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Aerial view of a remote volcanic island at morning light, its rocky coast wrapped in a dark ring of giant kelp beds against deep indigo Southern Ocean water.

Amsterdam Island: Kelp at the Bottom of the World

Giant kelp at the warm edge of its range, albatrosses that breed nowhere else, and a scientists-only island: a guide to the kelp coast of Amsterdam Island.

Dr. Mara Ellison · September 26, 2026

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