British Antarctic Survey

3 New Articles about Antarctica: Science, Exploration, and Hairdressing

by Kat LongArticles October 7, 2017December 26, 20170 comments

At Mental Floss, I believe I’ve carved out a small niche for myself as the resident expert/enthusiast on the Arctic and Antarctic. (Perhaps I could add “polar editor” to my business card someday!) In the last couple of months, I’ve written a trio of stories focused on Antarctica. In September, I highlighted the recent restoration …

Southern Right Whale Recovery Could Take Decades, Study Finds

by Kat LongCommentary March 15, 2016March 16, 20160 comments

This week, whale watchers went bananas over sightings of about 250 northern right whales in the plankton-rich waters around Cape Cod. The pods represented half of the total population of these critically endangered cetaceans, one of the world’s rarest animals. Now, in the first assessment since the end of the 19th century whaling era, the British …