Antarctica

• Friday, October 19th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile's reply to UK Antarctic seabed claims was “weak”

  

  A leading Chilean member of Congress from the ruling coalition, who also sits in the Defence and Foreign Affairs committees, said that the Chilean government's reply to Britain's claims over the Antarctic seabed had been “weak”.

• Thursday, October 18th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Taiana confirms Argentina's claim over Antarctic seabed

  

  Argentina is collecting information and preparing presentations for seabed claims in the South Atlantic and Antarctica confirmed this week Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  UK preparing sea bed claims off British Antarctica

  

  The United Kingdom has increased the list of claims of seabed rights to include a large chunk off Antarctica, an area of over a million square kilometers, according to reports in the British press quoting a spokes-woman from the Foreign Office.

• Saturday, October 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean icebreaker stationed in Punta Arenas

  

  Chile's Navy icebreaker “Almirante Viel” which is scheduled to be arriving at the end of the month, will be permanently stationed in Punta Arenas, reported this week Chilean naval authorities.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic venture giving krill investors cold feet

  

  The leading Norwegian krill harvesting company Aker BioMarine is losing ground in the Oslo Stock Exchange. It looks like the investors who put their monies in the company when it was listed in June, are now getting cold feet.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” replacement delayed

  

  The charter of a Russian icebreaker to replace Argentina's navy “Almirante Irizar” severely damaged by fire, for the coming Antarctic season remains undecided according to Foreign Affairs ministry sources quoted in the Buenos Aires press.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic ozone hole opens early this year but may not be as large

  

  The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has emerged earlier than usual this year, but it is not yet clear whether the eventual annual depletion of the naturally occurring gas that filters out cancer-causing ultraviolet (UV) radiation will be as bad as recent years, the United Nations meteorological agency announced Tuesday.

• Saturday, August 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Satellite tracking of penguins' migration in South Atlantic

  

  This week Professor Dee Boersma and student Elizabeth Skewgar, selected six adult male penguins from rehabilitation centres at two coastal towns in Southern Argentina--San Clemente del Tuyú and Mar del Plata--to carry satellite transmitters during their migration back to their breeding colonies reports www.penguinstudies.org

• Sunday, August 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Keep clear of the penguins!

  

  Dutchman Johannes Huber is the executive secretary of Antarctic Treaty System, which has its headquarters in Downtown Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean named to head Antarctic Treaty research programs

  Chile's Director of the Chilean Antarctic Institute, INACH, Jose Retamales Espinoza became the first Latinamerican nominated president of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, (Comnap). He took the post last July 13 and will be holding it until 2010.