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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Combination microscopy and DNA analysis reveals new insights in the diet of polar cod
- Polar cod is an important part of the food web of the Arctic. Sarah Maes (KU Leuven) and Fokje Schaafsma (Wageningen Marine Research) investigated the... -
Royal distinction awarded to Jan Andries van Franeker
- 30 September the retirement symposium of Jan Andries van Franeker took place. All five PhD students that he supervised during career held a short talk... -
Antarctica during autumn: researchers joined a new expedition on board RV Polarstern
- While tulips were flowering in the Netherlands, researchers from Wageningen Marine Research, together with partners from the German... -
WUR receives grant for research on responsible tourism to Antarctica
- Machiel Lamers (environmental policy) and Bas Amelung (environmental systems analysis at ESG) have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council... -
To measure is to know: how long is a krill and how heavy is polar cod?
- A lot is measured and weighed in biological research. Researchers from Wageningen Marine Research and partners published measurements of more than...
News 2021
News 2020 - 2019
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New knowledge on the sea ice of the polar oceans
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Photo impression MOSAiC expedition in the Arctic Ocean
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Former Wageningen Marine Research employee and ice net SUIT travel to Alaska
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The MOSAiC expedition continues leg 2: Hardships and challenges in the Arctic winter
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The Netherlands has become a member of CCAMLR and participates in policy decision making for the Southern Ocean
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One year in the ice
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Fokje Schaafsma tells about Antarctic research
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Kaiyo Maru: On our way for the second time
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Wageningen Marine Research blogs about the Antarctic expedition
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Research during Polarstern expediton important in climate studies
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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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)
Alfred Wegener Institut
Publications
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Current and future global distribution of potential biomes under climate change scenarios
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Environmental, geographical and time-related impacts on avian malaria infections in native and introduced populations of house sparrows (Passer domesticus), a globally invasive species
Global Ecology and Biogeography (2023), Volume: 32, Issue: 5 - ISSN 1466-822X - p. 809-823. -
Multicompartment Depletion Factors for Water Consumption on a Global Scale
Environmental Science and Technology (2023), Volume: 57, Issue: 10 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 4318-4331. -
The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae : A profile update
Molecular Plant Pathology (2023), Volume: 24, Issue: 2 - ISSN 1464-6722 - p. 89-106. -
Two decades of flask observations of atmospheric (O2/N2), CO2, and APO at stations Lutjewad (the Netherlands) and Mace Head (Ireland), and 3 years from Halley station (Antarctica)
Earth System Science Data (2022), Volume: 14, Issue: 2 - ISSN 1866-3508 - p. 991-1014. -
How Might World Heritage Status Support the Protection of Sacred Natural Sites? : An Analysis of Nomination Files, Management, and Governance Contexts
Land (2022), Volume: 11, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2073-445X -
Allometric relationships of ecologically important Antarctic and Arctic zooplankton and fish species
Polar Biology (2022), Volume: 45, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0722-4060 - p. 203-224. -
Global patterns and drivers of soil total phosphorus concentration
Earth System Science Data (2021), Volume: 13, Issue: 12 - ISSN 1866-3508 - p. 5831-5846. -
Seasonal variation in the positional distribution of fatty acids in bovine milk fat (Supplementary Tables)
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Fungal planet description sheets : 1182-1283
Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi (2021), Volume: 46 - ISSN 0031-5850 - p. 313-528.
Book
Important Bird Areas in Antarctica 2015
