by Tyron Drake | Nov 19, 2020 | Antarctic Krill
Image by/from Brocken Inaglory Uploaded by Brocken Inaglory The Antarctic minke whale or southern minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second smallest rorqual after the common minke whale...
by Tyron Drake | Nov 19, 2020 | Antarctic Krill
The Antarctic neosquid (Alluroteuthis antarcticus) is the only neosquid in the genus Alluroteuthis. The tentacles are relatively short compared to the arms. Nils Hjalmar Odhner, discoverer of the species, suggested that Parateuthis tunicata, discovered by Johannes...
by Tyron Drake | Nov 15, 2020 | Antarctic Krill
Image by/from GiThe Antarctic Peninsula, known as O’Higgins Land in Chile, Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally known as the Palmer Peninsula in the US and as Graham Land in Great Britain, is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica,...
by Tyron Drake | Nov 15, 2020 | Antarctic Krill
Image by/from Nigel Voaden from UKThe Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica) is a boldly marked dark brown and white petrel, found in Antarctica, most commonly in the Ross and Weddell Seas. They eat Antarctic krill, fish, and small squid. They feed while swimming...
by Tyron Drake | Nov 11, 2020 | Antarctic Krill
Image by/from The original uploader was Kils at English Wikipedia.The Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory (ATOLL) was a floating oceanographic laboratory for in situ observation experiments. This facility also tested instruments and equipment for polar...
by Tyron Drake | Nov 9, 2020 | Antarctic Krill
Image by/from own workThe Antarctic Convergence or Antarctic Polar Front is a curve continuously encircling Antarctica, varying in latitude seasonally, where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the subantarctic. Antarctic...
