Commemorating peace in Antarctica Jun 23, 2018

Commemorating peace in Antarctica

We feel chilly just looking at this image of the Europa sailing the Penola Strait, near the Antarctic Peninsula. This three-masted barque may resemble polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated ship Endurance, which was lost to the ice in an expedition to the South Pole in 1915. But the Europa is a modern, refitted lightship that now sails the world with paying passengers and makes annual trips to Antarctica.

© Colin Monteath/Minden Pictures

palette

Today in History

Jun 23, 2019Adorable activism
Jun 23, 2020Flowers by the sea
Jun 23, 2021Light show in the forest
Jun 23, 2022Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jun 23, 2023Pollinator Week
Jun 23, 2024Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jun 23, 2025The Elbe in Dresden, Germany

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 20, 2022Sea Otter Awareness Week
May 8, 2022Mother s Day
Dec 19, 2024Sibiu Christmas market, Romania
Oct 11, 20181.1 billion opportunities for a better world
Dec 4, 2024Wildlife Conservation Day
Nov 20, 2022World Children s Day
Jul 9, 2024Talampaya National Park, Argentina
Jan 24, 2021These patterns tell a story
Dec 11, 2020Mountains fit for a queen
Apr 25, 2025World Penguin Day
Jan 31, 2023Burchells zebras for International Zebra Day
Aug 26, 2019Classical music takes center stage
Jan 17, 2019A wassailing we go
Feb 27, 2019A predator at risk
Apr 23, 2020Duck, duck. duck, duck, duck...
Oct 18, 2024Autumn in Central Park, New York
Sep 12, 2020A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
Mar 23, 2021Uncommon clouds are gathering
Apr 17, 2019Happy birthday to the Peak!
Feb 9, 2021What s going on in this sky?
Oct 1, 2022Yosemite National Park turns 132
Jan 27, 2025Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Oct 30, 2024Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Jan 15, 2025Anniversary of the British Museum
Oct 28, 2019A night on the (ghost) town
Aug 26, 2020Spotted Lake emerges
Mar 1, 2022Women s History Month
Jul 13, 2022International Rock Day
Dec 1, 2023Antarctica Day
Mar 20, 2021It s time for spring