MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2024, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[New Director of Operations for South Georgia]]> Governor Blake next to Steve and Mairi New Director of Operations for the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, SGSSI. Mairi MacLeod is a veteran of British Antarctic Survey and has done volunteer work with the South Georgia Heritage Trust.

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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:51:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Avian Flu in South Georgia Gentoo and King penguin colonies]]> A colony of King penguins in South Georgia The government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands has reported that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has now been confirmed from 23 sites across South Georgia, including a colony of Gentoo and a colony of King penguins.

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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:52:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Positive avian flu confirmed in wandering albatross in South Georgia]]> Wandering albatross have tested positive for avian flu on Bird Island (Photo: Richard Phillips, BAS) Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to affect the wildlife on the sub-antarctic islands of South Georgia. The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the disease has now been detected in the wandering albatross (as at 9 February 2024).

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Tue, 20 Feb 2024 07:18:00 GMT
<![CDATA[UK Commons committee has an "air tour" of South Georgia island and advancing icebergs]]> Members of EAC before boarding for Op Coldstare The House of Commons Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research, EAC, visiting the Falkland Islands on their way to Antarctica in December enjoyed an "air tour'' of South Georgia island.

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Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:43:00 GMT
<![CDATA[South Georgia flag flies in London to celebrate Possession Day]]> South Georgia flag proudly flies over King Charles Street This Wednesday 17 January, the flag of UK Overseas Territory South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands proudly flew over King Charles Street in London to celebrate South Georgia Possession Day. English explorer captain James Cook aboard HMS Resolution named the Island 'Isle of Georgia' in honor of the then Monarch, King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:40:00 GMT
<![CDATA[HMS Forth helps to understand extent of avian flu in South Georgia]]> A seal keeps watch on HMS Forth at Grytviken Crew of Royal Navy Falklands patrol ship HMS Forth helped scientists understand the global impact of bird flu as the ship resumed South Atlantic duties after nearly a year away. The ship transported an expert to the island chain of South Georgia to see if the disease had reached the sub-Antarctic for the first time.

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Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:15:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Avian Influenza detected in mammals in Sub-Antarctica for the first time; DEFRA funds for FlluTrailMap]]> HPAI was first suspected on Bird Island off the northwest coast of South Georgia in October 2023 after the deaths of several brown skua. The presence of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed on Thursday 11 January for the first time in mammals in sub-Antarctica. The disease was detected in elephant and fur seals on the island of South Georgia by experts from the UK’s world-leading Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA).

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Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:59:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Falklands' Patrol HMS Forth visits South Georgia as part of its protection and bio diversity duties]]> Part of HMS Forth's mission is to regularly patrol the waters around the Falkland Islands and South Georgia (Pic HMS Forth X) The Falkland Islands patrol vessel HMS Forth, has paid a visit to the island of South Georgia, where it met some of its permanent residents, penguins and seals, to look after their well being and the environment.

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Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:09:00 GMT
<![CDATA[South Georgia ensures environmental protection for its maritime zone until 2028]]> Alison Blake CMG, Commissioner for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, signed the new Charter Party Agreement confirming the continued service of Pharos SG under the operation of WBS In a significant step towards supporting marine conservation efforts in the South Atlantic, the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has announced the successful transition of ownership of Pharos Marine Limited (part of the Falklands based Byron group) to Workboat Services Limited, WBS, ensuring the continued operational presence of the vessel MV Pharos SG in the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Maritime Zone.

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Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:30:00 GMT
<![CDATA[RRS Sir David Attenborough meets mega iceberg A23a drifting towards South Georgia]]> New video footage shows the enormous iceberg, some 3,900km2 and 400m tall, twice the size of Greater London stretching out into the distance Scientists aboard the Falklands flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough collected samples of seawater around the A23a mega iceberg, the largest iceberg in the world. New video footage shows the enormous iceberg, some 3,900km2 and 400m tall, twice the size of Greater London stretching out into the distance beyond the research vessel.

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Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:40:00 GMT