Tag: ARA Almirante Irizar

Saturday, December 22nd 2018 - 07:32 UTC
Argentina launches the Antarctica Summer Campaign with icebreaker ARA Irizar

With the departure of icebreaker ARA Almirante Irizar, Argentina launched this week its Antarctica Summer Campaign 2018/19. The re furbished icebreaker is scheduled to develop an intense scientific activity, supply Argentina's bases and stations and replace the teams that will be spending a whole season in Antarctica.
Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 07:57 UTC
Icebreaker Irizar returns from its first Antarctica campaign in ten years

Argentina's icebreaker Almirante Irizar is back in Buenos Aires at the end of its first Antarctic campaign in ten years, following the fire that almost knocked the Finnish built vessel out of action. She left on 26 December and completed 107 days in the high seas and Antarctica's ice.
Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Argentine icebreaker rescues US scientists stranded in an ice island

A group of US scientists who were stranded in an ice-bound island off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula were rescued on Sunday by an Argentine icebreaker, US and Argentine authorities announced Monday.
Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 - 06:55 UTC
Icebreaker Irizar calls at Ushuaia on her 2017/18 Antarctica campaign

Argentina's flagship of Antarctica operations is back after ten long years. The refurbished icebreaker ARA Almirante Irizar, called at Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, on New Year before leaving for the 2017/18 summer campaign.
Thursday, April 27th 2017 - 10:17 UTC
Argentine Icebreaker Irizar is back undergoing sea trials, readying for Antarctica sailing

Argentina's Navy icebreaker ARA Almirante Irizar is back on sea trials following almost ten years of recovery and refurbishing after she caught fire in 2007 when returning from Antarctica and was considered almost a wreck given the magnitude of the damages experienced.
Saturday, March 25th 2017 - 09:21 UTC
Icebreaker Almirante Irizar ready to begin sea trials after a decade in repairs

Argentine foreign and defense ministers Susana Malcorra and Julio Martínez toured on Friday the recently repaired and refurbished Navy's icebreaker and Antarctica flagship, Almirante Irizar which a decade ago almost became a wreck after she caught fire on return from the annual Antarctic mission.
Thursday, August 11th 2016 - 06:39 UTC
After nine years “Almirante Irizar” is ready for sea tests but faces a “muddy” problem

Argentina's Antarctic exploration flagship icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” is ready for the sea tests after nine years under repairs in the government's defense shipyard and hundreds of millions of dollars, but an unexpected last minute “muddy” impediment has surfaced.
Tuesday, December 15th 2015 - 06:03 UTC
Controversy over Argentine navy recently incorporated Russian sloops

Argentina's Defense minister Julio Martínez has only been in office a few days but he already has a huge challenge on his desk: the four Russian sloops recently arrived in Buenos Aires and which according to the previous administration of Cristina Fernandez cost ten million dollars and are very appropriate for naval patrolling.
Monday, December 7th 2015 - 06:45 UTC
Russian sloops with Falklands/Malvinas names incorporated to Argentine Navy

Four Russian built sloops with polar capacity were delivered in Buenos Aires this weekend and incorporated to the Argentine Navy, all of them with names related to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands. The vessels were formally received during a ceremony headed by Defense minister Agustín Rossi and the navy chief Admiral Gastón Fernando Erice.
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.