“On our route, the nautical chart showed an area with unexplored dangers to navigation, but it wasn’t clear what it was or ...

Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin in 1880, where his father was a minister who ran an orphanage. From an early age he took an interest in Greenland, and always walked, skated, and hiked as though ...

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

A few weeks ago, an international expedition exploring the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic stumbled on something truly unexpected. An uncharted island located in an area navigational charts simply deemed ...

What looked like an iceberg turns out to be an undiscovered Antarctic island, surprising scientists and reshaping maps of the ...

Uncharted island will soon appear on nautical charts,” as a group of scientists have uncovered a mystery, unnamed landmass ...

EXPLORERS have accidentally discovered a new island in Antarctica after seeking shelter from a storm on its shores, and its as long as the Great Pyramid of Giza. Rough weather conditions forced an ...

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On 20 March 2026, the glaciologist will take over as scientific director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). To date, he has been active as the ...

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