Tag: Marcelo Leppe Cartes

• Saturday, November 30th 2019 - 06:44 UTC

  Swimming with penguins and whales off Antarctica Peninsula

  

  “It's like getting stabbed,” a tourist exclaims as he plunges into the three degree Celsius water, all under the intrigued gaze of a group of penguins. All around Half Moon Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula, blocks of ice of all sizes float by on a calm sea, their varying forms resembling weightless origami shapes.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 07:22 UTC

  Chilean researchers discover treasure of fossils and micro organisms in Antarctica

  

  Chilean researchers from the 47th scientific expedition to Antarctica returned to the mainland to present their findings and begin follow-up work on their discoveries.