40 years ago today RRS Discovery III arrived at Montevideo, marking the end of my first #Antarctic and Southern Ocean research cruise. The ship had been my home for four and a half months, since 23rd November. Part of me wanted to head home, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to explore some of the sights of South America, so my adventure continued.
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ Blue-ice areas ✧
Blue-ice areas are regions of Antarctica where the ice surface has a blue colour, contrasting with the more common white Antarctic surface. They form around 1% of the continent's ice area. Blue-ice areas typically form when the movement of both air and ice are obstructed by topographic obstacles such as mountains that emerge from the ice sheet...
#Antarctica #Antarctic #MillerRange #NASA #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-ice_area
Bon allez, une fois n’est pas coutume, j’ai posé avec ma carte marine avant de la confier à son nouveau propriétaire... 
Oui, je suis en t-shirt, dehors, en Antarctique ! 
Oui, j’avais un peu froid ! Mais promis, je ne suis pas restée longtemps ! 
Je peins des cartes marines 
sur commande 
. Contactez-moi si vous êtes intéressé(e) ! 
#Artiste #Illustratrice #VieDArtiste
#Aquarelle #FemmesArtistes #Autoportrait #DessinNaturaliste
#illustration #carte #wildlife #antarctic #ocean #DessinTraditionnel #dessin #FaunePolaire #FauneMarine #cartemarine #NaturalistArt
À chaque fois que je peins une nouvelle baleine qui saute, je commence en me disant que c’est moche et que ça va être raté... 
Et puis une fois terminée, je me dis finalement que c’est la meilleure que j’ai jamais faite ! 
Here's a look at the mean state of #Antarctic sea ice concentration (fraction of ice in a given area) just after the sea ice minimum (austral summer) as the freeze season begins...
Data fro: (https://nsidc.org/data/g02202/versions/4, with the anomalies using a 1981-2010 reference period.
That's how the volcanic Australian territory of #HeardIsland & #McDonaldIslands in the #Antarctic ended up with a 10% tariff. The #penguins got off lightly, you might say.
But #Madagascar - one of the poorest nations in the world w/GDP per capita of just over $500 - meanwhile faces a 47% tariff on the modest $733M of exports of vanilla, metals & apparel that it did with the US last year.
Last month was the 4th lowest #Antarctic sea ice extent on record for the month of March
This was 1,070,000 km² below the 1981-2010 March average. Data from NSIDC at https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index 
#Trump #Tariffs Hit #Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins but no tariffs on #Russia
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-tariffs-antarctic-islands-heard-mcdonald/
#PhotoOfTheDay: #Antarctic Sea Ice Plunged in Summer #2025
In 2025, summer sea ice in the Antarctic tied for the second-lowest minimum extent ever recorded in the 47-year satellite record, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154112/antarctic-sea-ice-plunged-in-summer-2025
One Last Ride for Antarctica’s 'Ivan the Terra Bus'
After more than 30 years as an iconic fixture of the polar research station, this beloved bus is bidding farewell to the southern continent.#cars #antarctic #science #transportation #bus #section-Articles
One Last Ride for Antarctica’s 'Ivan the Terra Bus'
remember those stories about how there was a whole world living underground?
Turns Out, The #Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Hiding An Abundant #Ecosystem https://buff.ly/1tO4TUc
#KnowledgeByte: The "#Antarctic #Paradox" refers to the seemingly contradictory observations of increasing Antarctic sea ice extent in some periods, despite the overall trend of global warming and the documented loss of ice mass from the Antarctic ice sheets.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/The-Antarctic-Paradox-67ceac797cd7535ec06def41
An #Antarctic Beech (Nothofagus antarctica) growing in the grounds of Tyntesfield House near Bristol. Close relatives of this tree were abundant in temperate forests in West Antarctica in the earliest Oligocene, before development of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj3931
https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532354/1/Klages_et_al_Oligo_Ice_sheet_free_West_Antarctica_Science_in_press.pdf
Scientists thought this Antarctic sea floor would be barren. But it's teeming with life
When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, they knew they had to stop what they were doing and go check it out. But they didn't expect to find a rich and flourishing ecosystem.
#science #nature #Antarctic #iceberg #Chicago #Radio
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/antarctic-ice-expedition-1.7490216?cmp=rss
Scientists thought this Antarctic sea floor would be barren. But it's teeming with life
When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, they knew they had to stop what they were doing and go check it out. But they didn't expect to find a rich and flourishing ecosystem.
#science #nature #Antarctic #iceberg #Chicago #Radio
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/antarctic-ice-expedition-1.7490216?cmp=rss
Scientists thought this Antarctic sea floor would be barren. But it's teeming with life
When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, they knew they had to stop what they were doing and go check it out. But they didn't expect to find a rich and flourishing ecosystem.
#science #nature #Antarctic #iceberg #Chicago #Radio
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/antarctic-ice-expedition-1.7490216?cmp=rss
