Antarctica

• Wednesday, November 30th 2011 - 20:27 UTC

  UK and Norway reaffirm commitment to polar and Southern Ocean cooperation

  

  The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and Norwegian Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre underlined on Wednesday their commitment to enhance UK/Norwegian cooperation in the Polar Regions.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 15:42 UTC

  Ice Patrol HMS Protector steaming for its deployment to Antarctica

  

  The Royal Navy's new ice patrol ship, HMS Protector left Portsmouth Monday for a seven-month deployment surveying and patrolling the frozen continent of Antarctica. The 5.000-tons ice-breaking ship completed an intensive period of sea trials and training prior to deploying to the Antarctic Peninsula.

• Friday, November 25th 2011 - 14:02 UTC

  British Services team ready for two-month Antarctica expedition to honour Captain Scott

  

  The Service personnel who will take part in the British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012 have recently completed their final mission rehearsal exercise (MRX) in the Ecrins National Park region of the French Alps.

• Thursday, November 24th 2011 - 18:36 UTC

  Antarctica partial eclipse with the moon covering 80% of the sun at South Pole

  

  On Friday, 25 November 2011, a solar eclipse will sweep across the southern part of the world, with the Moon covering about 80% of the Sun at the South Pole, reports the International Astronomical Union, IAU.

• Thursday, November 24th 2011 - 13:14 UTC

  Ninety years later epic polar explorers set to rest side by side in South Georgia

  

  “He is my other self. I love him like a brother”. Thus Ernest Shackleton spoke of Frank Wild, his friend and fellow explorer, whose ashes are soon to be laid to rest alongside Shackleton’s at the Whaler’s Graveyard in Grytviken, South Georgia, 90 years after their last great polar venture.

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 01:06 UTC

  Prepare for a huge iceberg, 880 sq kilometres anticipated NASA

  

  A massive crack is growing wider in the Antarctic ice sheet and could break apart in the coming months, forming an iceberg the size of the island of Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain), NASA scientists warned Thursday.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 01:35 UTC

  UN publishes blueprint for ocean and coastal sustainability

  

  Four United Nations organizations presented a project to preserve oceans and coastal areas threatened with environmental degradation. The document, released during the XXXVI UNESCO General Conference, warns of the danger faced by large aquifers, which play the role of climate regulators and are food sources and support for the economy of millions of people.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 00:11 UTC

  International coalition promotes network of Antarctica marine protected areas

  

  A new international coalition is working to set up a network of designated marine protected areas (MPA) and no-take marine reserves in the oceans surrounding Antarctica.

• Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 20:13 UTC

  Centennial of Amundsen and Scott’s South Pole feat next 14 December

  

  British and Norwegian teams are in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, preparing for a repeat of the South Pole feat on 14 December 1911 first accomplished by explorer Roald Amundsen and a month later by Sir Robert Scott.

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 23:17 UTC

  South Georgia expects 51 cruise calls and 5.000 visitors for the 2011/12 season

  

  Fifty one cruise visits have been booked for the current 2011/12 season in South Georgia, extreme South Atlantic, with a potential number of 6.350 visitors (were they all to be full), but with the actual figure likely to be nearer to 5.000. Two cruises “L'Austral” and “Island Sky” will be making their first ever visit to South Georgia.