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  • Article from 23.03.2016 | Last changed: 23.03.2016

    Individual tourism in Antarctica

    A little aircraft

    … take advantage of a number of tour operators’ activities on the Antarctic mainland or its offshore islands, and their numbers are rising steadily. Travellers have … by plane or ship. The first private enterprise started in 1985 and organized landings on the South Pole and mountain hikes in the Patriot Hills. Excursions … rising demand and corresponding supply of onshore tourist activities are cause for some concern. Risks for man and nature Tourists have the opportunity to …

  • Article from 22.01.2014 | Last changed: 22.01.2014

    Waste oil

    Three barrels of waste oil

    … Waste oil Waste oil is an important resource that is collected in special receptacles before being recycled. Source: … processing waste oils into base oil. Base oil is the basic component of mineral oil used to make lubricants (base oil + additives = lubricants, such as engine, gear, … contents Digitalisierung und natürliche Ressourcen Ressourcennutzung in Deutschland Ressourcenschonung im Bedarfsfeld Freizeit Ressourcenkommission am …

  • Article from 23.01.2014 | Last changed: 10.03.2021

    Resource conservation in the manufacturing and consumption domain

    Smoking chimneys of an industrial plant

    … Resource conservation in the manufacturing and consumption domain Manufacturers … energy are key resources when it comes to product manufacturing as well as product use – which, however is inextricably bound up with other resources as well. For … raw material extraction. •    Promoting production processes that use materials efficiently. •    Finding alternatives to production processes that consume large …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Travellers to the Antarctic

    Visitors to the Antarctic must comply with certain rules to avoid causing harm to the environment.

    … national and your trip originates in another country, for example Chile or New Zealand. Most visitors to Antarctica reach the perpetual ice by ship. Source: Fritz Hertel/UBA Penguins are used to the sight of a ship at busy points of disembarkation. Source: Fritz …

  • Article from 11.03.2016 | Last changed: 11.03.2016

    Tourists in Antarctica

    Tourists on the mountain

    … originated in Argentina. Paying travellers accompanied researchers to the South Shetland Islands for the first time in 1958. The Swedish-American tour operator and … of the first cruise ships purpose-built for journeys to polar regions. The typical landings with small inflatable boats are also a Lindblad legacy. There has been … also the natural habitat of many animal and plant species. There is a conflicting use between man and nature as a result. The volume of visitors alone causes changes …

  • Article from 08.03.2016 | Last changed: 11.03.2016

    Research and logistics in the perpetual ice

    The german Research Station Neumayer 3

    … Research in Antarctica Research is the main human activity in Antarctica. It focuses on current issues in climatology and meteorology (climate change), glaciology, … first country to operate a year-round station back in 1904 on the South Orkney Islands at the northernmost tip of Antarctica. It took nearly 50 more years before … own stations. Many of the early research stations were located on the South Shetland Islands, a group of islands off the Antarctic Peninsula only some 900 …

  • Article from 11.03.2016 | Last changed: 11.03.2016

    Discovery, exploration and conservation of Antarctica

    … and gaining access to its remote regions. An impressive international treaty on its use for peaceful purposes and protection has developed since the mid-20th century. … the people at that time believed there must be a massive continent to balance the land masses they knew in the northern hemisphere. They called this unknown continent … In the 1980s the Consultative Parties attempted to establish regulations on mineral resource activities in Antarctica. Environmental groups such as Greenpeace and World …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Human presence in the Antarctic

    The presence of humans poses a threat to the ecosystem.

    … Cook (1728-1779) ventured further south than any human being before him, ultimately landing in South Georgia, an island in the Southern Ocean. It took another 50 years … continent aboard ships. The arrival of humans means a threat to the ecosystem Because of its remote location and extreme climate conditions, all human activities in …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Fauna of the Antarctic

    The Adélie penguin is one of five penguin species which breed in the Antarctic.

    … total incidence of one billion tonnes in the Antarctic, krill is the basic food resource for many living creatures such as squid, bony fish, penguins and sea birds, … who are endemic as breeders on the continent, the adjacent ice or neighbouring islands. The most well known species is the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), … penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus), and the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae). Because of the cold ocean current, the other penguin species live on sub-Antarctic …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Climate of the Antarctic

    Its extremely low temperatures make Antarctica the coldest continent on Earth.

    … the South Pole is inclined towards the sun and there are 24 hours of daylight. Because of the ecliptic plane, that is the tilt of the earth's axis of 23.5° in relation … in central East Antarctica. As a rule, temperatures decrease with distance inland because the effects of the ocean do not cool down the coasts considerably. The …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Geology of the Antarctic

    The Antarctic continent is located on a continental plate called the Antarctic Plate.

    … which cover the Antarctic continent today, it is hard to imagine that Antarctica used to be fertile land and completely free of ice. Some 170 million years ago Antarctica was still …

  • Article from 27.01.2016 | Last changed: 27.01.2016

    The geography of the Antarctic

    Enormous ice shelves float on the ocean, connected to a glacier onshore.

    … 60° latitude South as 'the Antarctic', that is, the continent (‘Antarctica’), its islands and the ocean. The continent alone covers a surface area of about 13.5 million … from West Antarctica with the Antarctic Peninsula. They extend across Victoria Land to Coats Land at the Weddell Sea. Their length of 3,500 km makes them the fifth …