ice-covered plateau and is larger than West Antarctica, which is comprised of an archipelago of rocky islands covered and held together by ice. Antarctica has an average altitude of 14,000 feet ...
The Diego Ramirez Archipelago is not only geographically isolated, it also lacks terrestrial mammalian predators and woody plants, the study said. The small group of sub antarctic islands have a ...
Cruising to bucket list destinations—like Antarctica and the Arctic—are ... Svalbard is the northernmost archipelago in the world, and a popular Arctic destination for travelers.
"I cannot believe how privileged I am to be able to camp overnight in the Antarctic, on a group of islands with which I share a name," he said. The archipelago, which is only about twice the size ...
Following a thorough tendering process, the Government of South Georgia has announced that the vessel Vinson of Antarctica has ... continuing a decadal archipelago-wide census to measure ...