Antarctica

Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
COVID-19 infected “Greg Mortimer” Australians expected to leave for Melbourne on Saturday

The sanitary charter aircraft contracted to repatriate Australians on board the coronavirus infected “Greg Mortimer” cruise, stranded off the Uruguayan coast is expected this Thursday in Montevideo, and will be flying to Melbourne on Saturday according to foreign ministry sources.
Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 18:30 UTC
BAS ends Antarctic season and organizing the return: chartered ship will leave Falklands for UK 3 May

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has announced exceptional plans to repatriate scientists, support teams and construction workers as they complete their Antarctic summer field season work.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:55 UTC
Antarctica some 90 million years ago was a temperate, swampy rainforest

Antarctica is now a harsh land of ice and snow but has not always been that way. Earth's southernmost continent long ago was home to temperate, swampy rainforests teeming with life, scientists said on Wednesday based on pristinely preserved forest soil they retrieved by drilling under the seafloor off Antarctica's coast.
Friday, March 20th 2020 - 08:26 UTC
IAATO has a new Executive Director, Gina Greer

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) announced on Thursday the appointment of Gina Greer as Executive Director. Gina will lead the Secretariat and work with IAATO’s Executive Committee to further the association’s mission of advocating and promoting safe, environmentally responsible private-sector travel to Antarctica.
Tuesday, March 17th 2020 - 07:49 UTC
Argentine researchers find fossilized wing skin of a 43 million year old penguin in Antarctica

Argentine researchers have announced the discovery of fossilized skin on the remains of the wing of a 43-million-year-old penguin on Marambio Island in the Antarctic.
Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:30 UTC
South Georgia is evidence of whales recovery, a century after they were heavily exploited

A team led by the British Antarctic Survey has just returned from the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, as the last of three expeditions to investigate the recovery of whales a century after they were heavily exploited. After 30 years of protection, large numbers of whales appear to be returning to the region.
Monday, February 24th 2020 - 07:01 UTC
MS Roald Amundsen makes history as it reaches the ice edge at 70º south

Cruise vessel Roald Amundsen has been involved in a history-making event as it has travelled the furthest south of any Hurtigruten company ship in the expedition cruise line's 127 years of business, the company said, in a statement.
Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:39 UTC
South Georgia readying the wharf to support “Sir David Attenborough”

The island of South Georgia is preparing to support the new British Polar Research Vessel, “Sir David Attenborough” with the construction of a new wharf at King Edward Point, reports the latest editions of the South Georgia Newsletter.
Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:38 UTC
Falklands' port development partner is also modernizing BAS Rothera station and a new wharf for RRS Sir David Attenborough

BAM Nuttall Ltd, which has been selected by the Falkland Islands Government, FIG, as the development partner to design and build a new port in Stanley Harbour is no adventurer in the South Atlantic and is closely linked to the UK efforts and investments in Antarctica. In effect, BAM Nuttall is involved in the building of the British Antarctic Survey's largest facility at Rothera Research station.
Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:25 UTC
Bolsonaro insists in a good relation with Argentina, and insists in meeting with Alberto Fernandez

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he wants a “good relationship” with Argentina and it is up to the foreign ministers of both countries to agree on a meeting with his peer Alberto Fernandez, since the announced summit scheduled for March first in Montevideo, had fallen through.