… the form of a sticker: ”After use this oil must be taken to a waste oil collection point! Improper disposal of waste oil is a danger to the environment! Any addition … prominent place in the retail outlets giving information about a nearby collection point. The collection point is obliged to accept internal-combustion engine oils and gear oils at no …

… by ship. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA Penguins are used to the sight of a ship at busy points of disembarkation. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA Next Previous Associated content …

… the first cruise trips to Antarctica for travellers who enjoyed information and lectures by experts instead of entertainment programmes. The Lindblad Explorer … than 37,000 visitors; in other words, a more than fivefold increase within fifteen years. But the global economic crisis and the entry into force of recent IMO … to Antarctica every year. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA A tent camp ist he starting point for further activities Zelt in der Antarktis Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA To sail …

… maintain 80 research stations on the continent, about half of which are manned year-round, and the rest are operated only in the summer season. Argentina was the … South Orkney Islands at the northernmost tip of Antarctica. It took nearly 50 more years before other countries had their own stations. Many of the early research … research stations in the Arctic and Antarctica. The Neumayer stations over the years Germany has conducted year-round research in Antarctica since 1981. Its first …

… landing in South Georgia, an island in the Southern Ocean. It took another 50 years until the seal hunter John Davies reached the Antarctic mainland in 1821. In … landing in South Georgia, an island in the Southern Ocean. It took another 50 years until the seal hunter John Davies reached the Antarctic mainland in 1821. In …

… Antarctic. Source: M. Zinkova/ITAW Blue whales migrate thousands of kilometres a year to build up fat reserves in the Antarctic. Source: L. Lehnert/ITAW Humpback …

… slow rate because of the climate conditions. They rest for most of the year. Growth phases are short, and many plants live for hundreds of years. The diameter of many lichen increases by only 10 to 16 millimetres in one … way to the other end of the world. Cruise trips in particular, that visit several points onshore in the Antarctic, multiply the risk of further increasing the spread …

… and coldest continent on Earth. Only in the west temperatures reach the freezing point during the warmest month, January; otherwise, the annual average temperature … has been an increase of the annual average temperature of up to 2°C in the last 50 years. There is data to support a warming of the continent of about 0.12°C per …

… Antarctica used to be fertile land and completely free of ice. Some 170 million years ago Antarctica was still part of the Gondwana supercontinent - until it broke … was a part of the supercontinent Pangaea, which broke up more than 200 million years ago into a northern part (Laurasia) and a southern part (Gondwana). According …

… populated coastal regions, islands and faraway swaths of land. Antarctica's highest point is Mount Vinson in the Ellsworth Mountains (4,897 m); the lowest point is in the Bentley Subglacial Trench (2,538 m below sea level). There are … summer, and thus the ice edge shifts to the north and back again in the course of a year. A wide belt of sea ice forms around the continent in winter. Source: M. …

… for the month of June indicate a rise in temperature of 6°C over the past 50 years. This trend has widespread effects on the marine ecosystem and has released a … for the month of June indicate a rise in temperature of 6°C over the past 50 years. This trend has widespread effects on the marine ecosystem and has released a …