Tag: Antarctic Treaty

• Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Antarctic fellowship recipients announced on Antarctic Treaty anniversary

  

  On the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty, December first 1959, the Antarctic Fellowship Recipients have been announced. The annual fellowships awarded by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), are an investment in the professional development of talented early career researchers and aim to further the understanding of human presence in Antarctica.

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 14:38 UTC

  700 people were scammed by the promise of citizenship of an invented country in Antarctica

  

  Twelve individuals have been arrested and 30 are under investigation in Italy for having invented the “Antarctic Theocratic State of San Giorgio” with which they swindled about 700 people by promising nationality in order to be able to pay fewer taxes, have passports, land, and even receive noble titles.

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Requirements for visiting Antarctica, according to the Foreign Office

  

  This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica. The Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 preserves the Antarctic continent for peaceful and scientific use.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 23:29 UTC

  Antarctic Treaty members agree to protect Shackleton's Endurance wreck 3.000 meters deep in the Weddell Sea

  

  A 500m perimeter is being implemented to aid the protection of Endurance, the ship famously lost in the Antarctic by explorer Ernest Shackleton. The vessel's position on the Weddell Sea floor was finally identified in March, 107 years after its sinking.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 18:20 UTC

  Antarctica thick ice conditions challenge RRS Sir David Attenborough and Le Commandant Charcot

  

  RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) has collaborated with the cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot in its efforts to deliver critical science cargo to the English Coast, Antarctica in support of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty 30th anniversary

  

  By Professor Klaus Dodds (*) – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was agreed in 1991 and came into force in 1998, once it had been ratified by all 26 (currently 28) Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties. Professor Klaus Dodds explores the extensive and delicate negotiations that made this possible.

• Sunday, July 4th 2021 - 23:00 UTC

  Endurance22: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust organizes expedition to find and film Shackleton's ship sunk in Antarctica in 1915

  

  The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT) is planning an expedition – Endurance22 – to locate, survey and film the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s iconic ship, Endurance, which sank in the Weddell Sea in November 1915.

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Antarctica Day celebrates the signature of the Antarctic Treaty, 1st December 1959

  

  Antarctica Day was inaugurated in 2010 to celebrate the 1st December 1959 signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which was adopted “with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind.” Antarctica Day was initiated by the Foundation for the Good Governance of International Spaces as an annual event to build global awareness of this landmark institution, celebrating this milestone of peace in our civilization with hope and inspiration for future generations.

• Tuesday, February 23rd 2016 - 06:43 UTC

  Argentina celebrates 112th anniversary of flag flying and presence in Antarctica

  

  Argentina Antarctica Day was celebrated on Monday 22 February, recalling the 112th anniversary of the first time the country's flag was flown at the Meteorological and Magnetic Observatory in the Laure Island, South Orkneys in 1904.

• Friday, May 9th 2014 - 06:13 UTC

  Strong commitment to support Marine Protected Areas in Southern Ocean

  

  The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) joined member states of the Antarctic Treaty, along with observer and expert organizations, in Brasilia this week to discuss measures for the protection of the Antarctic environment.