Antarctica
Antarctica feedTen-year input for the Atlas of the Patagonian marine ecosystem
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and BirdLife International have released the first-ever comprehensive atlas of the Patagonian Sea—a globally important but poorly understood South American marine ecosystem.
Russian cruise vessel breaks free of the ice and heads for Ushuaia
An expedition vessel with 184 passengers and crew onboard—including 51 British guests and a BBC film crew—is on the move again after being wedged in the ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea since Friday.
Plan to recover two crates of Shackleton’s whisky buried in Antarctica
Explorers are planning to recover a rare batch of whisky lost during explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated voyage to the South Pole a century ago. Two crates of the now extinct “Rare Old” brand of McKinlay and Co whisky have been buried in the Antarctic ice since Shackleton was forced to abandon his polar mission in 1909.
Captain Khlebnikov stranded with 105 passengers in Antarctic ice
The Captain Khlebnikov (*) icebreaker of the Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) has stranded in the Antarctic ice.
New Chairman for South Georgia Association
The South Georgia Association has announced the name of its new chairman. He is Professor David J. Drewry, a former director of the Scott Polar Research Institute and of the British Antarctic Survey and Director General of the British Council, who has recently retired as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull.
Huge iceberg spotted floating towards New Zealand
A giant iceberg twice as long as a US Navy nuclear powered aircraft carrier has been spotted floating towards New Zealand.
South Georgia expects 65 cruise calls this season; “Ushuaia” was the first
South Georgia received the first cruise ship of the season “Ushuaia” October 6th when she arrived at Grytviken. The Panamanian flagged vessel operated by Argentina’s Antarpply Expeditions, based returned on a separate cruise on the 27th.
UK proposal turns south of South Orkney Islands a Marine Protected Area
The British Government announced on Tuesday an ambitious plan at enhancing environmental protection of the world’s oceans and the Antarctic and including the designation of the world first “high seas” marine protected area south of the South Orkney Islands (once a Falklands dependency).
Phytoplankton flourishes in Antarctic open areas of water where ice retreated
Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.
