Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, April 15th 2009 - 05:43 UTC

  “Too few, too far” a vivid account of the Battle of South Georgia

  

  The story of how 22 British Royal Marines held off an entire Argentine invasion force on the eve of the 1982 Falkland Islands War has finally been told for the first time, according to a Books Review article from the Daily Mail published on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2009 - 11:44 UTC

  Royal Navy capability demonstration in the Falklands

  

  The South Atlantic Royal Navy patrol HMS Manchester conducted a maritime capability demonstration of her task unit’s diverse capabilities last Monday in the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 19:33 UTC

  Cruise industry’s trust in further growth suggests continued prosperity in Falklands

  

  Albeit intensely debating the global economic downturn and its impact on tourism, this year’s Seatrade Miami Cruise convention – the world’s most important gathering of cruise industry professionals – has emitted a generally positive signal: The industry believes in continued growth.

• Friday, April 10th 2009 - 10:56 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Drug importers sent to prison; Chief of Police to be formally reprimanded; Illex slow to reach FI zones.

• Friday, April 10th 2009 - 09:36 UTC

  Ten cruise vessels, yachts and RN vessels visit South Georgia

  

  Ten cruise ships visited South Georgia Island in March, the last month of the main tourist season. According to SGIsland News Alert these included the unusual and beautiful 38-passenger sailing ship “Bark Europa” and one ship had a expedition group aboard who successfully completed the Shackleton Crossing from King Haakon Bay to Stromness.

• Thursday, April 9th 2009 - 12:28 UTC

  UK “considering approach” to Falklands’ continental shelf and May deadline

  

  The United Kingdom has no doubts about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, or its right to make a submission to extend the continental shelf under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea, but it is considering its approach in view of the May 2009 deadline.

• Thursday, April 9th 2009 - 09:10 UTC

  “Falkland Islanders unequivocally with to remain British”

  

  Argentine next of kin have “unfettered” access to the Falkland Islands since 1999 and “only last week 60 of them and families visited the Islands” points out Sukey Cameron, Falklands’ government representative in London in a response to an article published in The Guardian which referred to the recent meeting between Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2009 - 01:14 UTC

  Illex squid ‘no show’ for Falklands zones

  

  The Illex fishery has been a “no show” for Falkland Islands zones so far this year, confirmed Director of Fisheries John Barton.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2009 - 00:43 UTC

  “Piggy-backed” HMS Endurance expected Wednesday in Portsmouth

  

  HMS Endurance, the Royal Navy's badly damaged Ice patrol ship, is due to arrive in the Solent, Portsmouth, aboard a heavy lift ship tomorrow Wednesday after an 8,000-mile piggy-back voyage from the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2009 - 19:21 UTC

  Antarctic fuel oil ban to impact on Falklands tourism

  

  FALKLANDS, Argentine, and Chilean cruise ship tourism is likely to be negatively impacted as a result of a ban on the use and carriage of Heavy Gas Oil (HGO) in Antarctic waters by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).