Antarctica

• Friday, July 31st 2009 - 12:04 UTC

  Punta Arenas hosts next week Antarctic science programs summit

  

  Chile will host the next annual meeting of the Council of Managers of Annual Antarctic Programs, CMNAP, which convenes 26 countries, reported the organizers. The host city will be Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile and headquarters of Chile’s Antarctic Institute.

• Monday, July 20th 2009 - 13:11 UTC

  Tourism and fisheries turned successful for South Georgia in 2008

  

  Fisheries and tourism turned 2008 into a successful year for the South Georgia Government according to the address from HE the Commissioner Alan Huckle read out at the South Georgia Association (SGA) AGM. But 2009 could have surprises, he also anticipated.

• Monday, July 6th 2009 - 10:07 UTC

  Two Sea Kings for Argentine Antarctic operations

  

  The Argentine Navy received at the end of June the second batch of two UH-3H Sea King helicopters out of a total of six which will replace losses experienced in Antarctic operations it was reported by Puerto Belgrano Marine’s Gazette.

• Friday, July 3rd 2009 - 01:13 UTC

  IMO to Consider Ban on Heavy Fuel Oil in Antarctic Waters

  

  Earlier this week we published the position of CLIA, Cruise Lines International Association on some of the possible effects of the heavy fuel oil ban in Antarctic water for the industry, if the initiative is passed and approved by the International Maritime Organization.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 04:26 UTC

  Antarctica heavy fuels ban effect on Falklands’ tourism to be impressed on London

  

  The potential catastrophic effect of the Antarctic heavy fuel oil ban on the Falkland Islands economy is to be impressed on the British Government by Falklands’ politicians.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2009 - 06:00 UTC

  Fire turns Antarctica hut favoured by Sir Hillary into a total loss

  

  An isolated hut in Antarctica favoured by explorer Sir Edmund Hillary has burnt down after a fuel leak during a routine inspection at minus 35C. Antarctica New Zealand said the “iconic” A-frame timber and bitumen hut on the Ross Ice Shelf went up in flames during re-ignition of the heater. A spokesman said the hut, stationed on the ice since 1971, ”will be sadly missed

• Friday, May 15th 2009 - 12:25 UTC

  Calculating the impact of the Antarctic ice sheet melting

  

  The collapse of a major Antarctic ice sheet will not raise global sea levels as much as previous projections suggest, a team of scientists has calculated. Writing in Science, the researchers said that the demise of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) would result in a sea level rise of 3.3m.
  Previous estimates had forecast a rise in the region of five to six metres.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2009 - 01:26 UTC

  UK submits extended continental shelf claim around Falklands

  

  The United Kingdom made on Tuesday 11 May 2009, its submission in respect of its extended continental shelf around the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2009 - 13:06 UTC

  Antarctic continental shelf survey could help predict sea-level rise

  

  Motorway-sized troughs and channels carved into Antarctica's continental shelves by glaciers thousands of years ago could help scientists to predict future sea-level rise, according to a report in the May issue of the journal Geology.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2009 - 11:10 UTC

  Floating ice increasing risk for cruise vessels in Antarctica

  

  New ice break-offs with dimensions that can’t be properly noticed on the sea surface could become a serious risk for Antarctic cruise vessels in the near future, --even when they are scientifically monitored--, according to Chilean glaciologist Ricardo Jaña from the Chilean Antarctic Institute.