Dossier
Antarctica
The work of researchers on Antarctica has a wide variety of subjects, from polar sea to sea ice and from krill to whales. In this dossier you can find news, backgrounds and results of research of Wageningen University & Research in the Antarctic region. Also, follow expeditions to Antarctica in our researchers' blogs.
In this dossier, you can find research conducted by Wageningen University & Research in relation to its Statutory Research Task (WOT) in Antarctic Research for the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. This task follows from the Netherlands' consultative membership in the Antarctic Treaty, the international agreement for shared government of the Antarctic continent and Southern Oceans. Additional support is obtained from the Netherlands Polar Program of the Netherlands Science Foundation and from foreign host countries that kindly support logistics in our cooperative projects.
The work in the Antarctic has a wide variety of subjects, but has a shared focus on the important role of sea ice in sustaining the rich polar food webs. That focus leads to occasional participation in comparative research expeditions in Arctic areas. When possible, the dossier provides blogs from expeditioners in the field.
News about Antarctica
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Kaiyo Maru: On our way for the second time - After staying in Melbourne for a couple of days and Kaiyo-maru being resupplied, we are on our way back to the Southern Ocean for the second half of... -
Wageningen Marine Research blogs about the Antarctic expedition - Fokje Schaafsma and Marin van Regteren are on the Antarctic expedition on the Japanese research vessel Kaiyo-maru. The goal of the trip is to better... -
Research during Polarstern expediton important in climate studies - The ICEFLUX team onboard the expedition PS117 of the German icebreaking research vessel Polarstern is too busy with work to send us personal blogs. In... -
Double expedition in the coming Antarctic summer - In December, researchers of Wageningen Marine Research will join two research vessels heading for two different sides of the Antarctic continent.... -
Dozens of cameras film food production on Antarctica - How can we grow fresh vegetables in space or if we ever live on Mars? That is one of the research questions during a large-scale European project on... -
A diet with ice: how does the food web underneath the ice of the polar oceans work? - Life in the polar oceans is under pressure due to global warming. Marine Biologist Fokje Schaafsma went to the Arctic and Antarctic regions to study... -
Plenty of production in the Future Exploration Greenhouse on Antarctica - The most important element of the EU H2020 EDEN-ISS project is the simulation of a one-year "space mission" on Antarctica, in preparation of...
News 2017
News 2016 - 2015
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Antarctica - from research to policy
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Ice algae: the engine of life in the central Arctic Ocean
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Surviving underneath the sea ice in winter
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Krill larvae underneath the winter sea-ice
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Plastic litter and fur seals in Antarctica
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Billions of juvenile fish under the Arctic sea ice
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Atlas of important bird areas in the antartic
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A lot of birds in the final week of the Transsiz expedition
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TRANSSIZ expedition: Fishing underneath the rough ice of the Arctic Ocean
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Blue Whales sightings documented
News 2014 - 2013
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Blog: White Christmas on Antarctica
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Busy research season started in the Antarctic
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Expedition Antarctica: winter results and summer preparations
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Machiel Lamers explains his new book: Antarctic Futures
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Counting whales amidst unpredictable ice: a challenging task
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South Pole expedition cover story Wageningen World
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Blog of the Expedition to the Antarctic
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Food specialisation of petrels in the Antarctic
News 2012 - 2011
Expedition blogs
Projects about Antarctica
Alfred Wegener Institut
Publications
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‘Bijna 3 procent van Antarctica is pinguïnplas’ - Klopt dit wel?
‘Bijna 3 procent van Antarctica is pinguïnplas’ - Klopt dit wel?, De Volkskrant, 2019-02-18, Enith Vlooswijk, https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/-bijna-3-procent-van-antarctica-is-pinguinplas-klopt-dit-wel-~bfd529a4/
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How fertile are earthworm casts? A meta-analysis
Geoderma 338 (2019). - ISSN 0016-7061 - p. 525 - 535.
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EDEN ISS: Groenteproductie op Antarctica als eerste stap
Kas Magazine / TuinbouwCommunicatie 2018 (2018)3. - ISSN 1878-8408 - p. 44 - 47.
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Enzymatic synthesis and characterization of novel terpolymers from renewable sources
Pure and Applied Chemistry (2018). - ISSN 0033-4545
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Correction to: Growth and LC-PUFA production of the cold-adapted microalga Koliella antarctica in photobioreactors
Journal of Applied Phycology (2018). - ISSN 0921-8971 - 1 p.
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in two species of migratory birds from Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica
Marine Pollution Bulletin 137 (2018). - ISSN 0025-326X - p. 113 - 118.
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Growth and LC-PUFA production of the cold-adapted microalga Koliella antarctica in photobioreactors
Journal of Applied Phycology (2018). - ISSN 0921-8971 - 17 p.
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Review: the energetic value of zooplankton and nekton species of the Southern Ocean
Marine Biology 165 (2018). - ISSN 0025-3162 - 39 p.
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Priorities for protected area research
PARKS: the International of Protected Areas and Conservation 24 (2018)1. - ISSN 0960-233X - p. 35 - 50.
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Biocatalytic Route for the Synthesis of Oligoesters of Hydroxy-Fatty acids and ϵ-Caprolactone
Biotechnology Journal 13 (2018)6. - ISSN 1860-6768
Book
Important Bird Areas in Antarctica 2015
