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Montevideo, November 28th 2024 - 08:00 UTC

Antarctica

  • Friday, January 28th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

    Argentina's JMC has 431 foreign vessels on its radar

    JMC coordinates operations between Navy and Argentine Coast Guard

    Argentina's Joint Maritime Command (JMC) has denounced the presence of some 431 foreign boats near the country's South Atlantic territorial waters limit, it was reported. Around 80% of the vessels were said to be of Chinese origin.

  • Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

    New £2 coin to commemorate 60th Anniversary of British Antarctic Territory

    New £2 coin to commemorate 60th Anniversary of British Antarctic Territory

    The British Antarctic Territory and Pobjoy Mint have announced the release of a brand new £2 coin to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the formation of the British Antarctic Territory in 1962.

  • Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

    Argentina to develop new polar ship with Finnish consultants

    The ARA Almirante Irízar has given up a lot of cargo capacity

    The Government of Argentina Wednesday approved the allocation of funds to the Tandanor state shipyard to advance in cooperation with Finnish consultants Aker Arctic in the design and construction of a new polar ship to join the icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar in delivering supplies to the thirteen bases in Antarctica.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

    IAATO officially marked Antarctic Ambassadorship Day, April 25

    Gina Greer, IAATO Executive Director hopes the first Antarctic Ambassadorship Day this year ”will inspire more people to join this exciting community.”

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATO has announced that the first international day dedicated to Antarctic Ambassadors will be held on 25 April 2022. Last August IAATO as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations, anticipated the creation of Antarctic Ambassadorship Day. The membership organisation formalised its definition of an Antarctic Ambassador in May to be someone who:

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

    Stamps release on the centenary of the Death of Sir Ernest Shackleton

    The set of stamps celebrating the great Antarctic explorer's life

    To mark 100 years since the death of Sir Ernest Shackleton, South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory and the Falkland Islands, have joined together to release a series of stamps celebrating his life and achievements.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

    Research and Monitoring Plan for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area

    The RMP aims to guide scientific activities an increased understanding of the SGSSI marine ecosystem, and assess the nature and extent of change

    A new Research and Monitoring Plan has been launched to help support the management of the South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area, MPA. The announcement was done in the January edition of the Sough Georgia Newsletter.

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

    Spatial Segregation of Seabirds at South Georgia

    Albatross nesting with chick

    The latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter refers to seabirds, which are amongst the most globally threatened birds, often as a consequence of incidental mortality (bycatch) in fisheries. At South Georgia, wandering albatrosses have declined since the 1970s, and are listed by the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) as one of nine global High-Priority populations for conservation.

  • Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Climate change concern: Gentoo colonies moving further south

    Gentoo penguins usually live in sub-Antarctic areas.

    By Laura Geggel – Scientists have discovered a previously unknown colony of gentoo penguins in one of the southernmost spots these waddling birds have ever been spotted. The discovery is a cause for concern, according to the researchers, who say that climate change is expanding the range of this temperate, non-ice-loving species of penguin.

  • Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:12 UTC

    247 anniversary of South Georgia Possession for the British Crown

    Cook and his men on January 1775 were the first to reach the land, plant a British flag, fire a volley of musket shot, and claim the island for King and Country

    Monday, January 17th was South Georgia Possession Day, marking 247 years since the first landing on the island was made by Captain James Cook. The British explorer was on his second world voyage aboard HMS Resolution.

  • Saturday, January 22nd 2022 - 10:56 UTC

    The drifting giant A68 iceberg released billions of tons of fresh water in South Georgia ecosystem

    Satellite images shows A68a heading towards the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Credit: MODIS from NASA Worldview Snapshots

    Scientists monitoring the giant A68a iceberg from space reveal that a huge amount of freshwater was released as it melted around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. An estimated 152 billion tons of freshwater – equivalent to 20 x Loch Ness or 61 million Olympic sized swimming pools, entered the seas around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia when A68a melted over three months in 2020/2021, according to a new study published this month by the British Antarctic Survey.