Old Ice still waters Delicate blades of grass backlit

Delicate blades of grass backlit in morning light

windswept coastline

The exhausted faces of friends working in an ancient henna mill

the larger workers known as ‘majors’ adopted a soldier ant role guarding the perimeter

Old Ice still waters Delicate blades of grass backlitA storm front rises over a rugged and weathered glacial cap stained by blue and pink Snow Algae, Cryoalgae This region of the Antarctic Peninsula has undergone one of the highest . temperature increases in the world over the past 50 years. The mean annual temperature has risen by >3C and has been responsible for a significant thinning of ice caps, recession of glaciers and break up of ice shelves Galindez Island, Argentine Islands, Faraday Islands,