Antarctica

Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 09:53 UTC
Argentina launches 2025/26 Summer Antarctic Campaign

Argentina has formally commenced its 2025/26 Summer Antarctic Campaign (CAV), a massive, multi-faceted operation integrating logistics, scientific research, and infrastructure development in one of the planet’s most challenging environments.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 08:35 UTC
UK Antarctic Strategy to 2035, next decade Policy Paper

The strategy document sets out the UK's approach to the Antarctic over the next decade, It can be read at,UK Antarctic Strategy to 2035
Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 18:46 UTC
South Georgia Heritage Trust unveils Memorial to 175.000 whales, … and their fantastic resurgence

An artwork memorializing the impact of the whaling industry on marine life has been installed in South Georgia. The memorial by artist Michael Visocchiis, who was chosen through an international competition, is called Commensalis: The Spirit Tables of South Georgia. Once completed, the memorial will consist of seven circular tables made of weathered steel.
Monday, December 1st 2025 - 07:44 UTC
UK Overseas Territories’ wildlife hotspots to benefit under new strategy

For first time UK government and all our Overseas Territories unite behind a joint ambitious and actionable biodiversity strategy. This strategy is published as leaders from the UK Overseas Territories and UK Ministers gathered in London for the Joint Ministerial Council. UK’s Overseas Territories are home to 94% of the UK’s unique species and a quarter of the world’s penguins. In total over 1,800 endemic species live in the Overseas Territories.
Friday, November 28th 2025 - 00:48 UTC
Standardizing Professional Development for Polar Guides, AECO/IAATO conference

Cruise Industry News is reporting that The Polar Tourism Guides Association (PGTA), is looking forward to an upcoming inaugural AECO/IAATO Field Staff Conference (FSC), designed for guides and expedition leaders (ELs) in Arctic and Antarctic expedition tourism.
Monday, November 24th 2025 - 19:47 UTC
South Georgia, during the 2024/25 season the island received 15.853 passengers

The 2024/25 season in South Georgia saw 40 expedition cruise ships make 110 visits, and 7 yachts make 8 visits, with a total of 15,853 passengers, and including all staff and crew on both cruise ships and yachts there was an overall total of 30,037 visitors.
Monday, November 17th 2025 - 21:16 UTC
Avian flu decimates seal elephant population in South Georgia; few survivors emerge in Uruguayan beaches

In the last few months there have been at least twenty incidents of elephant seals emerging along Uruguayan beaches, both females and males, and allegedly they belong to “deep South species”, according to local environmental and animal protection organizations such as “FaunaMarinaSOS”.
Monday, November 17th 2025 - 21:06 UTC
South Georgia stamps celebrate 250 years of British Crown possession

The Falkland Islands Postal and Philatelic Service on Thursday 13 November released a commemorative set of stamps celebrating when Captain James Cook 250 years ago, landed at Possession Bay and took possession of the South Georgia island in the name of King George.
Monday, November 10th 2025 - 20:22 UTC
Antarctica expedition company flies guests in helicopter to Emperor penguins island

Quark Expeditions announced that by using two twin-engine helicopters from the Ultramarine, it brought guests to the remote Snow Hill Island Emperor penguin colony. “After months of in-depth preparation, the expedition team took to the skies at dawn with our two twin-engine Airbus helicopters to deliver our guests to the famed Emperor penguin colony,” said Expedition Leader Ryan McDevitt.
Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 16:43 UTC
Bad news for Punta Arenas: NFS Antarctic researchers and icebreakers return to US

Severe cuts in Budget resources for the United States National Science Foundation, (NSF) dictated by president Donald Trump are having an impact on Antarctic research, and a huge financial loss for the community of Punta Arenas, Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile, according to polar scientists.