Antarctica

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazil will reopen its Antarctica base Comandante Ferraz next January

  

  The Brazilian Navy will inaugurate its new 4,500 m² Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station (EACF) in January 2020, the head of the Navy Programs Management Directorate (DGePM), Vice Admiral Petronio Augusto Siqueira de Aguiar, said earlier this month.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Ushuaia anticipates an exceptional cruise season with 431 calls

  

  Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina and the hub which handles most Antarctica bound cruises are expecting an exceptional 2019/20 season with some 431 calls, up from the 392 of the previous season, according to provincial port authorities.

• Friday, October 4th 2019 - 14:57 UTC

  Falklands flagged, BAS latest incorporation: RRS Sir David Attenborough”

  

  The Royal Research Ship RRS Sir David Attenborough, has been flagged to the Falkland Islands and officially named in a ceremony at Birkenhead, near Liverpool on Thursday September 26.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Giant 350bn tons of ice calve from the Amery shelf in Antarctica

  

  For nearly 20 years, researchers have closely watched a “loose tooth” of ice dangle from the edge of the Antarctic ice sheet, waiting for it to detach.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 21:24 UTC

  Chilean helicopter rescues Polish scientists stranded in a Zodiac

  

  What was to be a simple shift of scientists from the Polish station Henryk Arcotowski in the Antarctica Peninsula turned out into a dramatic rescue operation, involving the Chilean Air Force, after the three were stranded in a Zodiac for over three hours five miles offshore surrounded by ice and freezing winds.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 08:22 UTC

  Polar expedition experts meet for international Field Guide Conference

  

  Polar field guides are descending on Sturbridge, Massachusetts for the third bi-annual International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) and the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) joint Polar Field Staff Conference.

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 13:33 UTC

  Meet the world’s ‘coolest’ post office's new antarctic team

  

  The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is delighted to reveal the new Port Lockroy team who will live and work on the remote island of Port Lockroy off the Antarctic Peninsula during the next Austral Antarctic summer (November 2019 – March 2020).

• Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 07:29 UTC

  Thule island occupation: Argentine navy tested UK's resolve as part of its long term plan to take the Falklands

  

  The Argentine government declassified a secret decree from the latest military dictatorship which authorized and funded an operation for the “effective and peaceful” occupation of one of the South Atlantic islands, occupied by the UK , in what was considered a first step to the ultimate goal of taking over the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Falkland Islander will be one of the captains of Australia's new state of the art icebreaker

  

  Australia’s new icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, is scheduled to make its maiden voyage to Antarctica in 2020-21. Two captains have already been named to lead the alternating crews operating the new vessel. They are Captain Scott Laughlin and Falkland Islander Captain Paul Clarke, both with experienced track records working in the Southern Ocean.

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:35 UTC

  Fierce leopard seals pack to feast on King penguins (*)

  

  Some people don’t like sharing their food – we all have a friend who gets cranky when you steal a chip from their plate. For wild animals, this makes sense, because any food shared is energy lost that could otherwise have been used to pursue more food.