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Montevideo, June 3rd 2025 - 01:49 UTC

Tag: South Georgia Government

  • Wednesday, November 6th 2019 - 12:50 UTC

    IAATO has suspended One Ocean Expeditions; Falklands' call of “Resolute” cruise cancelled

    Cruise vessel “Resolute” was due in the Falkland Islands on October 22 but the call was cancelled. The company “is now in a difficult period of restructuring.”

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has essentially suspended One Ocean Expeditions’ (OOE) membership in the group, according to a statement sent to members and obtained by Cruise Industry News. One Ocean’s future continues to raise a question mark as departures are cancelled and the RCGS Resolute continues to sit in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, December 29th 2015 - 07:46 UTC

    New five-year strategy for South Georgia emphasizes environment management

    Close track at the way tourists and other visitors experience South Georgia to better support safe, sustainable and environmentally sensitive visits

    The new five-year Strategy for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands 2016-2020 was published on 27th November. The Strategy sets out an ambitious agenda to deliver the highest standards of environmental stewardship and governance for the British Overseas Territory, according to the latest South Georgia Newsletter.

  • Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:03 UTC

    HMS Protector in cleanup and surveying tasks in South Georgia

    HMS Protector at anchor off Grytviken Harbour

    The men and women of HMS Protector have helped the South Georgia Government by carrying out a beach cleanup and glacier survey. 700 miles east of the Falklands, South Georgia is a crescent shaped island with magnificent scenery and wildlife. But over the years debris from several shipwrecks has been washed up on the island’s beaches.