Antarctica

Friday, November 11th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
New satellite monitoring of whales in South Atlantic underway

The 7th edition of the whale satellite monitoring program by the Argentine branch of the Wildlife Conservation Society started the monitoring of 22 specimens in the Atlantic Ocean to obtain data on the life cycle of the southern right whale species, it was reported.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Very promising cruise season in Ushuaia: Ten vessels calls this week

Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego province, extreme south of Argentina is reporting a very encouraging cruise season and anticipated this week a peak of calls in expected. In effect some ten cruise vessels will be calling at Ushuaia, and local businesses are preparing for the significant event.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 20:28 UTC
COVID-19 outbreak halts travel to US McMurdo Antarctica Base

The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) has been forced to stop inbound travel to the McMurdo Base in Antarctica following a COVID-19 outbreak that has gripped nearly 10% of the staff, it was reported late Thursday, although essential arrivals and departures for health and safety reasons will still be allowed.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:52 UTC
British Antarctic Survey participating at the UN COP27 convention in Egypt

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists will participate in the 27th session of the United Nations National Framework Convention on Climate Change, hosted by the Arab Republic of Egypt until 18 November 2022 at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre.
Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 10:48 UTC
BAS has launched its Antarctic field season with an ambitious range of projects

The British Antarctic Survey, BAS, Antarctic field season has begun, with a challenging and ambitious range of projects to be delivered at five BAS research stations and across the wider continent. Over 500 people are working in Antarctica this season on BAS research stations, on RRS Sir David Attenborough, in the field and in collaboration with other Antarctic operators.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Female team, with descendants of whaler families, reopening the South Georgia Museum at Grytviken

An all-female team from Dundee in Scotland has travelled some 8,000 miles to South Georgia to help reopen the island's South Georgia Museum at Grytviken on time for the coming summer and cruise season.
Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 01:05 UTC
“The ship beneath the Sea”, Shackleton's Endurance

“Well, what about the Endurance,” was the seed of the challenge suggested by a good friend of maritime archeologist Mensun Bound when they met in south Kensington at Caffe Nero, for a coffee in the summer of August 2012.
Monday, October 24th 2022 - 10:42 UTC
Argentine Patagonia experts determine cause of death of whales found on shores

Experts have determined that the cause of the recent death of 30 whales in the Valdés Peninsula, in the Argentine province of Chubut, was a harmful algal bloom also referred to as “red tide.” The findings of the dead mammals took place between late September and early October.
Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Argentine NCO survives sledgehammer attack at Marambio Base

An Argentine military man assaulted his superior non-commissioned officer “with a blunt instrument” while he was sleeping at the Marambio Base in Antarctica.
Wednesday, October 12th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Oldest marine DNA in Antarctica retrieved

Researchers from Australia's University of Tasmania have reportedly found the oldest marine DNA in history in the Scotia Sea in Antarctica, according to an article carried by the journal Nature Communications. The study also involved scientists from the University of Bonn.