Antarctica

• Friday, February 25th 2011 - 01:27 UTC

  Chile/Ecuador proposal for a UNASUR Antarctic base

  

  Chile and Ecuador will be proposing their peers of Unasur, (Union of South American Nations) the establishment of a scientific research base in Antarctica, according to Ecuador’s Foreign Affairs minister Ricardo Patiño.

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 16:33 UTC

  HMS Scott on Ice Patrol and Antarctic sea deep water survey mapping

  

  The Royal Navy ocean survey ship HMS Scott has returned to Antarctica for Ice patrol duties that include scientific research in coordination with the UK Hydrographic Office and the British Antarctic Survey.

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 06:45 UTC

  Magnetic observatory in South Georgia to track the “South Atlantic Anomaly”

  

  A magnetic observatory is being re-established on South Georgia to provide vital data on the 'South Atlantic Anomaly' as scientists monitor a possible reversal of the earth's magnetic field. This field, generated deep within the planet, shields against particle radiation from space.

• Thursday, February 24th 2011 - 00:08 UTC

  South Georgia ready to launch the world’s biggest rodent eradication campaign

  

  The world’s biggest ever attempted rodent eradication campaign to be launched in South Georgia is only a few weeks away according to the South Georgia Heritage Trust's (SGHT) Habitat Restoration Project and reported in the January edition of the South Georgia newsletter.

• Monday, February 21st 2011 - 17:16 UTC

  Krill sex caught on camera in 700 metres deep Antarctic waters

  

  In a world first, the sex life of Antarctic Krill in the wild has been caught on camera revealing the shrimp-like creatures are able to mate deeper in the ocean than previously thought.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2011 - 10:05 UTC

  Ernest Shackleton honoured with birthday Google Doodle

  

  Ernest Shackleton the famed Antarctic explorer has had his 137th birthday celebrated with a new Google Doodle on the search engine's homepage.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 21:00 UTC

  Russian chartered polar vessel supports Argentine Antarctic 2010/11 campaign

  

  Argentina in this 2010/11 campaign has been supplying Antarctic bases and stations with support from a Russian polar vessel equipped with an icebreaking bow and its own Navy units.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 17:36 UTC

  Shell crushing king crabs move into Antarctica Peninsula warming waters

  

  Warming waters along the Antarctic Peninsula have opened the door to shell-crushing king crabs that threaten a unique ecosystem on the seafloor, according to new research by a US-Sweden team of marine researchers.

• Monday, February 7th 2011 - 21:43 UTC

  Antarctica’s Lake Vostok keeps its secret sealed for another year

  

  A Russian team drilling toward Lake Vostok, a pristine freshwater lake buried 3,750 meters under the Antarctic ice had to conclude its task and will have to wait for the next season to finish off the job.

• Saturday, February 5th 2011 - 03:29 UTC

  Piñera reaffirms Chile’s commitment to Antarctica, the continent of the future

  

  President Sebastian Piñera described Antarctica as the continent of the future and confirmed Chile’s commitment to the values of peace and environment conservation represented by the southern pole mass.