Risk assessment for the Fildes Peninsula and Ardley Island, and development of management plans for their designation as Specially Protected or Specially Managed Areas

Fildes Peninsula, logistical centre of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica), has an airport and a high density of research stations (Chilean stations “Profesor Julio Escudero” and “Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva”, Chinese „Great Wall Station“, Russian station „Bellingshausen“ and Uruguayan station “Base Científica Antártica Artigas”) and several field huts.