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Antarctica

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:16 UTC

    New iceberg calved into Antarctica's Weddel Sea

    New icebergs are formed from time to time. The last major chunk to come off the Brunt was in 1971

    A 1,550 km2 iceberg broke off from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf, British scientists reported Monday. “The 1,550-square-kilometer block of ice broke off the ice shelf between 7 pm and 8 pm Sunday after a strong tide widened an existing crack in the ice shelf,” the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explained.

  • Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 11:47 UTC

    Lula's trip to Argentina to include Antarctica deal

    Under Lula, Brazil is returning to the regional forum it left during the Bolsonaro years

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's trip to Argentina next week will include the signing of a treaty for scientific and logistical cooperation between the two countries' Antarctic stations, Agencia Brasil reported. A gas pipeline will also be on the agenda with President Alberto Fernández.

  • Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 09:06 UTC

    British Antarctic Territory release of a stamp featuring an Emperor penguin chick

    Emperor penguins are the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species, and are the only penguins that breed during the Antarctic winter

    The British Antarctic Territory has announced the release of a beautiful new Airmail Postcard Rate stamp featuring an Emperor penguin chick. This new addition to the 2018 Penguins and Chicks Definitive issue has been released to replenish stocks of the existing 2016 postcard rate coil stamps, which will shortly be exhausted.

  • Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    New Emperor Penguin colony discovered in Antarctica with satellite mapping

    Aerial imagery from the Maxar WorldView-3 satellite shows the newly discovered Emperor penguin colony at Verleger Point. Satellite image. 2023 Maxar Technologies.

    Scientists have discovered a new emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite mapping technology. This new colony makes a total of 66 known emperor penguin colonies around the coastline of Antarctica, with exactly half having been discovered by satellite imagery.

  • Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Darwin Plus Local funding scheme for South Georgia projects' applicants

    SGSSA Government would encourage anyone who is considering submitting a Darwin Local proposal for a SGSSI related project to read this document along with the associated Delivery Plan.

    The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is proud to promote and encourage science that contributes to developing and upholding best-practice environmental management and that supports the active management and good governance of the Territory.

  • Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    HMS Protector play football at the most southerly and rugged pitch: South Georgia

    The capital of South Georgia, Grytviken is the largest settlement and a former whaling station (Picture: Royal Navy).

    Sailors from the Royal Navy went head to head with British Antarctic Survey staff during a game of football on the most southerly – and arguably the worst – pitch in the world. The playing field, at Grytviken, the largest settlement of South Georgia Island, in the South Atlantic, is billed as the most southerly in the world, some 2,476 miles from the South Pole, to be precise.

  • Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

    BAS and WWF “Walrus Detectives” project with satellite surveying to understand the Arctic marine mammals

    The five-year project, in cooperation with scientists from around the Arctic, aims to deliver a whole population census of the Atlantic and Laptev Walrus using satellite imagery. Photo: WWF

    This week British Antarctic Survey and World Wide Fund, WWF, are inviting the public to become ‘walrus detectives’ and get involved in the Walrus from Space project to help with vital research to enable a better understanding of these Arctic marine mammals.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    HMS Protector scans active underwater volcanoes on Antarctic edge for tsunami research

    Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector in the South Sandwich Islands (Picture: Royal Navy).

    Royal Navy personnel are helping scientists warn of potentially catastrophic tsunamis by researching huge underwater volcanoes on the edge of Antarctica. Navy icebreaker HMS Protector has used her state-of-the-art sensors to scan peaks in the South Sandwich Islands – one of the world’s most remote territories.

  • Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Is Mass Cruise Tourism Safe for Antarctic Ecosystems?

    During the COVID summer of 2020-21, just 15 tourists on two yachts visited Antarctica. But now, tourism is back – and bigger than ever.

    By Elizabeth Leane, Anne Hardy, Can Seng Ooi, Carolyn Philpott, Hanne E.F. Nielsen and Katie Marx – As the summer sun finally arrives for people in the Southern Hemisphere, more than 100,000 tourists will head for the ice. Traveling on one of more than 50 cruise ships, they will brave the two-day trip across the notoriously rough Drake Passage below Patagonia, destined for the polar continent of Antarctica.

  • Monday, January 9th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

    Captain Polar Preet ready to break another record in the South Pole

    The British Army captain made history by becoming the first woman of colour to cross Antarctica unsupported last year. Photo: Preet Chandi

    British Army officer Captain Preet Chandi has made it to the last degree, which means she is just under 60 nautical miles from the South Pole. Capt Chandi, also known as Polar Preet, has completed day 51, (January 5th), of her 1,100-mile solo trek – a challenge that will see her become the first woman to cross the continent alone with nothing but a 120kg pulk (a sledge used to carry equipment across the snow).