KNOWN, NEW and PROBABLE SNOW PETREL BREEDING LOCATIONS in the ROSS DEPENDENCY and MARIE BYRD LAND by L
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Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No
Measure 2 (2005) Annex E Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 120 POINTE-GÉOLOGIE ARCHIPELAGO, TERRE ADÉLIE Jean Rostand, Le Mauguen (former Alexis Carrel), Lamarck and Claude Bernard Islands, The Good Doctor’s Nunatak and breeding site of Emperor Penguins 1. Description of Values to be Protected In 1995, four islands, a nunatak and a breeding ground for emperor penguins were classified as an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (Measure 3 (1995), XIX ATCM, Seoul) because they were a representative example of terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems from a biological, geological and aesthetics perspective. A species of marine mammal, the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) and various species of birds breed in the area: emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri); Antarctic skua (Catharacta maccormicki); Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae); Wilson’s petrel (Oceanites oceanicus); giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus); snow petrel (Pagodrama nivea), cape petrel (Daption capense). Well-marked hills display asymmetrical transverse profiles with gently dipping northern slopes compared to the steeper southern ones. The terrain is affected by numerous cracks and fractures leading to very rough surfaces. The basement rocks consist mainly of sillimanite, cordierite and garnet-rich gneisses which are intruded by abundant dikes of pink anatexites. The lowest parts of the islands are covered by morainic boulders with a heterogenous granulometry (from a few cm to more than a m across). Long-term research and monitoring programs of birds and marine mammals have been going on for a long time already (since 1952 or 1964 according to the species). A database implemented in 1981 is directed by the Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chize (CEBC-CNRS). -
J.S. Antarctic Projects Officer N
J.S. ANTARCTIC PROJECTS OFFICER N VOLUME III NUMBER 5 JANUARY 1962 Wednesday, January 17 [1912]. -- Camp 69. T. -220 at start. Night -21°. The Pole. Yes, but under very different circumstances from those expected. Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority. Well, it is something to have got here, and the wind may be our friend to--morrow. We have had a fat Polar hoosh in spite of our chagrin, and feel com- fortable inside -- added a small stick of chocolate and the queer taste of a cigarette brought by Wilson. Now for the run home and a desperate struggle. I wonder if we can do it. Thursday morning, January 18. -- Decided after suing up all observations that we were 3.5 miles away from the Pole -- one mile beyond it and 3 to the right. More or less in this direction Bowers saw a cairn or tent. We have just arrived at this tent, 2 miles from our camp, therefore about li miles from the Pole. In the tent we find a record of five Norwegians having been here, as follows: Roald Amundsen Olav Olavson Bjaaland Humor Hanssen Svorre H. Hassel Oscar Wisting. 16 Dec. 1911. Captain Robert F. Scott, Scotts Lest Expedition, arranged by Leonard Huxley, vol. I, pp. 374-375. Volume III, No. 5 January 1962 CONTENTS The Month in Review 1 International Flights in the Antarctic 2 South Pole -- Fifty Years After 4 Dirty Diamond Mine 4 Topo North Completed 5 Marine Life Under Ross Ice Shelf 6 Lakes with Warm Water 7 The Fiftieth in Washington 8 Suggestions for Reading 9 New Zealand Memorial to Admiral Byrd 11 Antarctic Chronology, 1961-62 12 Material for this issue of the Bulletin was adapted from press releases issued by the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation and from incoming dispatches. -
Part 4 Appendices
Part 4 Appendices HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS MARINE RESERVE 139 Appendix 1. Proclamation of Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve 140 MANAGEMENT PLAN HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS MARINE RESERVE 141 142 MANAGEMENT PLAN Appendix 2. Native Fauna of the HIMI Marine Reserve Listed Under the EPBC Act Scientific Name Common Name Birds recorded as breeding Aptenodytes patagonicus king penguin S Catharacta lonnbergi subantarctic skua S Daption capense cape petrel S Diomeda exulans wandering albatross V S M B J A Diomeda melanophrys black–browed albatross S M B A Eudyptes chrysocome southern rockhopper penguin S Eudyptes chrysolophus macaroni penguin S Larus dominicanus kelp gull S Macronectes giganteus southern giant petrel E S M B A Oceanites oceanicus Wilson’s storm petrel S M J Pachyptila crassirostris fulmar prion S Pachyptila desolata Antarctic prion S Pelecanoides georgicus South Georgian diving petrel S Pelecanoides urinatrix common diving petrel S Phalacrocorax atriceps (e) Heard Island cormorant V S Phoebetria palpebrata light mantled sooty albatross S M B A Pygoscelis papua gentoo penguin S Sterna vittata Antarctic tern V S Non–breeding birds Catharacta maccormicki south polar skua S M J Diomedea epomophora southern royal albatross V S M B A Fregetta grallaria white–bellied storm petrel S Fregetta tropica black–bellied storm petrel S Fulmarus glacialoides southern fulmar S Garrodia nereis grey–backed storm petrel S Halobaena caerulea blue petrel V S Macronectes halli northern giant petrel V S M B A Pachyptila belcheri -
Ross Sea Voyage 11 February - 13 March, 2015
Ross Sea Voyage 11 February - 13 March, 2015 Journey to the Ross Sea in this new cruise organised by Oceanwide Expeditions and sold by Gane and Marshall. This exciting new expedition (the first voyage took place in 2013) departs from New Zealand and visits Campbell Island, the Bay of Whales, Ross Island (including a tour of the McMurdo Station as well as the huts used by Shackleton and Scott during their famous expedition), and Kainan Bay, from where the explorers Amundsen and Shirase approached the Antarctic ice- shelf in 1911 and 1912, respectively. From Kainan, you will sail to the little-explored Peter I Island, and then on to the Antarctic Peninsula. During the voyage you will have many opportunities to go ashore, with regular expeditions from the cruise ship to the shore via zodiacs or helicopter. You will travel on Oceanwide’s strongest ice- vessel, the M/V Ortelius. This small and extremely comfortable cruise ship carries only 100 guests, ensuring you an intimate cruise. Day 1: Departure from Bluff, New Zealand Passengers embark and depart from the port of Bluff, New Zealand. Day 2: At sea At sea en-route to Campbell Island Day 3: Campbell Island Today we reach Campbell Island, which wespend the day exploring. This sub-Antarctic island is formally part of New Zealand, but it’s entirely uninhabited. It’s a designated reserve and World Your Financial Protection All monies paid by you for the air holiday package shown [or flights if appropriate] are ATOL protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is ATOL 3145. -
Petrelsrefs V1.1.Pdf
Introduction I have endeavoured to keep typos, errors, omissions etc in this list to a minimum, however when you find more I would be grateful if you could mail the details during 2017 & 2018 to: [email protected]. Please note that this and other Reference Lists I have compiled are not exhaustive and are best employed in conjunction with other sources. Grateful thanks to Killian Mullarney and Tom Shevlin (www.irishbirds.ie) for the cover images. All images © the photographers. Joe Hobbs Index The general order of species follows the International Ornithologists' Union World Bird List (Gill, F. & Donsker, D. (eds.) 2017. IOC World Bird List. Available from: http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [version 7.3 accessed August 2017]). Version Version 1.1 (August 2017). Cover Main image: Bulwer’s Petrel. At sea off Madeira, North Atlantic. 14th May 2012. Picture by Killian Mullarney. Vignette: Northern Fulmar. Great Saltee Island, Co. Wexford, Ireland. 5th May 2008. Picture by Tom Shevlin. Species Page No. Antarctic Petrel [Thalassoica antarctica] 12 Beck's Petrel [Pseudobulweria becki] 18 Blue Petrel [Halobaena caerulea] 15 Bulwer's Petrel [Bulweria bulweri] 24 Cape Petrel [Daption capense] 13 Fiji Petrel [Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi] 19 Fulmar [Fulmarus glacialis] 8 Giant Petrels [Macronectes giganteus & halli] 4 Grey Petrel [Procellaria cinerea] 19 Jouanin's Petrel [Bulweria fallax] 27 Kerguelen Petrel [Aphrodroma brevirostris] 16 Mascarene Petrel [Pseudobulweria aterrima] 17 Parkinson’s Petrel [Procellaria parkinsoni] 23 Southern Fulmar [Fulmarus glacialoides] 11 Spectacled Petrel [Procellaria conspicillata] 22 Snow Petrel [Pagodroma nivea] 14 Tahiti Petrel [Pseudobulweria rostrata] 18 Westland Petrel [Procellaria westlandica] 23 White-chinned Petrel [Procellaria aequinoctialis] 20 1 Relevant Publications Beaman, M. -
Balleny Paper
XXIII ATCM/WP31 May, 1999 Original: English Agenda Item 7f) CEP II Agenda Item 5e) Proposed Balleny Island Specially Protected Area Submitted by New Zealand Error! Reference source not found. Proposed Balleny Island Specially Protected Area Summary New Zealand proposes that consideration be given to Specially Protected Area No.4 concerning Sabrina Island in the Balleny Islands being enlarged to include other Balleny Islands, together with a marine area surrounding the islands. A copy of the draft management plan is provided for information and consultation. The designation of an enlarged SPA is considered necessary to protect the unique and special ecological, scientific and aesthetic values of the area and to establish an archipelagic SPA in the Ross Sea region. Background At the Fourth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Santiago in 1966, a small island in the Balleny Islands was designated as Specially Protected Area No. 4. Sabrina Island was accorded this status in recognition that the Balleny Islands are the most northerly Antarctic land in the Ross Sea region and support fauna and flora which reflect many circumpolar distributions at this latitude. The Balleny Islands (together with Scott Island) are the only truly marine or oceanic islands (rather than continental islands) on this side of Antarctica making them distinctive from any neighbouring areas. Located 250km off the coast of Antarctica in the northern Ross Sea, the Balleny Islands are a rare “oasis” of land in the Southern Ocean and their position is far enough north to be directly in the path of circumpolar ocean currents. Consequently their presence is likely to create upwellings, which tend to bring nutrient-rich deep water closer to the surface, which in turn makes the area biologically very productive. -
The Potential Hazard of Antarctic Ice Shelf Carving in New Zealand Territorial Waters
PCAS 16 (2013/2014) Critical Literature Review (ANTA602) The Potential Hazard of Antarctic Ice Shelf Carving in New Zealand Territorial Waters. Errin Rowan Student ID: 95607115 Word Count: 3049 Abstract: The Antarctic Peninsula is the one region of the Southern Ocean that has experienced large temperature changes over the past century resulting in the release of large ice bergs into the Southern Ocean. The glacial calving process is based on glacier ice flow dynamics as breaking rates are controlled by ice velocity changes and retreat. With increased continental warming and consequently melting there will be an increase in ice-berg calving frequency and movement from the Antarctic continent. GIS satellite monitoring of the Antarctic has provided useful images of the migration of icebergs. Recent advances in the use of geographic information systems and the ability to monitor the movement of icebergs and changes in ice sheets makes the potential for predicting the impacts on the Southern Ocean easier. This literature review considers the question – with increased iceberg frequency what are the potential impacts of ice-berg migration on Southern Ocean logistics. 1 Contents Page 1 Title page and Abstract 2 Contents 3 Introduction 3 Antarctic Glacier Processes 4 Current State of Calving Processes 5 Implications and Effects of Icebergs in the Southern Ocean 6 Iceberg Drift in the Southern Ocean 6 GIS Tracking of Ice Bergs in the Southern Ocean 7 Changes in Ice Calving Mechanics and Affects in the Near future 8 Icebergs Negatively Affecting New Zealand’s Interests in the Southern Ocean 8 Conclusion 9 Reference List 2 Introduction In a warming world, Polar Regions have been experiencing dramatic changes in atmospheric temperatures. -
Importance of Ice Algal Production for Top Predators: New Insights Using Sea-Ice Biomarkers
Vol. 513: 269–275, 2014 MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES Published October 22 doi: 10.3354/meps10971 Mar Ecol Prog Ser FREEREE ACCESSCCESS Importance of ice algal production for top predators: new insights using sea-ice biomarkers A. Goutte1,2,*, J.-B. Charrassin1, Y. Cherel2, A. Carravieri2, S. De Grissac2, G. Massé1,3 1LOCEAN/IPSL — UMR 7159 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université Pierre et Marie Curie/ Institut de Recherche pour le Développement/Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France 2Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UPR 1934, 79360 Beauvoir sur Niort, France 3Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Laval, UMI 3376, Takuvik, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada ABSTRACT: Antarctic seals and seabirds are strongly dependent on sea-ice cover to complete their life history. In polar ecosystems, sea ice provides a habitat for ice-associated diatoms that en - sures a substantial production of organic matter. Recent studies have presented the potential of highly branched isoprenoids (HBIs) for tracing carbon flows from ice algae to higher-trophic-level organisms. However, to our knowledge, this new method has never been applied to sub-Antarctic species and Antarctic seals. Moreover, seasonal variations in HBI levels have never been investi- gated in Antarctic predators, despite a likely shift in food source from ice-derived to pelagic organic matter after sea-ice retreat. In the present study, we described HBI levels in a community of seabirds and seals breeding in Adélie Land, Antarctica. We then validated that sub-Antarctic seabirds had lower levels of diene, a HBI of sea-ice diatom origin, and higher levels of triene, a HBI of phytoplanktonic origin, compared with Antarctic seabirds. -
Foods of the South Polar Skua Catharacta Maccormicki at Ardery Island, Windmill Islands, Antarctica
Polar Biol 2001) 24: 59±61 Ó Springer-Verlag 2001 SHORT NOTE S. C. Baker á C. Barbraud Foods of the South Polar skua Catharacta maccormicki at Ardery Island, Windmill Islands, Antarctica Accepted: 3 June 2000 Abstract South Polar skuas Catharacta maccormicki) includes clis, both steep and gentle slopes, and areas of breed on ArderyIsland in the absence of a local morainic boulder slopes. breeding population of Adelie penguins Pygoscelis In manyother Antarctic areas, feeding during the adeliae). Assessment was made of the food remains in breeding season bySouth Polar skuas, and hence their skua feeding territories in 1995/1996. The diet of South selection of breeding location, is largelydependent on Polar skuas largelyconsisted of fulmarine petrel species Adelie penguin rookeries in combination with avail- which bred on ArderyIsland. Southern fulmar Fulma- abilityof food at sea Young 1963; MuÈ ller-Schwarze and rus glacialoides) remains were the predominant prey MuÈ ller-Schwarze 1973; Trillmich 1978; Hull et al. 1994; items found, and skuas appeared to feed preferentially Norman et al. 1994). Ecklund 1961) estimated that at on this species. least 95% of skua nesting habitats in the Windmill Island group are close to Adelie penguin rookeries. The absence of breeding populations of Adelie penguins on ArderyIsland allows investigation of skua feeding where other bird species are likelyto be predominant in their Introduction diet. Other studies that have investigated the diet of skuas remote from Adelie penguin populations have ArderyIsland occurs in the Arderyand Odbert Island found food items of importance to be snow petrels SpeciallyProtected Area, Windmill Island group, near Zipan and Norman 1993), southern fulmars and CaseyStation 66 °22¢S, 110°27¢E), Antarctica. -
Origin and Evolution of the Sub-Antarctic Islands: the Foundation
Papersnd a Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Volume 141 (1), 2007 35 ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE SUB-ANTARCTIC ISLANDS: THE FOUNDATION by Patrick G. Quilty (with 23 text-figures and two tables) Quilty, P.G. 2007 (23:xi): Origin and evolution of the sub-Antarctic islands: the foundation.Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 141 (1): 35-58. https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.141.1.35 ISSN 0080-4703. School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia. Email: P.Quil [email protected] Sub-Antarctic islands have a diversity of origins in detail but most are volcanic and very young suggesting that they are short-lived and that the distribution would have been very differenta few million years ago. 'They contrast with the common tourist brochure concept of oceanic islands. As the Antarctic Plate is virtually static, the islands seldom show signs of association with long-lived linear island chains and most thus stand alone. Longer-lived islands are either on submarine plateaux or are continental remnants of the dispersion of Gondwana. The islands are classified in relation to raised sea-floor, transform fault, triple junction, subduction zone, submarine plateau, submerged continent or continental. Many are difficult of access and poorly known geologically. Their geological history controls their many other roles such as sites as observatories, or for study of colonisation, evolution and speciation rates. Key Words: Sub-Antarctic islands, geological evolution, Macquarie Island, Balleny Islands, Scott Island, Campbell Island, Antipodes Island, Auckland Islands, Enderby Island, Peter I Island, Islas Diego Ramirez, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, Bouvetoya, Gough Island, Marion Island, Prince Edward Island, Iles Crozet, Amsterdam Island, St Paul Island, Kerguelen Plateau, Iles Kerguelen, Heard Island, McDonald Island. -
Long-Term Contrasted Responses to Climate of Two Antarctic Seabird Species
Ecology, 86(11), 2005, pp. 2889±2903 q 2005 by the Ecological Society of America LONG-TERM CONTRASTED RESPONSES TO CLIMATE OF TWO ANTARCTIC SEABIRD SPECIES STEPHANIE JENOUVRIER,1 CHRISTOPHE BARBRAUD, AND HENRI WEIMERSKIRCH Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de ChizeÂ, Centre National de la Recherche Scienti®que, F-79360 Villiers en Bois, France Abstract. We examined the population dynamics of two Antarctic seabirds and the in¯uence of environmental variability over a 40-year period by coupling the estimation of demographic parameters, based on capture±recapture data, and modeling, using Leslie ma- trix population models. We demonstrated that the demographic parameters showing the greatest contribution to the variance of population growth rate were adult survival for both species. Breeding success showed the same contribution as adult survival for Emperor Penguins, whereas the proportion of breeders had the next stronger contribution for Snow Petrels. The sensitivity of population growth rate to adult survival was very high and the adult survival variability was weak for both species. Snow Petrel males survived better than females, whereas Emperor Penguin males had lower survival than females. These differ- ences may be explained by the different investment in breeding. Emperor Penguin adult survival was negatively affected by air temperature during summer and winter for both sexes; male survival was negatively affected by sea ice concentration during summer, autumn, and winter. On the other hand, there was no effect of environmental covariates on Snow Petrel adult survival. The Emperor Penguin population has declined by 50% because of a decrease in adult survival related to a warming event during a regime shift in the late 1970s, whereas Snow Petrels showed their lowest numbers in 1976, but were able to skip reproduction. -
Managing Tourism in Antarctica – a Framework for the Future
Managing Tourism in Antarctica – A Framework for the Future Harry Maher A thesis submitted for the degree of Masters of Tourism At the University of Otago, Dunedin New Zealand Date: 19 December 2005 i Abstract Antarctic tourism has been the subject of significant debate in recent years, not only within the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) but also in the wider community. A relatively recent but now well-established industry, tourism in Antarctica is characterised by high regional growth rates and the potential for significant impacts on the environments where it occurs. This thesis addresses the research question ‘Is the current regulatory system for managing tourism in Antarctica adequate to protect the Antarctic environment?’ It examines the general theories of management of tourism and recreation in protected and wilderness areas. The importance of the relationship between site values, tourism activities, impacts and management responses is highlighted. It is noted that contemporary protected area managers inevitably put in place robust and binding legislation, site-specific management plans, and management interventions to manage wilderness areas. The tourism management framework for Antarctica is presented, in both its historical and contemporary contests. The historical and current size and nature of the Antarctic tourist industry is analysed and presented, along with an in- depth examination of the values and attributes of the sites where that activity occurs. The actual and potential impacts of tourism in general and of the current levels of tourism in Antarctica are then discussed. A discussion regarding the adequacy of the current ATS tourism management regime is presented. The system is found to be inadequate across a range of critical factors.