Antarctica

Thursday, January 31st 2013 - 07:32 UTC
Research confirms Canadian plane crash in Antarctica kills all three aboard

A frustrating four-day search-and-rescue operation for a small plane that crashed in a remote part of Antarctica has come to an end with the location of the wreckage site and the confirmation that all three crew members perished in the crash.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 19:56 UTC
US team extracts samples from sub-glacial Antarctica lake 800 metres in deep ice

In a first-of-its-kind feat of science and engineering, a US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team has successfully drilled through 800 meters of Antarctic ice to reach a sub-glacial lake and retrieve water and sediment samples that have been isolated from direct contact with the atmosphere for many thousands of years.
Sunday, January 27th 2013 - 02:03 UTC
With Argentine navy’ honour lying on her side, Minister Puricelli could be next official removed

The Argentine government has removed two top naval officers from their duties following the sinking, this week at her moorings pier-side of the destroyer “Santisima Trinidad” once the flagship of the service and which was actively involved in the invasion of the Falklands in 1982.
Thursday, January 24th 2013 - 08:00 UTC
Adelie penguins filmed in underwater hunting skills with miniature video cameras

Miniature cameras attached to a penguin's head have given Japanese scientists a bird's eye view of the creature's incredible underwater hunting skills. Using video cameras weighing just 33 grams and equipped with accelerometers, depth gauges and thermometers, researchers were able to see exactly what the Adelie penguin sees when it goes out to catch krill and other prey in its native Antarctica.
Thursday, January 24th 2013 - 05:26 UTC
Explorers visit newly discovered 9.000-strong colony of Emperor penguins in Antarctica

Three members of Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Antarctica team became the first humans to have visited and photographed a newly-discovered 9.000-strong colony of emperor penguins on Antarctica’s Princess Ragnhild Coast.
Wednesday, January 23rd 2013 - 09:02 UTC
South Georgia implements additional measures to safeguard Marine Protected Area

The United Kingdom Minister for the Overseas Territories Mark Simmonds welcomed the announcement of a set of additional measures to safeguard the sustainable-use Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 - 20:52 UTC
HMS Protector rescues cruise liner at risk of becoming trapped in Antarctica ice

A Norwegian cruise liner at risk of becoming trapped in thick ice off the coast of Antarctica was guided to safety by the Royal Navy in a two-hour operation, an incident which occurred a week ago and has only emerged.
Saturday, January 12th 2013 - 18:57 UTC
P&O cruise line suspends stops in Argentina, confirms calls in the Falklands

British cruise line operator P&O has scrapped stops in Argentina because of continuing tensions with the country over the Falkland Islands. Two of its vessels will no longer dock at three Argentine port destinations on around-the-world cruises. The decision was taken because there was no guarantee they will be able to dock.
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 05:52 UTC
Recreation of Shackleton 1914 survival epic planned for 20 January

Six British and Australian adventurers are setting off to recreate one of the greatest journeys of human survival. In 1914, Ernest Shackleton, the seasoned British explorer, set out to better Scott and Amundsen by attempting the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic.
Saturday, December 22nd 2012 - 08:08 UTC
Argentina strongly protests UK’s naming Queen Elizabeth land in Antarctica

Argentina strongly protested on Friday Britain's decision to name a vast swath of Antarctica as Queen Elizabeth Land. The Foreign ministry handed a formal protest note to British Ambassador John Freeman in Buenos Aires.