Antarctica

• 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.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazilian base in Antarctica records a temperature peak of 20.75 degrees Celsius

  

  Scientists in Antarctica have recorded a new record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius, breaking the barrier of 20 degrees for the first time on the continent, a researcher said on Thursday.

• Saturday, February 8th 2020 - 11:31 UTC

  Argentine base in Antarctica recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent

  

  A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid rising concern about global warming that has caused an increase in the melting of ice sheets around the South Pole.

• Saturday, February 8th 2020 - 11:09 UTC

  Greenpeace blames global warming for record temperatures in Antarctica

  

  Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace said on Friday. Temperatures climbed to 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit) at midday Thursday at the research station Esperanza base, the highest temperature on record since 1961, according to the National Meteorological Service.

• Thursday, February 6th 2020 - 09:03 UTC

  The world's biggest iceberg, 6.000 sq km, is about to enter the open ocean heading for South Georgia

  

  A68, a colossus that broke free from the Antarctic in 2017, has pushed so far north it is now at the limit of the continent's perennial sea-ice. When it calved, the berg had an area close to 6,000 sq km and has lost very little of its bulk over the past two and a half years.

• Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:33 UTC

  Scientists surprised at unusual temperature at the base of huge glacier in Antarctica

  

  Scientists in Antarctica have recorded, for the first time, unusually warm water beneath a glacier the size of Florida that is already melting and contributing to a rise in sea levels. The researchers, working on the Thwaites Glacier, recorded water temperatures at the base of the ice of more than 2 deg C, above the normal freezing point.

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Sarah Whitby takes oath as Falklands, South Georgia Senior Magistrate

  

  Sarah Whitby was officially sworn in as the Falkland Islands Senior Magistrate at a ceremony at Government House. Mrs Whitby, previously Crown Counsel for Civil and Safeguarding, will fulfill the role of Senior Magistrate and Coroner for the Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory, as well as acting Judge for the Falkland Islands.