Antarctica

• Friday, April 23rd 2010 - 02:55 UTC

  China interested in krill fisheries to cut foreign dependence

  

  China has sent its ocean-going fishing vessels Kai li and An Xin Hai to the Antarctic for the 2010 krill fishing season. During a 23 day exploratory fishing they caught 2.000 tons of krill, with a daily output of 100 tons, three times than originally expected.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 02:50 UTC

  Heavy fuel ban expected to halve Antarctic cruise-only passengers by 2012

  

  Beginning in August 2011, most large cruise ships will no longer be able to sail in Antarctica. The International Maritime Organization last week adopted a ban on using and carrying heavy fuel oil on ships operating in Antarctic waters.

• Friday, March 19th 2010 - 03:42 UTC

  King Penguin with avian pox; “one in zillion” black KP in South Georgia

  

  A small percentage of King Penguins in a variety of locations around the South Georgia Island are suffering from disease, possibly avian pox, reports the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 00:50 UTC

  “Shrimp surprise” for NASA 200 metres below Antarctica ice

  

  At nearly 200 meters below the ice, there is no light, the temperature is way below zero degrees, and scientists were expecting to find nothing more than a handful of microbes - and for good reason. So it’s easy to understand why they were so surprised to find not a single (evolved) life form, but actually two such creatures.

• Tuesday, March 16th 2010 - 16:42 UTC

  In spite of bad weather 16 cruise vessels visit South Georgia during February

  

  For South Georgia February was one of the busiest months in the 2009/10 tourist season with sixteen cruise ships and six yachts visiting the island.

• Saturday, February 27th 2010 - 00:42 UTC

  Iceberg size of Luxembourg knocks loose and could disrupt weather patterns

  

  An iceberg the size of Luxembourg knocked loose from the Antarctic continent earlier this month could disrupt the ocean currents driving weather patterns around the globe, researchers said on Friday.

• Monday, February 22nd 2010 - 23:53 UTC

  Germans record underwater massive iceberg crash into Antarctic ice-shelf

  

  German oceanographers in Antarctica used underwater microphones this month to listen in on a massive iceberg crashing into the Antarctic ice-shelf, which cause a 2 000- metre crack, the ice lab headquarters said on Monday.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2010 - 02:02 UTC

  Shackleton “Quest” cabin, new show piece for South Georgia Museum

  

  The cabin in which British polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton died aboard his ship “Quest” looks set to become an important new artefact at the South Georgia Museum.

• Monday, February 15th 2010 - 06:38 UTC

  Chile announce ambitious Antarctica Strategic Plan

  

  Chile’s Public Works Ministry announced the launching of five new projects in Antarctica.

• Saturday, February 13th 2010 - 07:37 UTC

  Thirteen cruise vessels visit South Georgia during January

  

  Thirteen cruise ships visited this month South Georgia, according to the SG Newsletter. This included a vessel new to SG, the 112 passenger “Plancius”. However one vessel, l “Clelia II” had to cancel her visit after striking rocks with her propeller at Petermann Island in the Antarctic Peninsula.