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Breathtaking encounter with a humpback whale mother and its calf.

Each year  a population of humpback whales  living in the antarctic  migrates north towards the equator along the coast of Mozambique. Warmer waters are more favorable for mating...
By Paul Krassnitzer
posted (5 days ago)
A humpback whale mother and her calf. Each year a group of humpback whales migrates along the coast of Mozambique
By Paul Krassnitzer
posted (6 days ago)
Cratena nudibranchs_August 2025
 CanonRF100 1/200 f11 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (last week)
Verconia nivalis nudibranch_March 2025
 CanonRF100 1/200 f18 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (Last month)
Every winter a group of female bullsharks come to this area to give birth  season goes from November untill mid march.
By Ramon Magana
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Eyes of the Ocean  Seeds of Life   A blenny resting in a mussel shell  while tiny eggs gently decorate its surface.
By Gozde Karayel
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Underwater Photo Location: Mario Zucchelli Station - Italian Antarctica Base - Terra Nova Bay - Ross Sea

Underwater Photo Location: Mario Zucchelli Station - Italian Antarctica Base - Terra Nova Bay - Ross Sea

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The Zucchelli Station is a permanent Antarctic Station on the Terra Nova Bay located at a small altitude of 15 meters and with an area of approximately 7,200 square meters. In 2010 it has been enlarged and in "warm" months is linked to the Italian Concordia Station (operated together with French researchers).

This facility -created in 1985- hosts a variety of scientific projects. The Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (National Antarctic Research Program (PNRA)) works closely with the US Antarctic Program and Antarctica New Zealand.
Facts about Mario Zucchelli Station - Italian Antarctica Base - Terra Nova Bay - Ross Sea
  • It is in Antarctica
  • Mario Zucchelli Station - Italian Antarctica Base - Terra Nova Bay - Ross Sea is in the Ross Sea.




by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
The emperor penguin family on the Antarctic sea ice (Ross Sea - Baia Terra Nova - Antarctica - PNRA- ISMAR-CNR)

by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Ready to race? (Emperor penguins on the sea ice)

by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Floating eggs of Silverfish (Pleuragramma antarctica) under the Antarctic sea ice
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