Chilean Research Station Frei Base, King George Island, South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The unattended Argentine Research Station Base Brown, Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Chilean Research Station Frei Base, King George Island, South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Chilean Base Presidente Gabriel Gonzales Videla in the Errera Channel on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

British Base A research station at Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Argentine research base Almirante Brown in Paradise Harbour, Antarctica, Polar Regions

British Research Base W, abandoned and left in 1959 on Detaille Island, Crystal Sound, below the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica, Polar Regions

British Research Base W, abandoned and left in 1959 on Detaille Island, Crystal Sound, below the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Argentine research base Almirante Brown in Paradise Harbour, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Chilean Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Collins Harbour, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Chilean Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Collins Harbour, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

British Research Base W, abandoned and left in 1959 on Detaille Island, Crystal Sound, below the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Chilean Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Collins Harbour, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Ny Alesund, the most northerly settlement in the world, a base for international scientists, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

British Base A research station at Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Asia

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Asia

The unattended Argentine Research Station Base Brown, Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

British Base A research station at Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Asia

Former British Base A, now a museum and post office at Port Lockroy on tiny Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Views of the Catholic church at the Chilean research base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Views of the Chilean inactive research base Gonzalez Videla on Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) feeding at the base of a glacier in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research plane landing at the Chilean Research base Frei on King George Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research plane landing at the Chilean Research base Frei on King George Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Views of the Chilean research base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Former British Base A, now a museum and post office at Port Lockroy on tiny Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Views of the Chilean research base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Views of the Chilean inactive research base Gonzalez Videla on Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Interior of former British Base A, now a museum and post office at Port Lockroy on tiny Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), breeding colony beneath a Union Jack flag flying at British Base A at Port Lockroy, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), breeding colony beneath Union Jack flag, at British Base A at Port Lockroy, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The Argentine Research Station Base Brown, Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Interior of former British Base A, now a museum and post office at Port Lockroy on tiny Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Interior of former British Base A, now a museum and post office at Port Lockroy on tiny Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), breeding colony at the Chilean Research Station Base Gonzalez Videla, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Interior view of Port Lockroy, established as Station A in WWII Operation Tabarin, Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The Argentine Research Station Base Brown at Paradise Harbor, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Former British Base A, now a museum and post office at Port Lockroy on tiny Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Exterior view of Port Lockroy, established as Station A in WWII Operation Tabarin, Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The boat house at the Argentine Research Station Base Brown, Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gonzalez Videla Base, a Chilean Research Station in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Snow covers the Argentine Research Base in the Melchior Islands, Dallmann Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The United States Antarctic Research base at Palmer Station, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Explorer on approach to the United States Research Station at Palmer Base, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The Lindblad Expeditions ship National Geographic Explorer on approach to the United States Research Station at Palmer Base, Antarctica, Polar Regions

British base, Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Vernadsky Research Base, the Ukrainian Antarctic station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Vernadsky Research Base, the Ukrainian Antarctic station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions

British base, Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Base Orcadas is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Supplies at Base Orcadas which is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Base Orcadas is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Supplies at Base Orcadas which is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

A Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder, which measures hours of sunlight at Base Orcadas, which is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Base Orcadas is an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. It is located on Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, just off the Antarctic Peninsular. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Vernadsky Research Base (Akademik Vernadsky), Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica

Vernadsky Research Base (Akademik Vernadsky), Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica

Inside the abandoned Antarctic research British Base "W" on Detaille Island, Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica

Inside the abandoned Antarctic research British Base "W" on Detaille Island, Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica

Vernadsky Research Base (Akademik Vernadsky), Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica

An American Air Force plane after a resupply flight to the science base on the summit of the Greenland Ice sheet, Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland, Polar Regions

An American Air Force plane after a resupply flight to the science base on the summit of the Greenland Ice sheet, Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland, Polar Regions

United States research base at Palmer Station on Anvers Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Inside the abandoned Antarctic research British Base "W" on Detaille Island, Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica

Inside the abandoned Antarctic research British Base "W" on Detaille Island, Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica

United States research base at Palmer Station on Anvers Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

United States research base at Palmer Station on Anvers Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Inside the abandoned Antarctic research British Base "W" on Detaille Island, Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica

Iceberg detail in and around the abandoned British research base "W" in Crystal Sound near the Antarctic Peninsula

Inside the abandoned Antarctic research British Base "W" on Detaille Island, Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica

Gabriel Gonzalez Videla Base, on the Antarctic mainland's Paradise Bay, Antarctica

Inside the abandoned Antarctic research British Base "W" on Detaille Island, Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast, Antarctica

Iceberg detail in and around the abandoned British research base "W" in Crystal Sound near the Antarctic Peninsula

Zodiac and iceberg detail in and around the abandoned British research base "W" in Crystal Sound near the Antarctic Peninsula

Concordia base, Antarctica

Aurora Australis over Concordia base, Antarctica

Concordia base, Antarctica

Concordia Research Station, Antarctica

Observatory of the Roque de los Muchachos at sunset, Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Baby Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), 8-18 months, at breakfast, Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base, Chengdu, China, Asia

Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) at breakfast, Giant Pandas Breeding Research Base, Chengdu, China, Asia

British base, Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Monument, panda breeding station near Chengdu, China, Asia

Entrance, panda breeding station near Chengdu, China, Asia

A German BGR helicopter used in Terre Victoria to transport geologists to specific research points. These are one-off scientific programs, involving the collaboration of several countries, in this case Germany and Italy. The Germans set up a base camp several dozen kilometers from the Italian Mario Zucchelli station, using Italian logistical resources such as the Laura Bassi icebreaker to transport the helicopter, the equipment needed to set up the base camp, scientific equipment and, of course, personnel. All of this was delivered to the Mario Zucchelli station for onward transport by helicopter to the search site. Victoria Land, Antarctica

Vernadsky research base, Ukrainian Antarctic station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica.

Vernadsky research base, Ukrainian Antarctic station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica.

Vernadsky research base, the Ukrainian Antarctic station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica.

Vernadsky research base, Ukrainian Antarctic station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica.

Vernadsky research base, the Ukrainian Antarctic station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica.