Antarctica

Monday, March 4th 2024 - 21:18 UTC
BAS implementing Antarctic infrastructure modernization program for polar scientists

The British Antarctic Survey has been modernizing Antarctic infrastructure for future generations of polar scientists. Construction in the Antarctic is challenging and the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Program (AIMP) has made great progress at Rothera Research Station. The program will transform how the British Antarctic Survey enables and supports polar science.
Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 20:27 UTC
Scientific teams conclude summer studies at Antarctica’s giant Thwaites Glacier

Teams of scientists and support staff with the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, (ITGC) have spent the past couple of months working on the Thwaites Glacier to advance our knowledge of how it interacts with the ocean and climate, and improve the predictions of its future contributions to sea level rise.
Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 14:20 UTC
South Georgia expands by 36%, –166.000km2– area closed to fishing activities in its Southern Ocean MPA

The Commissioner for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) has announced plans to extend the spatial extent of No Take Zones in the SGSSI Marine Protected Area (MPA), increasing their area from 283,000km2 to 449,000km2.
Monday, February 26th 2024 - 11:21 UTC
HMS Protector solidarity visit to Ukraine's Vernadsky Antarctic base

On the two year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector visited the Vernadsky Base to express support and discuss how Ukraine and the UK are supporting peaceful scientific cooperation in Antarctica.
Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 11:21 UTC
UK Ambassador visits Uruguayan Antarctic Base, praises program's efforts

The Uruguayan Antarctic Institute welcomed United Kingdom Ambassador to Uruguay, Faye O'Connor, to the Artigas Antarctic Scientific Base between February 14th and 19th.
Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 11:09 UTC
Bulgarian Navy hands over parts of 1976 Argentine plane crash found in Antarctica

The Bulgarian Navy's Brothers Cyril and Methodius scientific vessel docked in Mar del Plata this week to hand over pieces of an Argentine Navy aircraft that crashed in Antarctica in 1976 with ten military personnel and a television crewman on board. The items, found on Jan. 15 on Livingston Island, will be taken to a Navy facility in Bahía Blanca to determine if they belong to the twin-engine plane.
Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Crossing the Line Certificate for surviving in freezing Antarctic waters when an iceberg capsized

A former sailor who served on board the previous Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector, who escaped with his life after falling into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, has shared a collection of memorabilia with the crew of the current vessel.
Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 07:18 UTC
Positive avian flu confirmed in wandering albatross in South Georgia

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) continues to affect the wildlife on the sub-antarctic islands of South Georgia. The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the disease has now been detected in the wandering albatross (as at 9 February 2024).
Monday, February 19th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Uruguayan orchestra plays concert at Antarctic Artigas Base

Uruguay's Official Service of Broadcasting, Performances, and Shows (Servicio Oficial de Difusión, Representaciones y Espectáculos - Sodre) National Youth Orchestra (OJS) offered the so-called concert “For Peace and Science” at the South American country's Artigas Base in Antarctica
Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 23:23 UTC
Memorial stone at Westminster Abbey to mark Shackleton 150th birth anniversary

A memorial stone to Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the most celebrated Antarctic Explorers of the twentieth century, was dedicated at Westminster Abbey in London on Thursday 15th February 2024. The service was attended by HRH The Princess Royal, Patron of the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust.