Science journalist Jane Qiu is at the Palmer ecological research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, joining researchers investigating how climate change has affected the region in recent decades. Please check back for her dispatches from the bottom of the world.
If the Marr Ice Piedmont glacier is the backyard of the Palmer ecological research station in western Antarctic Peninsula, the tiny speck of rock known as Torgersen Island, less than one kilometre from the outpost, is its front garden. Boasting the largest penguin colonies in the region, the island is a popular destination of after-dinner strolls for people at Palmer, and is visited regularly by tourist cruises.
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