Antarctica

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 22:07 UTC

  Scientists establish critical benchmark link for seabirds and available food

  

  An international group of scientists has shown that many seabirds begin to suffer when the food available for them in the ocean declines below a critical level. This level is about one-third of the maximum measured amount of food available. They have found that this critical level is about the same for seabird species around the world. Their study — the most comprehensive ever undertaken — covers birds from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

• Saturday, December 24th 2011 - 03:47 UTC

  Merry Christmas from MercoPress

  

  MercoPress wishes a happy holiday season to all its readers.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 14:26 UTC

  Norwegian expedition unable to re-edit Amundsen’s South Pole 1911 feat

  

  The Norwegian expedition which was planning to celebrate the centenary of the South Pole discovery by Ronald Amundsen failed in their last leg of their mission with two of them abandoning and the other two not reaching on time for Wednesday’s party with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 18:57 UTC

  UK plans a huge South Atlantic marine protection zone in South Georgia

  

  The UK is planning a huge marine protection zone near the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, in an area that is also claimed by Argentina, a British official said on Wednesday.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 20:44 UTC

  For old time's sake

  

  THE third of a planned series of extended political articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site by Deputy Editor John Fowler. John is a former Superintendent of Education and a former Manager of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board.

• 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.