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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The MOSAiC expedition continues leg 2: Hardships and challenges in the Arctic winter- The first leg of the MOSAiC expedition was completed in the middle of December 2019. Crew members and scientist of the second leg are on board now and... -
The Netherlands has become a member of CCAMLR and participates in policy decision making for the Southern Ocean- Researcher Fokje Schaafsma attended this year’s annual October meeting of Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources... -
One year in the ice- In September 2019 the MOSAiC expedition will start, which stands for Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate. The... -
Fokje Schaafsma tells about Antarctic research- In order to perform research, scientists of Wageningen Marine Research regularly visit the Antarctic. During these visits, data are collected to study... -
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...
News 2018 - 2017
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Double expedition in the coming Antarctic summer
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Dozens of cameras film food production on Antarctica
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A diet with ice: how does the food web underneath the ice of the polar oceans work?
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Plenty of production in the Future Exploration Greenhouse on Antarctica
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Sea ice: an important food source for young Antarctic krill
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SiPCA-expedition: on ice, fish and sunlight
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SiPCA expedition to the Arctic Ocean on its way
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Strong link between polar cod and sea ice of the Arctic Ocean
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
- Wageningen University & Research blogs - Antarctica
- Antarctic expedition sea-ice (2014-2015)
- Winter research in the Antarctic (2013)
Projects about Antarctica
Alfred Wegener Institut
Publications
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Krill tellen op AntarcticaKrill tellen op Antarctica, KennisOnline Magazine, 2019-06-20, Hanny Roskamp, https://magazines.wur.nl/ko-magazine2019/poolexpediti
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The Plant Health Monitoring System of the EDEN ISS Space Greenhouse in Antarctica During the 2018 Experiment PhaseFrontiers in Plant Science 10 (2019). - ISSN 1664-462X - 13 p.
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Global warming promotes biological invasion of a honey bee pestGlobal Change Biology 25 (2019)11. - ISSN 1354-1013 - p. 3642 - 3655.
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Fatty acids and proteins from marine cold adapted microalgae for biotechnologyAlgal Research 42 (2019). - ISSN 2211-9264
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Large-Eddy Simulations of the Steady Wintertime Antarctic Boundary LayerBoundary-Layer Meteorology 173 (2019)2. - ISSN 0006-8314 - p. 165 - 192.
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Functionalization of Enzymatically Synthesized Rigid Poly(itaconate)s via Post-Polymerization Aza-Michael Addition of Primary AminesAdvanced Synthesis and Catalysis (2019). - ISSN 1615-4150
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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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Correction to: Growth and LC-PUFA production of the cold-adapted microalga Koliella antarctica in photobioreactorsJournal of Applied Phycology 31 (2019)2. - ISSN 0921-8971 - p. 999 - 999.
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How fertile are earthworm casts? A meta-analysisGeoderma 338 (2019). - ISSN 0016-7061 - p. 525 - 535.
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Growth and LC-PUFA production of the cold-adapted microalga Koliella antarctica in photobioreactorsJournal of Applied Phycology 31 (2019)2. - ISSN 0921-8971 - p. 981 - 997.
Book
Important Bird Areas in Antarctica 2015
