antarctic

An interview with Paperwolf: the artist who brought the March of the Penguins to life

Posted by Emily Buchanan - 19th January 2018
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No doubt you’ve seen the photos of papercraft penguins popping up in capital cities around the world this week. It’s caused quite a stir, with one of the geometric beauties appearing on live television and threatening to do… Read More

Setting Sail to protect the Antarctic

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 15th January 2018
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Weathered Iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean, 2008

Will McCallum, Oceans Campaigner with Greenpeace As I write this the Arctic Sunrise, one of Greenpeace’s ships, is sailing south.  For the next three months its crew will be working alongside a team of campaigners, photographers, film-makers, scientists and journalists from across the globe to build the case… Read More

March of the Penguins

Posted by Will Rose - 12th January 2018
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Here in London, spring is definitely not in the air. Winter feels like it is never going to end and summer seems as likely as me getting a time machine. But, here’s some heartwarming images to (hopefully) get you through the next few months… Penguins have been… Read More

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Antarctic

Posted by Samantha Wockner - 8th January 2018
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In 2017 we launched a campaign to create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – the largest protected area on Earth. But why? Well, apart from being home to amazing animals such as penguins, whales and seals. The Antarctic plays an important role in keeping our Earth healthy. But the… Read More

In Pictures: Antarctica

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 1st December 2017
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A group of Adélie Penguins are seen here on the Antarctic sea ice.
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Antarctica is the only continent that is relatively untouched by human interference and one of the last pristine wildernesses left on earth.  This hasn’t always been the case though. In 1959 the Antarctic Treaty was signed, banning dumping of radioactive waste and weapons testing, but in the 80s it was… Read More

We protected the land, now we must protect the ocean – Antarctica

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 1st December 2017
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The Antarctic is at the very end of the earth. It’s so far away from most of us that it often falls off the edge of world maps as an unfinished afterthought. The landmass of Antarctica holds 90% of the freshwater on the planet, is the biggest desert… Read More