Antarctica

• Monday, November 16th 2009 - 21:06 UTC

  Captain Khlebnikov stranded with 105 passengers in Antarctic ice

  

  The Captain Khlebnikov (*) icebreaker of the Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) has stranded in the Antarctic ice.

• Monday, November 16th 2009 - 19:57 UTC

  New Chairman for South Georgia Association

  

  The South Georgia Association has announced the name of its new chairman.
  He is Professor David J. Drewry, a former director of the Scott Polar Research Institute and of the British Antarctic Survey and Director General of the British Council, who has recently retired as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull.

• Friday, November 13th 2009 - 15:01 UTC

  Huge iceberg spotted floating towards New Zealand

  

  A giant iceberg twice as long as a US Navy nuclear powered aircraft carrier has been spotted floating towards New Zealand.

• Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 07:49 UTC

  South Georgia expects 65 cruise calls this season; “Ushuaia” was the first

  

  South Georgia received the first cruise ship of the season “Ushuaia” October 6th when she arrived at Grytviken. The Panamanian flagged vessel operated by Argentina’s Antarpply Expeditions, based returned on a separate cruise on the 27th.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 04:26 UTC

  UK proposal turns south of South Orkney Islands a Marine Protected Area

  

  The British Government announced on Tuesday an ambitious plan at enhancing environmental protection of the world’s oceans and the Antarctic and including the designation of the world first “high seas” marine protected area south of the South Orkney Islands (once a Falklands dependency).

• Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 11:37 UTC

  Phytoplankton flourishes in Antarctic open areas of water where ice retreated

  

  Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 11:15 UTC

  Buenos Aires looking forward to a “very good cruise season”

  

  Buenos Aires City is looking forward to what it considers a “very good cruise season” with the number of visitors increasing 11% and the number of calls 15%, according to Hernán Lombardi Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Argentine capital.

• Monday, November 2nd 2009 - 14:09 UTC

  Antarctica cruise season begins in Ushuaia; 225 calls anticipated this year

  

  With the departure last week of icebreaker “Kapitan Khlebnikov” (*), Ushuaia marked the beginning of the Antarctica cruise season. Located in the extreme south of Argentina Ushuaia has become the gateway for Antarctic cruises virtually monopolizing 92% of the traffic

• Friday, October 30th 2009 - 22:13 UTC

  State of the art HMS Scott takes over Ice Patrol HMS Endurance Antarctica duties

  

  The Royal Navy's advanced deep water survey ship HMS Scott was deployed this week to the Antarctic for the first time. She will take over patrolling and surveying duties in Antarctica and the South Atlantic from Ice Patrol HMS Endurance.

• Friday, October 30th 2009 - 06:14 UTC

  Argentina’s Air Force Antarctic Marambio base celebrates fortieth anniversary

  

  The Argentine Air Force commemorated on Thursday October 29 the fortieth anniversary of Air Base Vice-Commodore Gustavo Marambio, Argentina’s main logistic support in Antarctica which has seen uninterrupted activity since then.