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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Changing of the guard
- As of the first of January 2021, Jan Andries van Franeker has retired. With heart and soul, he has dedicated his research to Antarctic ecosystems and... -
New knowledge on the sea ice of the polar oceans
- Sea ice plays an essential role in the global climate. Physicist Giulia Castellani (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany) published a new study on the... -
Photo impression MOSAiC expedition in the Arctic Ocean
- After a long time at sea, researcher Serdar Sakinan finally arrived back home from the MOSAiC expedition in June. Due to travel restrictions,... -
Former Wageningen Marine Research employee and ice net SUIT travel to Alaska
- Last November, former Wageningen Marine Research employee Hauke Flores joined an expedition on board the research vessel Sikuliaq, together with an... -
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...
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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Flashing light emitting diodes (LEDs) induce proteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids and pigments in three microalgae
Journal of Biotechnology 325 (2021). - ISSN 0168-1656 - p. 15 - 24. -
Shotgun metagenomics reveal a diverse assemblage of protists in a model Antarctic soil ecosystem
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 22 (2020)11. - ISSN 0099-2240 - p. 4620 - 4632. -
Zoeken naar een kleine kever. Hoe inspecteer je bijenvolken op de aanwezigheid van kleine bijenkastkevers?
Bijenhouden 13 (2019)2. - ISSN 1877-9786 - p. 32 - 33. -
Krill tellen op Antarctica
Krill tellen op Antarctica, KennisOnline Magazine, 2019-06-20, Hanny Roskamp, https://magazines.wur.nl/ko-magazine2019/poolexpeditie/ -
The Plant Health Monitoring System of the EDEN ISS Space Greenhouse in Antarctica During the 2018 Experiment Phase
Frontiers in Plant Science 10 (2019). - ISSN 1664-462X - 13 p. -
Global warming promotes biological invasion of a honey bee pest
Global Change Biology 25 (2019)11. - ISSN 1354-1013 - p. 3642 - 3655. -
Fatty acids and proteins from marine cold adapted microalgae for biotechnology
Algal Research 42 (2019). - ISSN 2211-9264 -
Large-Eddy Simulations of the Steady Wintertime Antarctic Boundary Layer
Boundary-Layer Meteorology 173 (2019)2. - ISSN 0006-8314 - p. 165 - 192. -
Functionalization of Enzymatically Synthesized Rigid Poly(itaconate)s via Post-Polymerization Aza-Michael Addition of Primary Amines
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis (2019). - ISSN 1615-4150 -
‘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/
Book
Important Bird Areas in Antarctica 2015
