Tag: Antarctica

• Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 04:01 UTC

  Japanese nationals planning to travel to Antarctica must notify Environment Ministry

  

  In an effort to assist travel agents and tour operators with Antarctica travel planning for their Japanese clients and foreign residents of Japan, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) is making new information available from the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 03:53 UTC

  IAATO public awareness campaign for Antarctica bound yachts

  

  Following a good response to its public awareness campaign focusing on yacht operators, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has continued its efforts during the current 2011-12 season to educate those bound for Antarctica aboard sailing or motor vessels.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 20:56 UTC

  UK celebrates Captain Scott’s Antarctic achievements and legacy to peace and science

  

  Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham celebrated the Captain Scott expedition's achievements and legacy of peace and science at the Foreign Office on 20 February.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 20:06 UTC

  Russian icebreaker ‘Vasily Golovnin’ supplying Argentine Antarctica bases

  

  The Russian icebreaker ‘Vasily Golovnin’ left Buenos Aires this week for Antarctica to deliver equipment, fuel, food and general cargo to Argentina’s Antarctic bases.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 00:01 UTC

  System of rivers beneath Antarctica’s frozen surface found by Brazil/Chile team

  

  A team of Brazilian and Chilean scientists set out to investigate the effects of global climate change deep in the Antarctic continent say they have discovered a surprising system of rivers beneath the frozen surface.

• Thursday, January 26th 2012 - 19:05 UTC

  HMS Protector reaches Antarctica, visits Uruguayan and Argentine bases

  

  HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's new ice patrol ship, has arrived in Antarctica for the first time after her long sail south from Portsmouth. Her arrival, via Montevideo in Uruguay, coincided with the centenary of the Royal Navy's Captain Scott reaching the South Pole.

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 01:06 UTC

  Prepare for a huge iceberg, 880 sq kilometres anticipated NASA

  

  A massive crack is growing wider in the Antarctic ice sheet and could break apart in the coming months, forming an iceberg the size of the island of Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain), NASA scientists warned Thursday.

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 10:49 UTC

  Ozone hole over Antarctica reached its ninth largest on record in September

  

  The Antarctic ozone hole, which yawns wide every Southern Hemisphere spring, reached its annual peak on September 12, stretching 10.05 million square miles, the ninth largest on record and equivalent to three times the area of Brazil: 3.3m.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2011 - 06:25 UTC

  Unprecedented damage to the ozone layer over the Arctic, says WMO

  

  The ozone layer has seen unprecedented damage in the Arctic this winter due to cold weather in the upper atmosphere. By the end of March, 40% of the ozone in the stratosphere had been destroyed, against a previous record of 30%.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 07:22 UTC

  Chilean researchers discover treasure of fossils and micro organisms in Antarctica

  

  Chilean researchers from the 47th scientific expedition to Antarctica returned to the mainland to present their findings and begin follow-up work on their discoveries.