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Volcanic Landscape in Southern Iceland Huge parts of Iceland's barren landscapes are formed by not long-ago volcanic activities, the pave-ways of former lava streams often still apparent.

By Peter Prokosch

Shelf-ice pieces, Antarctic Peninsula An ice shelf is a thick platform of ice that forms at the grounding line of a glacier, where the glacier meets the coastline. Most freshwater on earth is bound in the huge ice shield covering almost entire Antarctica and...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Shelf iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula An ice shelf is a thick platform of ice that forms at the grounding line of a glacier, where the glacier meets the coastline. Most freshwater on earth is bound in the huge ice shield covering almost entire Antarctica and...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Antarctic icebergs; Antarctic peninsular Unlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major ...

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

Antarctic Research Station of Chile, Antarctic Penisular The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by the twelve countries whose scientists had been active in and around Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58. It entered in...

By Peter Prokosch

Antarctic Research Station of Argentina, Antarctic Peninsular The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by the twelve countries whose scientists had been active in and around Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58. It entered in...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier ice and sea ice, Antarctic Peninsula Unlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major ...

By Peter Prokosch

Drake Passage The Drake Passage are the waters between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean with the southeastern ...

By Peter Prokosch

Cape Petrel (Daption capense), Antarctic Penisular The Cape Petrel, also called Cape Pigeon, is one of the most common seabirds of the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica. They have an estimated population of around 2 million. Cape Petrels feed mainly on crustacea, incl...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Antarctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides), Drake Passage The Antarctic Fulmar, a common seabird of the Southern Hemisphere, is the "sister" of the Northern Fulmar (F. glacialis) in the Arctic. It is also known as the Southern Fulmar and looks much lighter than the Northern si...

By Peter Prokosch

Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys, Antarctic Peninsular The Black-browed Albatross or Black-browed Mollymawk, Thalassarche melanophrys, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae, and it is the most widespread and common albatross. Declines may be attributable to ...

By Peter Prokosch

black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys, Antarctic Peninsular The Black-browed Albatross or Black-browed Mollymawk, Thalassarche melanophrys, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae, and it is the most widespread and common albatross. Declines may be attributable to ...

By Peter Prokosch

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus), Antarcticv Peninsular The species is the largest of the (mostly much smaller) petrels, sometimes mistaken for a small albatross. THey are important scavengers, feeding on carcasses of penguins (as on the picture), other birds and seals. Many ...

By Peter Prokosch

Swimming in Front of the Remains of former Whaling Station, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Tourist ships regularly visit Whalers Bay/Deception Island, where tourists can study the remains and history of Antarctic whaling. The station of the Norwegian Hektor Company was active here 1911-1931. Today tourists at...

By Peter Prokosch

Tourism in Antarctica The most visited part of Antarctica is the Antarctic Peninsular, opposite South America. The Antarctic Treaty provides guidelines, which have to be followed by tourists and expedition organizers. Tourist operators with s...

By Peter Prokosch

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