Spain – in the ...

Antje Boetius adds: “Unfortunately, the Weddell Sea MPA has still not yet been adopted unanimously by CCAMLR. But now that the location of this extraordinary breeding colony is known ...

The Weddell Sea is as pristine as it is perilous ... penguins and seals – this remote frozen seascape off Antarctica is one of the most beautiful and scientifically important ecosystems on ...

FRIS is protected by thick ice and near-freezing seawater flowing over the underwater continental shelf that rings the coast of Antarctica in the Weddell Sea. However, in the summer, warmer water ...

"Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, could dramatically raise sea levels. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) extends over the Weddell Sea in ...