Antarctica

Friday, January 5th 2024 - 09:36 UTC
Icebreaker Irízar pays tribute to ARA San Juan crew

The Argentine Navy icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar stopped in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean this week, en route to this summer's Antarctic campaign, at the site where the doomed submarine ARA San Juan was found off Comodoro Rivadavia in 2018, paying tribute to the crew and demanding justice from the ongoing investigation into the unit's 2017 sinking.
Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:05 UTC
Milei traveling to Antarctica this week

Argentine President Javier Milei will be traveling to Antarctica this coming Friday, Jan. 5, alongside Ministers Diana Mondino (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Petri (Defense), it was reported in Buenos Aires. The head of state intends to launch a “pollution control,” according to Casa Rosada sources.
Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 09:33 UTC
Icebreaker ARA Irízar sets sail on Antarctic Campaign

The Argentine Navy's icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar set sail from Buenos Aires this week to do her part in the 2023/2024 Antarctic Summer Campaign after a ceremony presided over by Defense Minister Luis Petri.
Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 07:04 UTC
Octopus DNA helps to discover evolution of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse

Scientists, including from British Antarctic Survey, have used octopus DNA to discover that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) likely collapsed during the Last Interglacial period around 120,000 years ago – when the global temperatures were similar to today.
Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 18:00 UTC
Ex-Royal Marine attempting a Guinness World Record by skiing to the South Pole

A Welsh ex-Royal Marine from Seven Sisters in Neath Port Talbot, Dave Thomas, is aiming to set a new Guinness World Record, becoming the oldest person to ski unsupported from Hercules Inlet, in West Antarctica, to the South Pole, reports BBC.
Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 10:19 UTC
Uruguayan President and his children land in Antarctica

The Uruguayan Air Force's Lockheed C-130 Hercules FAU 594 carrying President Luis Lacalle Pou and his children landed at the South American country's Artigas Base (BCAA) in Antarctica on Tuesday. “After 30 years, I have returned to Antarctica. The Artigas base houses military and civilians who work side by side,” Lacalle wrote on social networks.
Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:09 UTC
Falklands' Patrol HMS Forth visits South Georgia as part of its protection and bio diversity duties

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.
Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 09:30 UTC
South Georgia ensures environmental protection for its maritime zone until 2028

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.
Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
Uruguayan president postpones Antarctica trip due to bad weather

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to Antarctica has been postponed due to bad weather, Defense Minister Javier García announced Friday in Montevideo.
Tuesday, December 12th 2023 - 10:44 UTC
UK and Chile signed a five year Antarctica Cooperation Agreement

Foreign Office minister for the Americas, the Caribbean, and British Overseas Territories, David Rutley, has been quite busy in his areas of influence. At the end of October, he visited Peru to commemorate two hundred years of close relations between Britain and the Andean country. Rutley later travelled to Santiago, where he also had a busy agenda given UK's and the Royal Navy strong alliance with Chile.