Penguins

Although the penguin is the icon of the Antarctic, many penguins prefer lower latitudes. Several species venture as far south as the Antarctic Peninsula, but only the emperors and the Adélies live along the continental coastline. {Read More »}

Diving Penguins

By Maria Vernet · June 24, 2008 ·

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ICEBERG A43K, SOUTHERN OCEAN-- Although penguins are not flying birds, we have seen them diving and flying off of icebergs. Chinstrap Penguins will climb onto… {Read More »}

Ross Sea Penguins

Biologist David Ainley has been studying Adélie penguins in Antarctica for more than 25 years. These resilient and charismatic birds, adapted to survive one of the harshest environments on earth, are now being threatened by global warming that affects the sea ice and ocean ecosystems on which they depend. {Read More »}

Polar Geography

Literally on opposite ends of the earth, the Arctic and Antarctica are vast, icy, and cold, but beyond that they’re very different. Antarctica, in the south, is a continent surrounded by ocean; the Arctic is an ocean surrounded by continents. {Read More »}

Our Last Day at Sea

By Maria Vernet · February 14, 2008 ·

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We have come to the end of our 16th annual LTER cruise, and what a wonderful one it was. Thank you to everyone who has… {Read More »}

Avian Island in Pictures

By Maria Vernet · February 4, 2008 ·

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Each year on the PAL-LTER summer cruise, members of the seabird group (B-013) spend 5 days working on Avian Island. Avian Island is located just… {Read More »}

Avian Island in Video

By Maria Vernet · February 4, 2008 ·

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To accompany our current featured story on Avian Island, we have uploaded a video taken by our scientists on the island. This one minute thirty… {Read More »}

Penguins: Barometers of Climate Change

By Maria Vernet · January 23, 2008 ·

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While it may not be initially intuitive to think so, penguins make up a major proportion of top predator species found in the Western Antarctic… {Read More »}