Antarctica

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  HMS Protector heads for new adventures in Antarctica

  

  The Royal Navy's sole icebreaker HMS Protector is sailing for the Antarctic, her first visit to the frozen continent since 2019. With the UK about to be the focus of international efforts to tackle climate change as it hosts the UN COP26 conference in Glasgow, the unique survey/research ship will continue her work supporting scientists from around the world to study the impact of global warming.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Plastic pollution and ocean acidification reduce Antarctic krill development, BAS research

  

  Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals.

• Friday, August 6th 2021 - 07:28 UTC

  Green light to build an International Antarctic Center in Punta Arenas

  

  Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile will host the International Antarctic Center, CAI, a long-time project several times delayed but which finally was given the green light, and should begin to be built in the near future with an investment demanding some 75 million US dollars.

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 20:17 UTC

  US promoting Endangered Species Act for Emperor penguin colonies

  

  By Stephanie Jenouvrier (*) Emperor penguins thrive on Antarctica’s coastlines in icy conditions any human would find extreme. Yet, like Goldilocks, they have a narrow comfort zone: If there’s too much sea ice, trips to bring food from the ocean become long and arduous, and their chicks may starve. With too little sea ice, the chicks are at risk of drowning.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 19:51 UTC

  Southern right whales at South Georgia acoustic messages, BAS Project report

  

  Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), and international collaborators have this week published the first detailed research on the sounds made by southern right whales on their high latitude feeding grounds at South Georgia.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 06:04 UTC

  Polar vessels RRS Sir David Attenborough and RSV Nuyina meet during sea trials

  

  UK and Australia’s two new polar research ships got together off the coast of Falmouth in July during sea trials in preparation for their first Antarctic missions. The state-of-the-art Falklands flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough and RSV Nuyina will enable scientists to understand changes in our planet’s climate, oceans and marine life.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 08:07 UTC

  Lindblad Expeditions incorporates the National Geographic Endurance to its fleet

  

  Lindblad Expeditions has inaugurated its first polar expedition cruise ship, National Geographic Endurance, in honor of explorer Ernest Shackleton's iconic Antarctic vessel. The incorporation to the fleet which took place in Reykjavik, Iceland was officially welcomed by Lindblad Expeditions’ founder and co-chair Sven Lindblad and CEO Dolf Berle, as well as her captain Aaron Wood.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentina announces the construction of an Antarctica Logistics Pole in Ushuaia

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez announced the construction of an Antarctica Logistic Pole in Ushuaia, which will demand an investment of some US$ 300 million, a long time aspiration of Argentine armed forces to mark or match a strong presence in the extreme south of the continent and in Antarctica.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2021 - 05:49 UTC

  Information on the upcoming South Georgia 2021/22 Tourism Season

  

  The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Island, GSGSSI is committed to facilitating visits without compromising the high standards in safety and environmental protection. The GSGSSI website now includes the latest information and details of the upcoming 2021/22 tourism season.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2021 - 07:43 UTC

  South Georgia welcomes a new Chief Executive Officer, Laura Sinclair Willis

  

  After a thorough and competitive recruitment process, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands announced that the next Chief Executive will be Laura Sinclair Willis.