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Heiner Kubny
On 13 November 2025, the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands announced the release of a new stamp series celebrating the cultural heritage of South Georgia.
Rosamaria Kubny
New research findings from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) paint an alarming picture: On the subantarctic island of South Georgia, the number of breeding female elephant seals declined by 47 percent between 2022 and 2024.
Dr. Michael Wenger
Polar bears and Arctic animals in general and elephant seals subantarctic islands are increasingly threatened by pathogens due to substantial environmental changes also induced by humans.
Camille Lin
First announced last spring of the southern hemisphere, highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI is now affecting five of the 14 species tested in South Georgia. A few suspected cases near the Antarctic Peninsula suggest that the disease is still spreading.
A lack of krill is thought to be the main reason for the decline in fur seals observed in the north of South Georgia. Researchers are concerned that this symptom could spread to the archipelago and the Southern Ocean.
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and RSPB recruit albatross detectives to help find migratory albatrosses in satellite imagery from space.
During a five-week voyage on a Royal Navy ship to Antarctica, Claudia Myatt sketched and recorded islands, landscapes, and wildlife.
Carl Anton Larsen was a Norwegian whaler and Antarctic explorer. In 1904 he founded the village of Grytviken. This marked the beginning of the industrialization of whaling in the southern Atlantic.
Christoph Höbenreich
No longer directly on the continent of Antarctica, the ice-armored mountains of the subpolar islands must not be forgotten.
Expedition company Albatros Expeditions has christened its newest ship, Ocean Victory, with ice on South Georgia.
