Antarctica

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Guo leaves Antarctica after more than two months

  

  After more than two months in Antarctica, American pilot and influencer Ethan Guo is finally on his way home. The 19-year-old, who was on a mission to fly solo to all seven continents, was detained by Chilean authorities on June 28 after landing his small plane without proper authorization.

• Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

  Antarctica: Pilot clinches plea deal and may leave Chile

  

  After being detained in Antarctica for several weeks, American pilot and teenage influencer Ethan Guo has had the charges against him dropped by a Chilean judge. Guo was originally accused of providing a false flight plan and landing his plane without authorization on a Chilean-claimed territory in Antarctica.

• Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 06:40 UTC

  Antarctic researcher remains, working for Falklands’ Dependency, 66 years ago, found in receding glacier

  

  The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica. They are identified by DNA as those of Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, a 25 year-old meteorologist who was working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), the predecessor of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He died in a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island, situated off the Antarctic Peninsula on 26 July 1959. His body was never recovered.

• Saturday, August 9th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

  Chilean Antarctica: 19-year-old American pilot committed no crime, his defense argues

  

  Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old American pilot who was detained in Antarctica for over a month, is seeking to have his case dismissed. His lawyer, Jaime Barrientos, argues that Guo did not violate any rules and that his arrest was based on “partial information” from the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC).

• Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 08:32 UTC

  South Georgia, forty year old Antarctica iceberg breaking up and drifting north

  

  Almost four decades after breaking from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf, a still massive iceberg is showing its age. The berg, named A-23A, is shedding large chunks of ice as it drifts in the southern South Atlantic Ocean, about 2,400 kilometers north of its birthplace.

• Sunday, August 3rd 2025 - 11:44 UTC

  South Georgia, new electronic permit system for visitors delayed for technical reasons

  

  The South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands archipelago will soon introduce a mandatory electronic travel authorization (ETA) system for all visitors. This measure aims to strengthen environmental protection while regulating tourism and scientific activities in this preserved British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic and its vast surrounding Marine Protected Area.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2025 - 08:30 UTC

  BAS research links ocean tides when Antarctica icebergs calve

  

  A new study has revealed that ocean tides can directly influence when large Antarctic icebergs break off from the ice shelves surrounding the continent, a process known as calving. The research marks a major step toward accurately forecasting ice loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and improving projections of global sea level rise.

• Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 22:34 UTC

  US State Department website advisories for travelers to Antarctica

  

  The U.S. State Department has renewed two of its website Travel Advisories for Antarctica reminding travelers to “increase basically” their situational awareness in the area containing some of the edgiest and most volatile conditions. The advice, revised on 28 July 2025, warns of the dangers of the continent’s harsh and unpredictable weather, which can change at short notice and scupper travel plans. The advisory also cites the region’s lack of emergency medical care that could further endanger visitors.

• Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 21:26 UTC

  Transformed St Helena veteran vessel will be visiting Falklands in 2026/2027

  

  Falkland Islands residents, originally from the island of St. Helena, most probably during the next year, might see the revival of a vessel that for many decades was the only link with South Africa. However, this time refurbished, with different colors and as an exclusive boutique, at most 98 passengers, RMS St Helena, will be sailing the roaring forties and targeting Antarctica expeditions.

• Saturday, July 26th 2025 - 10:38 UTC

  Chile to build first pier in Antarctica

  

  Chile is set to begin the construction on its first pier in Antarctica by the end of 2025, a strategic project with an investment exceeding US$52 million. This initiative aims to bolster Chile's infrastructure on the continent and reaffirm its Antarctic territorial claims.