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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 16:50 UTC

Antarctica

  • Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

    Argentina's Antarctica bases join national health system

    Carlos Giovacchini highlighted the importance of the initiative

    Argentina's seven bases in Antarctica have joined the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS), a joint initiative between the Ministries of Health and Defense to improve the capacity for early detection and effective and timely response to public health risks, it was reported.

  • Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    RRS Sir David Attenborough back in UK; she returns to Antarctica in October

    The 129m ship is due to leave again on 8 June for refitting work in Rosyth, Scotland, before being used for further trials on the Scottish coast. (Pic BAS)

    The Falkland Islands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough has returned to the UK after a second season docked at Antarctica. The crew completed its polar science trials during what was a seven-month mission. The vessel arrived at Harwich in Essex on Tuesday.

  • Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 08:56 UTC

    Operation Coldstare, air patrol in support of South Georgia's fisheries

    On a clear day a spectacular view of the Airbus A400 overflying South Georgia

    Last month the British Forces in South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, stationed in Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, were involved in the operation COLDSTARE as part of a routine maritime patrol in support of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands' rich fisheries resources.

  • Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 08:45 UTC

    S. Georgia Marine Protected Area 5-Year Review Science Symposium

    The symposium will be available to view via webinar and provides a great opportunity to learn more about the research and monitoring

    The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, (GSGSSI) are pleased to announce that they will be holding a 2-day Science Symposium on the 13th and 14th June 2023 as part of the 5-year review of our Marine Protected Area.

  • Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 11:09 UTC

    BAS ends 2022/23 Antarctic field season with over sixty science projects

    Scientists at Signy were tracking the migration of chinstrap penguins.

    The British Antarctic Survey 2022/23 Antarctic field season has ended, marking the conclusion of another successful year of scientific exploration in one of the world’s most remote and challenging environments.

  • Wednesday, May 10th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Tierra del Fuego claims a record cruise season with 503 calls and 220,000 people

    The port of Ushuaia on a busy summer day

    Argentine province Tierra del Fuego authorities have said that 2022/23, has been an excellent cruise season with a record 503 calls and a turnover of some 220,000 people between passengers and crew members. Expectations for the next season are even better with at least 591 calls anticipated.

  • Wednesday, May 10th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    IAATO confirms the Falklands Development Corporation in its family

    Falkland Development Corp. was voted in at the organization's recent annual meeting in Hamburg

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators welcomed five provisional operators and eight associates. Bunker One A/S, Freestyle Adventure Travel, South America Shipping, UnWild Planet Travel and Polar Tourism Guides Association were approved by IAATO members during an inter-session vote at the end of 2022 while Avila Reizen, Falkland Islands Development Corp. and Summit Aviation were voted in at the organization's recent annual meeting in Hamburg.

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 02:49 UTC

    Penguins Day and the Falklands as one of the world's great penguin capitals

    Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) on the sea ice close to Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf. (BAS)

    Monday, April 25th, was Penguins Day, an occasion closely linked to the Falklands and its identity with the iconic penguin. In effect, most people imagine the flightless seabird to be solely polar creatures, much more at home in a world of ice and snow than on the sandy beaches and sheep paddocks of the Falkland Islands.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    BAS Rothera Research Station has new scientific and operational support facility

    The Discovery Building at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.

    Work got underway on the latest of the Royal Navy’s next-generation submarine hunters, a £840m Type 26 frigate warship which will carry the name and motto – Forward – of England’s second city, Birmingham, around the globe for a quarter of a century.A new scientific and operational support facility at Rothera Research Station for British Antarctic Survey has been made weather-tight, with the cladding complete and an operations tower installed.

  • Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Argentine ice breaker Almirante Irizar back in Ushuaia signals the end of 2022/23 Antarctica season

    Almirante Irizar

    Argentine icebreaker ARA Almirante Irizar is back in Ushuaia following its round of visits to Antarctica stations leaving all ready for the personnel that remained preparing for the long dark winter months. This has also meant the official end of the Argentine Antarctic Campaign 2022/23, which takes place under the operational command of the Joint Antarctic Command.