Antarctica

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 08:20 UTC

  Ushuaia expects this cruise season 336 vessel calls and over 100.000 visitors

  

  Tierra del Fuego Tourism Institute (Infuetur), in extreme south Argentina, is expecting 25% more cruise visitors this 2015/16 season, most probably breaking the 100.000 milestone, with 336 calls involving 47 cruise vessels. The estimate is 112.170 passengers by April 2016, of which 79.486 non Antarctic and 36.684 Antarctic visitors.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 07:25 UTC

  Blue whales reported to be back in Barents Sea after a century

  

  Blue whales are returning to the Barents Sea in the area of Svalbard, according to employees of Holland's Institute of Sea Research. The 17 species spotted means the mammals are returning to the region after a century of absence.

• Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 07:25 UTC

  Falklands and South Georgia commemorative coins celebrating longest reigning sovereign in British history

  

  Four British overseas territories, including the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands have issues a commemorative coin celebrating the day their head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, became the longest reigning British sovereign in history.

• Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Polar Tour Operators hold first Antarctic/Arctic field guide conference

  

  The poles are combining forces in Toronto next week at a unique conference for polar field staff organized by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) in collaboration with its sister organization in the Arctic, the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO).

• Monday, September 7th 2015 - 08:52 UTC

  HMS Endurance up for sale; she never recovered from the 2008 accident

  

  The Royal Navy has put its Ice Patrol ship, HMS Endurance, up for sale. The icebreaker served as the Royal Navy ice patrol ship between 1991 and 2008 before an accident during routine maintenance destroyed a large part of her equipment.

• Friday, September 4th 2015 - 12:15 UTC

  Toothfish Day celebration in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  

  Every country has its bank holidays. Some are widespread such as Christmas Day and Good Friday, others are unique such as Peat Cutting Monday in the Falklands
  and Melon Day in Turkmenistan.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2015 - 08:55 UTC

  South Georgia expects another cruise record season this 2015/16 season

  

  South Georgia is looking ahead to a new record year in the coming 2015/16 cruise ship season, according to the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Monday, August 3rd 2015 - 08:28 UTC

  Argentina and Chile armies agree on Antarctica rescue and support operations

  

  The armies of Argentina and Chile have completed the details for this Antarctic season PARACAH (Antarctic Combined Rescue Patrol Argentina-Chile) 2015 exercise that became effective as of August and extends until next year, and which besides combined rescue operations also refers to collaboration in scientific and research issues in Antarctica.

• Saturday, July 4th 2015 - 06:05 UTC

  South Georgia received record number of visitors during 2014/15 cruise season

  

  The island of South Georgia attracted the highest ever number of cruise ship passengers in the 2014/15 season, in contrast to falling numbers of tourists visiting the Antarctic, according to the May edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

  South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands launch crown coin with the humpback whale

  

  The Treasury of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands have launched a crown coin which features some the most amazing wildlife found in and around the South Atlantic Ocean. Following the tradition of depicting indigenous local wildlife, this latest crown issued by South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands features the amazing Humpback Whale.