https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Template%3AWestarctica.wiki%3AToday%27s_featured_article 2026-05-06T11:36:53Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.36.2 https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=Template:Westarctica.wiki:Today%27s_featured_article&diff=14550&oldid=prev 2026-04-29T16:20:52Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:20, 29 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Duke August of Fox Grove.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Duke August of Fox Grove.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His Grace, the '''[[Duke of Fox Grove]]''', <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</del>August Grappin<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''', commonly known as '''Duke August of Fox Grove'''</del>, is a member of [[Westarctica]]'s [[Peerage of Westarctica|nobility]].  He currently serves as the Minister of Culture of Westarctica's [[Royal Council]]. His title is not derived from any current [[Index of geographic features in Westarctica|geographic feature]] of Westarctica.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His Grace, the '''[[Duke of Fox Grove]]''', August Grappin, is a member of [[Westarctica]]'s [[Peerage of Westarctica|nobility]].  He currently serves as the Minister of Culture of Westarctica's [[Royal Council]]. His title is not derived from any current [[Index of geographic features in Westarctica|geographic feature]] of Westarctica.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since September 2021, His Grace has served as Editor-in-Chief of [[Westarctica Quarterly]]. The duke was present at the signing of the [[Marana Accords]] and reported on the event for the national press. In 2021, His Grace authored the definitive chronicle of [[Westarctica]]'s history, a book titled ''Westarctica: 20 Years on Ice''. Starting in January 2025, this book was issued to all new [[Peerage of Westarctica|noble peers]], taking the place of the earlier book written by [[Grand Duke Travis]], ''[[The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Westarctica]]''.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since September 2021, His Grace has served as Editor-in-Chief of [[Westarctica Quarterly]]. The duke was present at the signing of the [[Marana Accords]] and reported on the event for the national press. In 2021, His Grace authored the definitive chronicle of [[Westarctica]]'s history, a book titled ''Westarctica: 20 Years on Ice''. Starting in January 2025, this book was issued to all new [[Peerage of Westarctica|noble peers]], taking the place of the earlier book written by [[Grand Duke Travis]], ''[[The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Westarctica]]''.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[Duke of Fox Grove|Full Article...]])'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[Duke of Fox Grove|Full Article...]])'''</div></td></tr> </table>

Westarctica https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=Template:Westarctica.wiki:Today%27s_featured_article&diff=14548&oldid=prev 2026-04-29T16:18:41Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:18, 29 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His Grace, the '''[[Duke of Fox Grove]]''', '''August Grappin''', commonly known as '''Duke August of Fox Grove''', is a member of [[Westarctica]]'s [[Peerage of Westarctica|nobility]].  He currently serves as the Minister of Culture of Westarctica's [[Royal Council]]. His title is not derived from any current [[Index of geographic features in Westarctica|geographic feature]] of Westarctica.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His Grace, the '''[[Duke of Fox Grove]]''', '''August Grappin''', commonly known as '''Duke August of Fox Grove''', is a member of [[Westarctica]]'s [[Peerage of Westarctica|nobility]].  He currently serves as the Minister of Culture of Westarctica's [[Royal Council]]. His title is not derived from any current [[Index of geographic features in Westarctica|geographic feature]] of Westarctica.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since September 2021, His Grace has served as Editor-in-Chief of [[Westarctica Quarterly]]. The duke was present at the signing of the [[Marana Accords]] and reported on the event for the national press. In 2021, His Grace authored the definitive chronicle of [[Westarctica]]'s history, a book titled ''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Westarctica: 20 Years on Ice<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>''. Starting in January 2025, this book was issued to all new [[Peerage of Westarctica|noble peers]], taking the place of the earlier book written by [[Grand Duke Travis]], ''[[The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Westarctica]]''.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Since September 2021, His Grace has served as Editor-in-Chief of [[Westarctica Quarterly]]. The duke was present at the signing of the [[Marana Accords]] and reported on the event for the national press. In 2021, His Grace authored the definitive chronicle of [[Westarctica]]'s history, a book titled ''Westarctica: 20 Years on Ice''. Starting in January 2025, this book was issued to all new [[Peerage of Westarctica|noble peers]], taking the place of the earlier book written by [[Grand Duke Travis]], ''[[The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Westarctica]]''.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[Duke of Fox Grove|Full Article...]])'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[Duke of Fox Grove|Full Article...]])'''</div></td></tr> </table>

Westarctica https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=Template:Westarctica.wiki:Today%27s_featured_article&diff=14547&oldid=prev 2026-04-29T16:18:16Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:18, 29 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Crabeater Pléneau Bay</del>.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Duke August of Fox Grove</ins>.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>'''[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crabeater seal</del>]]''' is a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">true seal with a circumpolar distribution around the coast </del>of [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctica</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. They are found primarily on the free-floating </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pack ice</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that extends seasonally out from the Antarctic coast, which they use </del>as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a platform for resting, mating, social aggregation and accessing their prey. They are by far </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most abundant seal species in the world. While population estimates are uncertain, there are at least 7 million and possibly as many as 75 million individuals. This success </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this species is due to its specialized predation on the abundant </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Southern Ocean</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, for which it has uniquely adapted, sieve-like tooth structure</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">His Grace, the </ins>'''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Duke of Fox Grove</ins>]]'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, '''August Grappin''', commonly known as '''Duke August of Fox Grove''', </ins>is a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">member </ins>of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Westarctica</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Peerage of Westarctica|nobility</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.  He currently serves </ins>as the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Minister of Culture </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Westarctica's </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Royal Council</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. His title is not derived from any current </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Index of geographic features in Westarctica|geographic feature</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Westarctica</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Despite its name</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crabeater seals do not eat crabs</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As well as being an important </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">krill</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">predator</del>, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crabeater seal is an important component </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">diet </del>of [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">leopard seal|leopard seals</del>]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which consume about 80% </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">all crabeater pups</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Since September 2021</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">His Grace has served as Editor-in-Chief of [[Westarctica Quarterly]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The duke was present at the signing of the </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Marana Accords</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and reported on the event for the national press. In 2021</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">His Grace authored </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">definitive chronicle </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Westarctica]]'s history, a book titled ''[[Westarctica: 20 Years on Ice]]''. Starting in January 2025, this book was issued to all new [[Peerage of Westarctica|noble peers]], taking </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">place </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the earlier book written by </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Grand Duke Travis</ins>]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''[[The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Westarctica]]''</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crabeater seal</del>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Duke of Fox Grove</ins>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td></tr> </table>

Westarctica https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=Template:Westarctica.wiki:Today%27s_featured_article&diff=14520&oldid=prev 2026-03-19T13:37:03Z

<p>updated new article</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:37, 19 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Baron Eburhard</del>.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Crabeater Pléneau Bay</ins>.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">His Lordship, the </del>'''[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Baron of Eburhard</del>]]''' is a [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">baron</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </del>the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Peerage of Westarctica</del>]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Due to his status </del>as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an early supporter </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Westarctica]], he bears </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">honorific &quot;</del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Old Guard</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.&quot; The baron publicly identifies as a member </del>of the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LGBT rights in Westarctica|LGBT community</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and is a fierce champion of human rights</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>'''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crabeater seal</ins>]]''' is a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">true seal with a circumpolar distribution around the coast of </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctica</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. They are found primarily on </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">free-floating </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pack ice</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that extends seasonally out from the Antarctic coast, which they use as a platform for resting, mating, social aggregation and accessing their prey</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">They are by far the most abundant seal species in the world. While population estimates are uncertain, there are at least 7 million and possibly as many </ins>as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">75 million individuals. This success </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this species is due to its specialized predation on </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">abundant </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill</ins>]] of the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Southern Ocean</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, for which it has uniquely adapted, sieve-like tooth structure</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On 26 April 2005</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Douglas was granted the title Baron of Eburhard by [[Grand Duke Travis]]</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The title was one he requested and has no direct connection with the geography of </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Marie Byrd Land</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The word ''eburhard'' is of Germanic origin and when used as a given name</del>, is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">taken to mean: &quot;One who is strong as a wild boar.&quot; The area </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">land that was designated as </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Eburhard Barony encompasses part </del>of [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lind Ridge]] in the [[Ames Range</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. After becoming a Westarctican peer, the baron had little involvement with national politics and was considered a valued</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but mostly inactive member </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the [[Baronage]]</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Despite its name</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crabeater seals do not eat crabs</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As well as being an important </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">krill</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">predator</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the crabeater seal </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an important component </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">diet </ins>of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">leopard seal|leopard seals</ins>]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which consume about 80% </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">all crabeater pups</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Baron of Eburhard</del>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crabeater seal</ins>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td></tr> </table>

Westarctica https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=Template:Westarctica.wiki:Today%27s_featured_article&diff=14476&oldid=prev 2026-01-29T02:42:56Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:42, 29 January 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Baron Eburhard.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">File:</ins>Baron Eburhard.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His Lordship, the '''[[Baron of Eburhard]]''' is a [[baron]] in the [[Peerage of Westarctica]]. Due to his status as an early supporter of [[Westarctica]], he bears the honorific &quot;[[Old Guard]].&quot; The baron publicly identifies as a member of the [[LGBT rights in Westarctica|LGBT community]] and is a fierce champion of human rights.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>His Lordship, the '''[[Baron of Eburhard]]''' is a [[baron]] in the [[Peerage of Westarctica]]. Due to his status as an early supporter of [[Westarctica]], he bears the honorific &quot;[[Old Guard]].&quot; The baron publicly identifies as a member of the [[LGBT rights in Westarctica|LGBT community]] and is a fierce champion of human rights.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

Westarctica https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=Template:Westarctica.wiki:Today%27s_featured_article&diff=14475&oldid=prev 2026-01-29T02:42:40Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:42, 29 January 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">File:Antarctic krill</del>.jpg |250px|left]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Baron Eburhard</ins>.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill</del>]]''' is a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">species of </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">krill</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">found </del>in the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctica|Antarctic</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">waters </del>of the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Southern Ocean</del>]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">small, swimming crustacean that lives in large schools, called swarms, sometimes reaching densities </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">10,000–30,000 individual animals per cubic meter. It feeds directly on minute phytoplankton, thereby using </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">primary production energy that the phytoplankton originally derived from the sun </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">order to sustain their open ocean life cycle</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">His Lordship, the </ins>'''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Baron of Eburhard</ins>]]''' is a [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">baron</ins>]] in the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Peerage of Westarctica</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Due to his status as an early supporter </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Westarctica]], he bears </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">honorific &quot;</ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Old Guard</ins>]].<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot; The baron publicly identifies as </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">member </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[LGBT rights </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Westarctica|LGBT community]] and is a fierce champion of human rights</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It grows to a length </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">6 cm, weighs up to 2 grams, </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can live for up to six years</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It </del>is a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">key species in the Antarctic ecosystem and </del>is<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, in terms </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">biomass, probably </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most abundant animal species on </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">planet</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 2019</del>, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill </del>was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">featured on </del>a [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Stamps of Westarctica|stamp of Westarctica</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to celebrate its role as a vital part of the Antarctic ecosystem</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On 26 April 2005, Douglas was granted the title Baron </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Eburhard by [[Grand Duke Travis]]. The title was one he requested </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has no direct connection with the geography of [[Marie Byrd Land]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The word ''eburhard'' </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Germanic origin and when used as </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">given name, is taken to mean: &quot;One who </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strong as a wild boar.&quot; The area </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">land that was designated as </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Eburhard Barony encompasses part of [[Lind Ridge]] in </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Ames Range]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After becoming a Westarctican peer</ins>, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">baron had little involvement with national politics and </ins>was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">considered </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">valued, but mostly inactive member of the </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Baronage</ins>]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill</del>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Baron of Eburhard</ins>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td></tr> </table>

Westarctica https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=Template:Westarctica.wiki:Today%27s_featured_article&diff=14418&oldid=prev 2026-01-01T22:23:14Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:23, 1 January 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Set of 20 ice mark notes</del>.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill</ins>.jpg |250px|left]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </del>'''[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">20 ice mark note</del>]]''' is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the first denomination </del>of [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ice mark|ice marks</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to be issued by </del>the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Central Bank of Westarctica</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. As such, it is </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">first legal tender paper currency ever created by </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Westarctica</del>]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The initial release </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">banknotes occurred on 27 February 2019</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill</ins>]]''' is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a species </ins>of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">krill</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">found in </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctica|Antarctic</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">waters of </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Southern Ocean</ins>]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is a small, swimming crustacean that lives in large schools, called swarms, sometimes reaching densities </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">10,000–30,000 individual animals per cubic meter. It feeds directly on minute phytoplankton, thereby using </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">primary production energy that the phytoplankton originally derived from the sun in order to sustain their open ocean life cycle</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The 20 ice mark note is 70 mm x 140 mm in size (2.75 in x 5.5 in). </del>It <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is printed on 75% cotton rag, 25% linen paper, the same fiber content as that </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">American banknotes. It contains red and blue fibers</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has a weight of 85 GSM (</del>grams <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">per square meter) making it only slightly more dense/ heavy that typical office copy paper</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has no optical brighteners</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Although </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">paper itself </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">waterproof and acid-free</del>, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">toner/ ink used for </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">production of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">notes </del>on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this paper may be dissolved or damaged using certain aprotic solvents. Devoid </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">toner/ ink, however, the paper has neither commercial nor symbolic/ economic value</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">grows to a length </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">6 cm</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">weighs up to 2 </ins>grams, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can live for up to six years</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is a key species in </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic ecosystem and </ins>is, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in terms of biomass, probably </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most abundant animal species on </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">planet. In 2019, </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill was featured </ins>on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a [[Stamps of Westarctica|stamp of Westarctica]] to celebrate its role as a vital part </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic ecosystem</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">20 ice mark note</del>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill</ins>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td></tr> </table>

Westarctica https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=Template:Westarctica.wiki:Today%27s_featured_article&diff=14412&oldid=prev 2025-12-22T18:22:00Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:22, 22 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Young Island-Balleny Islands</del>.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Set of 20 ice mark notes</ins>.jpg|250px|left]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Young Island</del>]]''' is the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">northernmost and westernmost </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the three main islands in the uninhabited </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Balleny Islands</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">group located in </del>the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Southern Ocean</del>]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It lies 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) northwest of </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Buckle Island</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, some 115 kilometers (71 mi) north-northeast </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Belousov Point </del>on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] mainland</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>'''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">20 ice mark note</ins>]]''' is the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">first denomination </ins>of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ice mark|ice marks</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to be issued by </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Central Bank of Westarctica</ins>]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As such, it is the first legal tender paper currency ever created by </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Westarctica</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The initial release </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the banknotes occurred </ins>on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">27 February 2019</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Young Island was annexed by [[Westarctica]] </del>on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">14 January 2005 when it annexed </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entire [[Balleny Islands]] group</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The island </del>has <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">been featured on two of Westarctica's [[Coins of Westarctica|coins]]: the first was </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bronze $1 WAD coin minted in 2005 by the [[Central Bank </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Westarctica]] </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shows Young Island on a map of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Balleny Islands. The second coin was a brass $2 WAD coin minted in 2013 </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">last coin created by </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Central Bank</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">That coin has an image of an [[Antarctic krill]] instead </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">island itself</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The 20 ice mark note is 70 mm x 140 mm in size (2.75 in x 5.5 in). It is printed </ins>on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">75% cotton rag, 25% linen paper, </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">same fiber content as that of American banknotes</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It contains red and blue fibers, </ins>has a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">weight </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">85 GSM (grams per square meter) making it only slightly more dense/ heavy that typical office copy paper, </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has no optical brighteners. Although </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">paper itself is waterproof </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acid-free, </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">toner/ ink used for </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">production of the notes on this paper may be dissolved or damaged using certain aprotic solvents</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Devoid </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">toner/ ink, however, the paper has neither commercial nor symbolic/ economic value</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Young Island</del>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">20 ice mark note</ins>|Full Article...]])'''</div></td></tr> </table>

Westarctica https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=Template:Westarctica.wiki:Today%27s_featured_article&diff=14404&oldid=prev 2025-11-29T17:40:07Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:40, 29 November 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wesley LeMasurier</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">png</del>|250px|left]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Young Island-Balleny Islands</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jpg</ins>|250px|left]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wesley E. LeMasurier</del>]]''' is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an igneous petrologist/volcanologist who specializes in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">study </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Cenozoic volcanoes </del>in the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Marie Byrd Land</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">region of </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctica</del>]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He was responsible for geological research around many </del>of [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Westarctica</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s volcanic mountains. </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mount LeMasurier</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was named in his honor</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Young Island</ins>]]''' is the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">northernmost and westernmost </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the three main islands </ins>in the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">uninhabited </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Balleny Islands</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">group located in the </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Southern Ocean</ins>]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It lies 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) northwest </ins>of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Buckle Island</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, some 115 kilometers (71 mi) north-northeast of Belousov Point on the </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctica|Antarctic</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mainland</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dr</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">LeMasurier</del>'s <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">work includes studying the origin and evolution of Cenozoic volcanic rocks, the nature of the tectonic environment of volcanism, and the volcanic record of glacial history. In 1990, after conducting a survey of </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mount Berlin</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, he declared </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">volcano to be &quot;potentially active.&quot; Later, </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1994, during field work around </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mount Siple</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Dr. LeMasurier knocked off </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">piece </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rock from </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mountain </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sent it to Ruth Siple, </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">widow </del>of [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Paul A. Siple</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, for whom </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mountain was named</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Young Island was annexed by [[Westarctica]] on 14 January 2005 when it annexed the entire [[Balleny Islands]] group</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The island has been featured on two of Westarctica</ins>'s [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Coins of Westarctica|coins</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">first was a bronze $1 WAD coin minted </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2005 by the </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Central Bank of Westarctica</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and shows Young Island on </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">map </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Balleny Islands. The second coin was a brass $2 WAD coin minted in 2013 </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was the last coin created by </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Central Bank. That coin has an image </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Antarctic krill</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">instead of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">island itself</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wesley E. 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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:11, 17 October 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Wesley E. LeMasurier]]''' is an igneous petrologist/volcanologist who specializes in the study of Cenozoic volcanoes in the [[Marie Byrd Land]] region of [[Antarctica]]. He was responsible for geological research around many of [[Westarctica]]'s volcanic mountains. [[Mount LeMasurier]] was named in his honor.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Wesley E. LeMasurier]]''' is an igneous petrologist/volcanologist who specializes in the study of Cenozoic volcanoes in the [[Marie Byrd Land]] region of [[Antarctica]]. He was responsible for geological research around many of [[Westarctica]]'s volcanic mountains. [[Mount LeMasurier]] was named in his honor.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dr. LeMasurier's work includes studying the origin and evolution of Cenozoic volcanic rocks, the nature of the tectonic environment of volcanism, and the volcanic record of glacial history.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1968, as part of the Marie Byrd Land Survey II field survey team, Wesley LeMasurier conducted an in-depth geologic survey of [[Mount Takahe]]. During that survey, numerous samples of igneous rocks were collected, with most of them being pieces of basalt. LeMasurier noted that the [[Jaron Cliffs]] were inaccessible to the survey team, but were most likely composed of tuff breccia.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Dr. LeMasurier's work includes studying the origin and evolution of Cenozoic volcanic rocks, the nature of the tectonic environment of volcanism, and the volcanic record of glacial history. In 1990, after conducting a survey of [[Mount Berlin]], he declared the volcano to be &quot;potentially active.&quot; Later, in 1994, during field work around [[Mount Siple]], Dr. LeMasurier knocked off a piece of rock from the mountain and sent it to Ruth Siple, the widow of [[Paul A. Siple]], for whom the mountain was named.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1990, after conducting a survey of [[Mount Berlin]], he declared the volcano to be &quot;potentially active.&quot; Later, in 1994, during field work around [[Mount Siple]], Dr. LeMasurier knocked off a piece of rock from the mountain and sent it to Ruth Siple, the widow of [[Paul A. Siple]], for whom the mountain was named.</div></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[Wesley E. LeMasurier|Full Article...]])'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''([[Wesley E. LeMasurier|Full Article...]])'''</div></td></tr> </table>

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