Chinstrap penguins take thousands of 4-second naps a day so they can stay alert and guard their newborns around-the-clock, researchers say

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Wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica
Wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica.

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Stunning video shows Antarctic killer whales appearing to use icebergs as scratching posts, possibly to exfoliate their skin

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Orcas in Antarctica, photographed in 1981.

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The world's biggest iceberg is on the move after 37 years, and it could threaten wildlife

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A map of Antarctica is shown overlaid with a track following A23a over the year.
A satellite visualisation shows the path taken by A23a since August 2022

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9 passenger airliners that have landed on Antarctica's rugged runways made out of blue ice

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The Loftleiðir Icelandic crew standing in front of an Icelandiar-branded 767 in Antarctica., wearing red snow gear.
Large Boeing and Airbus jetliners have been landing on Antarctica's icy runways for over a decade.

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A Boeing 787 Dreamliner made history. It's the first of its kind to fly into Antarctica — landing on an icy runway with 45 passengers.

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The cabin crew standing in front of the Norse 787 in Antarctica wearing their uniforms.
The cabin crew standing in front of the Norse plane in Antarctica, where the Boeing 787 landed — the first time for this particular model.

Norse Atlantic Airways

Seals with funny hats discovered a hidden canyon over a mile deep under Antarctica and scientists want to honor the animals by naming it after them

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A seal with a tracker adhered to its fur sitting in some grass with a rainbow behind it.
In an email to Insider, scientist Clive McMahon called the seals they adhered trackers to heroes.

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Researchers discovered a hidden Antarctic landscape under a layer of ice over a mile thick that shows how different the continent looked millions of years ago

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A small boat in the water near the Admiralty Mountains in the east of Antarctica
The Admiralty Mountains loom in eastern Antarctica.

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Antarctica has lost 8.3 trillion tons of ice since 1997, a new study found. That's enough to cover the contiguous US in 3 feet of water.

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A cliff face with melting ice in Antarctica.
Antarctica saw temperatures 39 degrees Celsius above average last year.

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6 ways humans are transforming Antarctica from a pristine preserve to a polluted wasteland

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Emperor Penguin chicks
Emperor Penguin chicks at colony Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, where part of the ice melted killing thousands of baby penguins.

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Sea-ice levels in Antarctica at a 'mind-blowing' historic low

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A view of ice floes on Grandidier Channel as the floes melt due to global climate change in Antarctica on February 09, 2022
Ice floes melt due to climate change in Antarctica on February 2022.

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