Antarctica

Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 10:57 UTC
South Georgia releases new coin to commemorate Sir Ernest Shackleton

The government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands have released a new coin to commemorate the birth of the famous explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Born on 15th February 1874, Sir Ernest Shackleton wanted to be an explorer from a very early age, inspired by faraway places that he had read about as a boy. At the age of 16, bored by the school curriculum, he went to work in the Merchant Navy.
Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 08:24 UTC
Chinese tourists did 150 million outbound trips in 2018

A total of 149.72 million outbound trips were made by Chinese tourists in 2018, up 14.7% from the previous year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced, Trend reported citing Xinhua.
Monday, March 11th 2019 - 18:30 UTC
Falklands: First surveys of the Burdwood Bank completed for Marine Managed Areas Project

By Ander M. de Lecea - Research scientist Drs Ander de Lecea and Marina Costa of SAERI recently completed their first surveys of the Burdwood Bank, kicking off the “Fine Scaling of the Marine Management Areas of the Falkland Islands” (MMA) project.
Friday, March 8th 2019 - 09:07 UTC
HMS Protector comes across an iceberg of 11 miles long and five wide

The Royal Navy’s Antarctic patrol ship encountered an iceberg the size of Bristol as she began her final scientific mission of the season. HMS Protector came across the enormous mass of ice and snow – 11 miles long and five wide – as she returned to the frozen continent for the last time this winter – or summer as it is in the Southern Hemisphere.
Friday, March 8th 2019 - 08:54 UTC
Antarctic tour vessels help solve killer whale mystery

Scientists finally come face to face with elusive mammals after years of research into a theory about ‘Type D’ killer whale in sub-Antarctic waters
Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
Argentina and UK coordinating joint SAR operations and logistics in Antarctica

Argentina and UK are holding their second defense bilateral meeting in Buenos Aires, following on last year's first round held in London which put an end to fourteen years of interruption under the administrations of the Kirchner couple.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 08:42 UTC
Birth of Sir Shackleton commemorated by South Georgia with new crown coins

The government and treasury of the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands issued on 26 February new crown coins that commemorate the birth of the famous explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:18 UTC
Crack in Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf: further evidence of climate change?

A chasm and a crack on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica are creeping closer and closer to one another, and when the two finally meet, a slab of ice twice the size of New York City will break away and float out to sea. The two glacial flaws are about 4km apart, and it could take days or months for them to finally rendezvous. But when they do, the iceberg that forms in the Weddell Sea will not be the largest to orbit Antarctica. In fact, it might not even make the historical top 20.
Monday, February 11th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Shackleton blog: Agulhas II positioned where the Endurance went down crushed by ice

South African icebreaker Agulhas II, 05.24 hours GMT. Ice Pilot Freddie Ligthelm over ship’s intercom: “Good Morning from the Bridge. This is to say we have reached the Endurance sinking position. Lekker Lekker Lekker [Afrikaans for “Nice, Nice, Nice”]”
Wednesday, January 16th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
HMS Protector and RRS Shackleton support 100 scientists researching Antarctica glacier

Royal Navy survey ship HMS Protector smashed through nearly 300 miles of Antarctic ice to help scientists begin a five-year mission to understand how West Antarctica is contributing to global sea-level rise.