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Nov. 3rd 2009 - 3:15 am UTC

Buenos Aires looking forward to a “very good cruise season”

MS “Fram” was in Buenos Aires over the weekend and now is heading for Ushuaia

Buenos Aires City is looking forward to what it considers a “very good cruise season” with the number of visitors increasing 11% and the number of calls 15%, according to Hernán Lombardi Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Argentine capital.

Nov. 2nd 2009 - 6:09 am UTC

Antarctica cruise season begins in Ushuaia; 225 calls anticipated this year

Ushuaia gateway to Antarctica expects heavy traffic this season

With the departure last week of icebreaker “Kapitan Khlebnikov” (*), Ushuaia marked the beginning of the Antarctica cruise season. Located in the extreme south of Argentina Ushuaia has become the gateway for Antarctic cruises virtually monopolizing 92% of the traffic

Oct. 30th 2009 - 3:13 pm UTC

State of the art HMS Scott takes over Ice Patrol HMS Endurance Antarctica duties

The sixth largest vessel of the Royal Navy HMS Scott is equipped with the best deep ocean survey capabilities

The Royal Navy’s advanced deep water survey ship HMS Scott was deployed this week to the Antarctic for the first time. She will take over patrolling and surveying duties in Antarctica and the South Atlantic from Ice Patrol HMS Endurance.

Oct. 29th 2009 - 11:14 pm UTC

Argentina’s Air Force Antarctic Marambio base celebrates fortieth anniversary

Ground crew farewell a Hercules C-130 at Marambio base

The Argentine Air Force commemorated on Thursday October 29 the fortieth anniversary of Air Base Vice-Commodore Gustavo Marambio, Argentina’s main logistic support in Antarctica which has seen uninterrupted activity since then.

Oct. 29th 2009 - 8:14 pm UTC

China elaborating the “most complete” map of Antarctica

China’s Xuelong (Snow Dragon) ice breaker currently docked in New Zealand

Chinese scientists are expected to conclude the most complete and precise map of Antarctica during their current expedition to the frozen continent. Although much of Antarctica has been chartered and collected in maps by different countries this latest edition to be finished at the end of this year has been described “as the most complete so far”,  according to a report in the Global Times.

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