Researchers report the first Antarctic amber
A 2024 research note reports fossil resin in mid-Cretaceous sediment recovered from the Pine Island trough during a 2017 expedition. The discovery adds direct material evidence to research on Antarctica's ancient vegetation.
Klages et al. (2024), Antarctic Science, DOI 10.1017/S0954102024000208, Figure 1. Panel d photograph: V. Schumacher, Alfred Wegener Institute.
CC BY 4.0, © The Author(s), 2024. Figure reproduced unmodified with attribution; no separate exclusion noted in the figure caption.
Scope and limitations
Publication in 2024 is distinct from collection in 2017 and the sediment's geological age. The figure combines a reconstructed palaeogeographic map, core imagery and microscopic photographs. Probable bark inclusions remain an interpretation, not a confirmed organism identification.