Atlas8 min read
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 ·
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10 articles
Atlas7 min read
The Antarctic Peninsula: Seaweed Forests at the Frozen Edge of the Kelp World
No true kelp grows south of the Antarctic polar front, yet the Peninsula guards seaweed forests of its own. A guide to the frozen edge.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Atlas9 min read
Heard & McDonald Islands: Kelp Beneath an Active Volcano
Glaciers, an active volcano and some of Earth's loneliest kelp — a guide to Heard and McDonald Islands, Australia's subantarctic World Heritage group.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Atlas11 min read
Kerguelen: Giant Kelp in the Sub-Antarctic
A coastal atlas guide to the Kerguelen Islands — vast giant kelp beds at 49°S, elephant seals and king penguins, iron-fed blooms, and the wildest kelp wilderness few will see.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas11 min read
Macquarie Island: Giant Kelp on the World's Most Remote Threatened Listing
Macquarie Island's giant kelp forests became the first marine ecosystem listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List — a subantarctic warning in full view.
Dr. Theo Nakamura ·
Atlas9 min read
Marion Island: Kelp, Mice and Albatross in the Roaring Forties
A volcanic subantarctic outpost ringed by giant kelp, albatross skies and elephant-seal beaches — and the mice that threatened it all. An atlas guide.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas9 min read
South Georgia: Giant Kelp at the Edge of the Ice
A ring of giant kelp fringes South Georgia's glaciated mountains — and around it, whales, seals and penguins are crawling back from industrial ruin.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Encyclopedia10 min read
Southern Right Whale: The Whale That Plays in Kelp
The southern right whale is a slow, southern giant with a calloused head — and a documented habit of draping itself in kelp. Its biology, recovery and kelp play.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas8 min read
Prince Edward Islands: South Africa's Subantarctic Kelp Outpost
Marion and Prince Edward Islands hold giant kelp and bull kelp in the Furious Fifties — a coastal atlas guide to South Africa's wild, fiercely protected subantarctic outpost.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Atlas8 min read
Crozet Islands: Subantarctic Kelp Kingdoms of the Indian Ocean
Giant kelp beds ring the Crozet Islands beneath some of the greatest penguin and albatross colonies on Earth — a coastal atlas guide to France's remote subantarctic.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·