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Antarctic station GARS O'Higgins

14,205 kilometres from Berlin, storms rage across the Antarctic Peninsula at speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. Perched on the northern tip, the German Antarctic Receiving Station GARS O'Higgins, operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has defie

Earth's Cryosphere: Antarctica

NASA satellite imagery provides an overview of the cryosphere in the Antarctic. Learn about Antarctic features such as clouds, glaciers, ice streams, ice shelves, and icebergs. In addition, explore how rising temperatures affect the region, for example by increasing the number of meltwater ponds, wh

Why is the ice shelf melting?

The Antarctic ice sheet is the world's largest permanently iced area. If the sea warms by only 0.5 degrees, the ice shelf melts from below and breaks at the edges. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert Coellen/Mirko Tribanek/Mandy Blaurock,Susan Kreher/Jochen Schmi

Why does the ice shelf melt

The Antarctic ice sheet is the world's largest permanently icy area. If the sea warms by just 0.5 degrees, the ice shelf melts from below and breaks at the edges. Author: 3sat/nano/mobyDOK/Alexander Lahl/Max Mönch/Jean Schablin/Robert Coellen/Mirko Tribanek/Mandy Blaurock,Susan Kreher/Jochen Schmid