The three services of the Argentine Armed Forces, together with private sector companies have finished upgrading landing facilities at the Antarctic base of Petrel in the Antarctic Peninsula.

Last year avian influenza brought death to the picturesque island of South Georgia off Antarctica. This season scientists ...

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana has announced the Petrel Base will be reopened following repairs as he oversaw the commencement of this season's Summer Antarctic Campaign. During a ...

Most of the world's albatrosses, and their close relatives, petrels, breed on islands in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica. Now new research led by Durham University, UK, and the ...

Discover the secrets of successful polar seabird photography while navigating pristine Arctic and Antarctic waters during ...

Wilsons Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, During a storm with high winds we encountered this rare ... [+] petrels on the open sea. They were constantly on the move and not easy to photograph.

Several seabird species are having to fly further to find food because of sea ice melting in Antarctica, a study has claimed. Albatrosses and petrels which breed on islands near the continent ...

Maritime Surveillance Aeronaval Squadron flew from the Río Grande Naval Air Base to the Petrel Joint Antarctic B ...

During your days at sea, take in all the onboard lectures and films about Antarctica, and head outside on the decks to see petrels and albatrosses soaring overhead. This is the perfect opportunity ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have used DNA technology to help identify threatened albatross, petrel and shearwater ...