Researchers recently discovered that a long-misidentified Antarctic “danger zone” was actually an island — and have now mapped it for the first time. The discovery was announced in an April press release from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), a German polar research center based in Bremerhaven. The island is located in the northwestern Weddell Sea, and was … Read more
Google Maps is a place of great discovery — and the latest sighting may be one of the oddest yet. In East Antarctica, just southeast of Japanese research outpost Showa Station, eagle-eyed users spotted a mysterious “doorway,” which has become the topic of wild theories online, with some speculating that it’s Bigfoot’s vacation home or … Read more
Researchers in the Antarctic Peninsula have discovered a new species of Antarctic dragonfish, a new journal study shows. The dragonfish, called the Banded Dragonfish or Akarotaxis gouldae, was discovered by researchers from the William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The fish was named in honor of a recently retired Antarctic research and supply vessel called the Laurence … Read more