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

A glacier on the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula has undergone the quickest ice loss documented in modern times, according to a major international study co-authored by Swansea University.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025

“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

The whole ice pack was moving in a clockwise direction, sweeping west and north with the current, up along the Antarctic Peninsula.

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