Antarctica

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Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY

Image above: Scene from the Antarctic Peninsula, January 2024. Photo by Jennifer Tegan and Warren Allmon.

Page last updated December 30, 2025.

Aerial photograph of Potters Fall Reservoir on Six Mile Creek.

Neumayer Channel, Antarctic Peninsula. Photo by Warren Allmon.

Blog Posts on Antarctica and its Environs

Photos from Antarctica Day at the Museum of the Earth

Antarctica Day (December 1st) is an international day of celebration, commemorating the 1959 signing of the Antarctic Treaty. The Museum of the Earth has held a public celebration of Antarctica Day since 2024.

Photo of a man giving a lecture in a museum with a picture of a dinosaur

Dr. Matthew Lamanna from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History giving his presentation "Antarctica in the Time of the Dinosaurs: The Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project"

Fossil from PRI's Zinsmeister collection: Ammonite, Pachydiscus sp., Seymour Island, Cretaceous, PRI 65424. It is 13 inches in diameter.

Photos of people doing craft activities at two tables in a museum

Antarctic-themed craft tables

Photo of a table in a museum with educational activities about climate change

Antarctic climate change education table

Photo of a display case with a fossil in a museum

Antarctica Day displays

Taxidermy penguins

Guests looking at the remarkable Diplomoceras maximum fossil at the Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY.

Journey to the Melting Continent

Follow New York Times reporter Raymond Zhong and photographer Chang W. Lee on their 2025-2026 trip to Antarctica along with scientists who are studying fast-melting glaciers.

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