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Montevideo, November 5th 2025 - 14:30 UTC

Antarctica

  • Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 09:18 UTC

    Considerable shrinking of Antarctic glacier reported

    Seismic movements, possibly triggered by ice calving, created waves that reached the Hektoria glacier's fixed ice and fragmented it, the experts believe

    Experts have expressed their concern after a study revealed that the Hektoria Glacier in eastern Antarctica retreated by 50% in just two months —between November and December 2022— losing 8.2 kilometers of ice. This rate of ice loss is nearly ten times faster than previously measured for land-based glaciers, setting a new record.

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  • Monday, November 3rd 2025 - 19:52 UTC

    Discovery Building, a milestone for Rothera Base and BAS in Antarctica

    The Discovery Building at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica. Image credit: BAM

    The 2025/2026 Antarctic season is a landmark for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and its Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Project (AIMP), as the new Discovery Building begins to take on its operational role. Specialist teams will be on site from this month to check the building’s critical systems are working as expected and to carefully manage the removal of six older structures, the functions of which are now integrated within the Discovery Building.

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  • Saturday, October 25th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Punta Arenas planning a world-class aquarium with over 90 Antarctic species

    The Chilean Antarctic Institute one of the sponsors and contributors to the ambitious Project

    Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, is planning and betting big, a future polar aquarium at the International Antarctic Center, CAI, exhibiting over 90 species from the austral ocean, and with four main sponsors, the Magallanes University, the Magallanes Region Government, the Chilean Antarctic Institute and the Chilean Science Ministry

  • Friday, October 17th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

    FACh helicopter goes missing

    “All necessary resources have been deployed in the search,” said Delpiano

    Chile's Air Force (FACh) lost contact on Thursday afternoon with an MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter carrying four crew members near the Eduardo García Soto refuge in a remote area of the Southern Ice Fields in the Aysén region.

  • Friday, October 17th 2025 - 00:59 UTC

    British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has officially launched its 2025/26 Antarctic field season

    The Falklands flagged polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough, where BAS scientists conduct multi-disciplinary research studying the ocean, seafloor, ice and atmosphere.

    October 16 marked the arrival of the first aircraft at Rothera Research Station and the departure of the Falklands-flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough from the UK. The new season brings a full schedule of ambitious science, deep-field exploration, and major infrastructure milestones across the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic.

  • Thursday, October 9th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

    “Ticket to Antarctica,” Fleet of BAS airplanes heading from Canada to Rothera research station

    UK’s Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, a vast journey broken down across 11 stops over North and South American continents, including Falklands

    The fleet of British Antarctic Survey, BAS, aircraft have taken off on their annual ‘ferry flights’ from Canada, in preparation for a new season of science in Antarctica. The BAS fleet of aircraft is now flying the thousands of miles to the UK’s Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula – a vast journey that is broken down across 11 stops over the North and South American continents, including Falkland Islands.

  • Wednesday, October 8th 2025 - 21:33 UTC

    South Georgia receives the visit of Commissioner Martin-Reynolds

    Mr. Colin Martin-Reynolds before boarding the MV Silver Explorer

    The Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Mr. Colin Martin-Reynolds has visited the British Overseas Territory, some 1.400 kilometers east/south east of the Falklands, and which are also in his realm of action.

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 08:39 UTC

    South Georgia invitation to Tender for a UK flagged Fisheries Protection Vessel

    The FPV will be required to fulfil a multi-purpose role in the Scotia Sea region of the Southern Ocean, with primary functions including patrol and fisheries protection (Pic GSGSSI)

    The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) invites tenders for the Time Charter of a UK-flagged Patrol, Security and Fisheries Protection Vessel (FPV).

  • Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Guo leaves Antarctica after more than two months

    Guo is going back to the US after being banned from entering Chile for three years

    After more than two months in Antarctica, American pilot and influencer Ethan Guo is finally on his way home. The 19-year-old, who was on a mission to fly solo to all seven continents, was detained by Chilean authorities on June 28 after landing his small plane without proper authorization.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Antarctica: Pilot clinches plea deal and may leave Chile

    Guo turned 20 days during his stay in Antarctica

    After being detained in Antarctica for several weeks, American pilot and teenage influencer Ethan Guo has had the charges against him dropped by a Chilean judge. Guo was originally accused of providing a false flight plan and landing his plane without authorization on a Chilean-claimed territory in Antarctica.

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