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Sheltering Science at the End of the Earth: Part 3

No one can be voted off the island, so scientists found ways to keep spirits high and relationships strong.
December 12, 2023 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
The Cape Shirreff team celebrates Christmas outside. In the left top corner is a green camp building with a red window cover leaning against the wall and four blue water storage barrels pushed up against the wall. There is a white door with nine small windows, and a white window to the right of the door. In the foreground are wooden decking, several camping chairs, a trash bag with wrapping paper, some plastic bins and cardboard boxes that are serving as tables, and some plates, mugs, and gifts. In the cent Christmas festivities at the Cape. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Sam Woodman

Sheltering Science at the End of the Earth: Part 2

A mishmash of creative repairs held the Cape Shirreff field camp together for 26 years as scientists delivered outsize results.
December 08, 2023 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Four people bundled up against the cold are carrying a new door across the terrain. The door is vertical and the people are carrying it using wooden rods propped on their shoulders. Rocky hills and fog are in the background. Carrying the replacement door for the outdoor shelter. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jefferson Hinke

Sheltering Science at the End of the Earth: Part 1

The tiny Antarctic field camp at Cape Shirreff protected NOAA scientists for decades. They returned the favor with plenty of TLC.
December 06, 2023 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Black and white photo of the old Cape Shirreff field camp sitting in snow in the foreground. Behind that is a strip of ocean, and behind that are snow-covered mountains with the tops shrouded in clouds. Cape Shirreff. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Doug Krause

Study by NOAA Fisheries Antarctic Scientists Among Journal’s Top 100 Ecology Papers of 2020

By targeting Antarctic krill hotspots, the krill fishery can have outsized negative impacts on penguins while still remaining under the catch limit.
November 10, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Penguins A gentoo penguin breeding colony at the Copacabana field station on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

New Data Show That Penguins in Antarctica May Prefer Dining with Friends to Dining Alone

Researchers attached video cameras to penguins and obtained some of the first footage of penguins synchronously swimming, diving, and feeding for several hours.
October 20, 2021 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Penguin with chinstrap camera Chinstrap penguin with camera. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Antarctic Fishing for Krill, Even at “Precautionary” Levels, Still Affects Penguins

New research shows that, while only small share of krill may be harvested, concentrated fishing impacts predators.
February 19, 2020 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
International
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Remote Camera Network Tracks Antarctic Species at Low Cost

An international research team has developed a simple method for using autonomous time-lapse cameras to track the breeding and population dynamics of Antarctic penguins, providing a new, low-cost window into the health and productivity of their ecosystem.
May 16, 2018 - News ,
West Coast
International
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Scientists Track Antarctic Penguins Using Chemical Signatures

Researchers are now able to analyze chemical signatures within an adult penguin’s feathers to find out where the animals have been and what they have been eating.
August 09, 2017 - News ,
West Coast
International