Falling through ice is nothing new in Antarctica and something the researchers there have to be carefull of, especially when moving by large vehicle. Even living on land we are subject to earthquakes. Antarctica is in a constant state of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Personally I like the glazed, chocolate cakey ones. I use to like Apple Fritters but now they just make me a bit ill. If you flip back and forth between today’s and yesterday’s comics they kind of look animated. That […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First to the ground… my money is on Wally. Seal Cliff Jumping Something I forgot to mention when the comic introduced the Weddell Seal yesterday… there actually is a cliff in Antarctica (perhaps even several unknown) with several seal corpses […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That giant ice slug in the background there is a Weddell seal. Seals do not have the streamlined muscular bodies or strong front flippers like Sea Lions do. They are usually pretty sluggish once they are on land just laying […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Building (as in really tall ones), antenna (as in uninhabited towers), span (as in a bridge or arch) and earth (as in a cliff). These four words create the acronym: BASE which is specifically used in the context of BASE […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, there’s some Emperor Penguins for you. They are the largest of the penguins, you’ll notice they are considerably bigger than an Adelie like Osbourne, not that the comic is totally to scale with anything. We’ll talk about them more […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That cage is not too unlike real seal cages. They are used by researchers in Antarctica to study the animals. They are placed above seal holes, holes in the ice the seals use for diving for food and returning for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve seen several Orcas (Killer Whales) in the comic so far. Though at the top of the food chain in Antarctica, Orcas are not the biggest threat to penguins as their diet consists mainly of fish and secondly of seals. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When a whale sticks its head up out of the water for a look around up top, that’s called "spy hopping". The orca pictured in the photo here is not busting up through the ice to gulp up penguins, but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Adelie penguins tend to enter the water in groups. It’s kind of a safety thing, the bigger the group you’re in, the less chance you’re going to be eaten when you enter the water. There’s actually an old myth that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…