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Montevideo, June 6th 2025 - 13:01 UTC

Antarctica

  • Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:00 UTC

    Argentina opens Illex squid season south of parallel 49

    On the basis of the INIDEP resolution, south of parallel 44 is exclusive for vessels that had been operating south of parallel 49 during at least five days from 10 January

    The Argentine government, through the Federal Fisheries Council has officially opened the Illex squid season south of parallel 49. The two main fisheries chambers, CAIPA and CEPA had requested that the season begin 10 January south of parallel 44, but the Council in early December denied the request based on a scientific report from INIDEP, the National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development.

  • Saturday, January 6th 2024 - 11:03 UTC

    Milei arrives in Rio Gallegos enroute to Antarctica

    Milei is to tour the Marambio and Esperanza bases, weather permitting

    Argentine President Javier Milei landed at around 8.30 pm Friday in Río Gallegos to stay the night before flying on to the Marambio Base in Antarctica. Traveling with the head of state were Ministers Diana Mondino (Foreign Affairs), Guillermo Francos (Interior), and Luis Petri (Defense) as well as Presidential Secretary Karina Milei, among other officials making up the entourage of 23.

  • Friday, January 5th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Icebreaker Irízar pays tribute to ARA San Juan crew

    It was an emotional moment for Captain Recio, who was a close friend of the San Juan's first officer

    The Argentine Navy icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar stopped in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean this week, en route to this summer's Antarctic campaign, at the site where the doomed submarine ARA San Juan was found off Comodoro Rivadavia in 2018, paying tribute to the crew and demanding justice from the ongoing investigation into the unit's 2017 sinking.

  • Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Milei traveling to Antarctica this week

    Milei has been criticized for his disregard of environmental issues

    Argentine President Javier Milei will be traveling to Antarctica this coming Friday, Jan. 5, alongside Ministers Diana Mondino (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Petri (Defense), it was reported in Buenos Aires. The head of state intends to launch a “pollution control,” according to Casa Rosada sources.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 09:33 UTC

    Icebreaker ARA Irízar sets sail on Antarctic Campaign

    The Argentine Navy's icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar set sail from Buenos Aires this week to do her part in the 2023/2024 Antarctic Summer Campaign after a ceremony presided over by Defense Minister Luis Petri.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 07:04 UTC

    Octopus DNA helps to discover evolution of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse

    Octopus, probably Pareledone species, from 500m depth on the Bellingshausen Sea continental shelf.Pic BAS.)

    Scientists, including from British Antarctic Survey, have used octopus DNA to discover that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) likely collapsed during the Last Interglacial period around 120,000 years ago – when the global temperatures were similar to today.

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 18:00 UTC

    Ex-Royal Marine attempting a Guinness World Record by skiing to the South Pole

    Dave and Alan need to travel more than 20km a day to complete his challenge within 55 days.(Pic The Royal Marines Charity)

    A Welsh ex-Royal Marine from Seven Sisters in Neath Port Talbot, Dave Thomas, is aiming to set a new Guinness World Record, becoming the oldest person to ski unsupported from Hercules Inlet, in West Antarctica, to the South Pole, reports BBC.

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Uruguayan President and his children land in Antarctica

    Lacalle and his children were expected to stay at the Artigas base for nearly 24 hours

    The Uruguayan Air Force's Lockheed C-130 Hercules FAU 594 carrying President Luis Lacalle Pou and his children landed at the South American country's Artigas Base (BCAA) in Antarctica on Tuesday. “After 30 years, I have returned to Antarctica. The Artigas base houses military and civilians who work side by side,” Lacalle wrote on social networks.

  • Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

    Falklands' Patrol HMS Forth visits South Georgia as part of its protection and bio diversity duties

    Part of HMS Forth's mission is to regularly patrol the waters around the Falkland Islands and South Georgia (Pic HMS Forth X)

    The Falkland Islands patrol vessel HMS Forth, has paid a visit to the island of South Georgia, where it met some of its permanent residents, penguins and seals, to look after their well being and the environment.

  • Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 09:30 UTC

    South Georgia ensures environmental protection for its maritime zone until 2028

    Alison Blake CMG, Commissioner for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, signed the new Charter Party Agreement confirming the continued service of Pharos SG under the operation of WBS

    In a significant step towards supporting marine conservation efforts in the South Atlantic, the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has announced the successful transition of ownership of Pharos Marine Limited (part of the Falklands based Byron group) to Workboat Services Limited, WBS, ensuring the continued operational presence of the vessel MV Pharos SG in the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Maritime Zone.