Antarctica

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Increased levels of fluorinated chemicals in Antarctic snow cores, scientific research

  

  Scientists have recorded markedly increased levels of ‘fluorinated forever chemicals’ in Antarctic snow which are thought to have originated from the use of CFC-replacements.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Top class Antarctica cruises in the three SilverSea Cruises

  

  SilverSea Cruises has announced an improved package for passengers travelling in any of its three ice-class expedition ships, Silver Cloud, Silver Wind and Silver Explorer. To start with, the Antarctica cruises they will embark and disembark in Puerto Williams for the 2022-2023 season.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  A first international database on Leopard seals' births and pups, shows they roam well beyond Antarctica

  

  Leopard seals remain mostly a mystery given the limited information and research on the species and its range of action. However, an international study shared by several Antarctic institutes and universities identifies leopard seal births and pups in the first database of its kind and reveals evidence that these sightings are not limited to the Antarctic.

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 08:46 UTC

  Krill surveys in South Georgia conducted by fishery patrol MV Pharos SG

  

  The second of six winter krill surveys in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is underway. The first winter krill survey was completed successfully on board the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands fishery patrol vessel MV Pharos SG in May this year.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Chile opens bid process for the International Antarctic Center in Punta Arenas

  

  Five domestic and international construction companies are among the short list chosen by Chile's Public Works Ministry to participate in the bid to build the International Antarctic Center, CAI, in Punta Arenas, for which there is a budget of some 70 million dollars.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Extreme temperatures in Antarctica and annual loss of 150 billion tons of ice

  

  By BAS Atmosphere, Ice and Climate Change team, Floor van Heuvel, Ella Gilbert, Thomas Caton-Harrison, Ryan Williams, Tom Bracegirdle

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 10:28 UTC

  Argentina protests the designation of Protected Areas in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  

  The Argentine government in a protest note addressed to the United Kingdom pointed out its complete rejection of UK's intended designation of the entire landmass of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) as Specially Protected Areas.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands designated landmass Protected Areas

  

  The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) announced on Tuesday the designation of the entire landmass of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) as Specially Protected Areas, fulfilling the commitment it made in the “Pathway to Protection”

• Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  BAS report, the Antarctic glaciers ice loss is “unprecedented”

  

  Two crucial glaciers in West Antarctica may be losing ice faster than they have over the last 5,000 years, according to a new study published in June. The international team, led by the University of Maine and including British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist Dr Joanne Johnson, examined the history of Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Penguins at most risk off South Africa after predator whales seize the area

  

  A study released this week in the peer-reviewed African Journal of Marine Science, would show that killer orcas are behind the finding of eight white sharks dead off the coast of Gansbaai, in western South Africa in 2017.