First Amber Find on the Antarctic Continent

Southernmost discovery of amber allows new insights into Cretaceous forests near the South Pole.

Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. A team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg have just released a paper in the journal Antarctic Science, in which they describe the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.