Schlagwort: antarctic

  • Penguin Watch — Pi Zeros and Camera Modules in the Antarctic

    Penguin Watch — Pi Zeros and Camera Modules in the Antarctic

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    Long-time readers will remember Penguin Lifelines, one of our very favourite projects from back in the mists of time (which is to say 2014 — we have short memories around here).

    Penguins

    Click on penguins for fun and conservation

    Penguin Lifelines was a programme run by the Zoological Society of London, crowdsourcing the tracking of penguin colonies in Antarctica. It’s since evolved into something called Penguin Watch, now working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS). It’s citizen science on a big scale: thousands of people from all over the world come together on the internet to…click on penguins. By counting the birds in their colonies, users help penguinologists measure changes in the birds’ behaviour and habitat, and in the larger ecosystem, thus assisting in their conservation.

    The penguin people say this about Penguin Watch:

    Some of these colonies are so difficult to get to that they haven’t been visited for 50 years! The images contain unprecedented detail, giving us the opportunity to gather new data on the number of penguins in the region. This information will help us understand how they are being affected by climate change, the potential impact of local fisheries, and how we can help conserve these incredible species.

    Pis in the coldest, wildest place

    And what are those special cameras? The static ones providing time-lapse images are Raspberry Pi Camera Modules, mounted on Raspberry Pi Zeros, and we’re really proud to see just how robust they’ve been in the face of Antarctic winters.

    Alasdair Davies on Twitter

    Success! The @arribada_i timelapse @Raspberry_Pi Zero cameras built for @penguin_watch survived the Antarctic winter! They captured these fantastic photos of a Gentoo penguin rookery for https://t.co/MEzxbqSyc1 #WorldPenguinDay 🐧@helenlynn @philipcolligan https://t.co/M0TK5NLT6G

    These things are incredibly tough. They’re the same cameras that Alasdair and colleagues have been sticking on turtles, at depths of down to 500m; I can’t think of a better set of tests for robustness.

    Want to get involved? Head over to Penguin Watch, and get clicking! We warn you, though — it’s a little addictive.

    Website: LINK

  • Play Distrust and win a 10-day cruise to the Antarctic!

    Play Distrust and win a 10-day cruise to the Antarctic!

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    Alawar Premium invites all Distrust fans to participate in a contest to win an incredible 10-day cruise to Antarctica on January 21-30, 2018, with a paid round trip from the winner’s city to Ushuaia (Argentina), the expedition’s starting point. During the contest period from September 18th till November 30th, 2017, players are encouraged to scavenge the map for five missing ticket pieces hidden around the scientific base in order to unlock the achievement “Lucky Ticket” and access the registration form. The winner will be selected in a random draw at the beginning of December.

    Due to legal limitations only residents from the USA and Russia of age 21+ are eligible to win the grand prize, however an additional 20 players from any country will be able to win branded vests, provided that they unlock “Lucky Ticket” achievement.

    For full terms and conditions for the prize entry please click here: https://distrust.info/en/antarcticacruise/

    SteamLink: LINK