Landscapes in White: Elephant Point, 2025 2026

Synopsis

Three archaeologists from the Landscapes in White/ArqueoAntar project (LEACH–UFMG) scan archaeological sites left by 19th-century marine mammal hunters at Elephant Point, Antarctica. During the expedition, they are struck by an unexpectedly green landscape, contrasting with research records from a decade earlier, while TerrAntar scientists collect fungi increasingly present in the polar environment. Soon, successive storms erase the green, revealing a landscape in unstable transformation.