Old Ice still waters the larger workers known as

the larger workers known as ‘majors’ adopted a soldier ant role guarding the perimeter

The delicate translucent outer skin of a lions mane jellyfish

Wildflowers blanket Simpson Desert sand dunes after rare rainstorms

A rose-ringed parakeet peeks out of its nest in a tree trunk

Niau Atoll

Old Ice still waters the larger workers known asA storm front rises over a rugged and weathered glacial cap stained by blue and pink Snow Algae, Cryoalgae This region of the Antarctic Peninsula has undergone one of the highest . temperature increases in the world over the past 50 years. The mean annual temperature has risen by >3C and has been responsible for a significant thinning of ice caps, recession of glaciers and break up of ice shelves Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Faraday Islands,