Antarctic Peninsula

American  

noun

1. a peninsula in western Antarctica, south of South America.

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Antarctic Peninsula British  

noun

1. Former name (until 1964): Palmer Peninsula.  the largest peninsula of Antarctica, between the Weddell Sea and the Pacific: consists of Graham Land in the north and the Palmer Peninsula in the south

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Antarctic Peninsula

The cruise north through the Atlantic Ocean from Argentina to Cape Verde followed an initial March 10-31 return trip from Ushuaia in Argentina to the Antarctic Peninsula.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

During a 2023 research cruise along the western Antarctic Peninsula, the team gathered larvae from 20 sites across 13 islands.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026

“Even on the Antarctic Peninsula — this most extreme, remote and isolated ‘wilderness’ region — the landscape is changing, and these effects are visible from space.”

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024

As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale used its four-metre-long fin to sweep a net of bubbles around its prey and trap them, known as "bubble-netting".

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2024

For the first three weeks of December, the pack was constantly on the move, but each time it edged toward the east, away from the Antarctic Peninsula and its outlying islands, Shackleton became anxious.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong