Tag: wilhelm archipelago
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An Antarctic crossroads of exploration and wildlife, Petermann Island endures
Not every Antarctic island announces itself with scale. Some emerge instead as a compact disturbance in a world of ice and water: a low, dark mass off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, edged by snow, ringed by drifting brash, and made suddenly conspicuous by life. Petermann Island lies in the Wilhelm Archipelago, just…