Antarctica

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:43 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough centre stage at “Poles Apart” gallery in National Maritime Museum

  

  Britain’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, is centre-stage in a new gallery, ‘Poles Apart’, which opened at the Royal Museums Greenwich National Maritime Museum. The exhibition serves as a lasting reminder of the RRS Sir David Attenborough visit to Greenwich in October 2021, ahead of the UN Climate Conference held in Glasgow, and of the contribution the ship will make over its 30-year career to climate science.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Russia triggers toothfish conflict between US and UK over catch quotas in South Georgia

  

  A diplomatic row over fish has broken out between the UK and US in response to provocations from Russia. The feud could lead to an import ban on Patagonian toothfish, also known as Chilean sea bass, which US officials claim is being caught illegally near Antarctica, according to an information from Associated Press.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Midwinter Day in Antarctica, the shortest and darkest of the year

  

  British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff in the UK and across three Antarctic wintering stations observed the shortest, darkest day of the year on the frozen continent with a host of unique celebrations.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  First Chilean-built icebreaker 60% complete

  

  At a total cost of around US$ 210 million, Chile's first home-built icebreaker is already 60% complete and plans to be seaworthy by the time of the XII International Naval Exhibition and Congress in Valparaíso in December, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Mensun Bound will be the speaker of Endurance 22 in Cunard cruises

  

  Falkland Islander marine archaeologist, Mensun Bound, who became famous when the discovery last March of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, will be talking about the historical expedition to Cunard line passengers.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  South Georgia launches Protect, Sustain, Inspire as part of its non native plant management strategy

  

  The control and management of non-native species is a key factor in ensuring that the island of South Georgia continues to be an ecosystem in recovery. Under the Protect, Sustain, Inspire framework, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has committed to comprehensive invasive plant management.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Unknown ecosystem found beneath Antarctica's ice

  

  Scientists from New Zealand have found an ecosystem 500 meters deep hundreds of kilometers from the edge of the Ross Sea ice shelf in Antarctica, which is inhabited by shrimp-like animals, it was reported.

• Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 11:09 UTC

  BAS/South Georgia launch new data portal on one of the world's largest Marine Protected Areas

  

  A new Data Portal was launched on Friday by the British Antarctic Survey and the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), which will help to enhance the management of one of the world’s largest Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

• Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  After five years of work, new seafloor map of the Southern Ocean covering 48 million sq Km

  

  A new map of the seafloor of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica provides the most accurate representation of this vast area to date. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBSCO) has taken five years to compile and update this map, which was first published in 2013.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:56 UTC

  Argentina switches on new radar to monitor South Atlantic airspace

  

  Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana presided over the entry into operation of an air surveillance and control radar in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego. The equipment (model RPA -170M) was designed and built entirely in Argentina.