The Malaysian Antarctic Research Programme Stamp Sheet se-tenant pair portrays the Emperor penguin, the largest of all living penguin species and a flock of Adelie penguins in the background of the “white desert”.

The scientist portrayed is a MARP atmospheric scientist setting up a Global Positioning System (GPS) to study interactions between the upper atmosphere and space weather.

The microscopic photograph is a yeast endemic to Antarctica isolated from the sea ice by MARP microbiologists who are studying cold adaptation mechanism of Antarctic microbes.