Tag: South Georgia

Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 12:30 UTC
Sanitary aircraft on Thursday will fly “Greg Mortimer” cruise Australians to Melbourne

A charter flight is expected in Montevideo on Thursday, April 9 to pick up and fly home to Australia most of passengers and crew on the “Greg Mortimer”, the cruise vessel stranded off the coast of Uruguay for the last two weeks because 128 people on board have tested positive for Covid 19.
Wednesday, March 11th 2020 - 06:30 UTC
Coin to mark 250th anniversary of the launching of James Cook HMS Resolution

Pobjoy Mint has issued the first 50-penny coin on behalf of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands government. The new coin features the HMS Resolution, the ship that was captained by James Cook.
Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:30 UTC
South Georgia is evidence of whales recovery, a century after they were heavily exploited

A team led by the British Antarctic Survey has just returned from the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, as the last of three expeditions to investigate the recovery of whales a century after they were heavily exploited. After 30 years of protection, large numbers of whales appear to be returning to the region.
Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:48 UTC
Modern, habitat restored South Georgia recalls Possession Day and James Cook in 1775

Some 245 years and a month ago, James Cook, after 3 years at sea, took possession of South Georgia and claimed the land for His Britannic Majesty, King George the Third. On what must have been a routine summer’s day (January 17th) in the South-West Atlantic, the explorer described what he had discovered as a ‘land doomed by nature to perpetual frigidness’.
Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:39 UTC
South Georgia readying the wharf to support “Sir David Attenborough”

The island of South Georgia is preparing to support the new British Polar Research Vessel, “Sir David Attenborough” with the construction of a new wharf at King Edward Point, reports the latest editions of the South Georgia Newsletter.
Thursday, February 6th 2020 - 09:03 UTC
The world's biggest iceberg, 6.000 sq km, is about to enter the open ocean heading for South Georgia

A68, a colossus that broke free from the Antarctic in 2017, has pushed so far north it is now at the limit of the continent's perennial sea-ice. When it calved, the berg had an area close to 6,000 sq km and has lost very little of its bulk over the past two and a half years.
Monday, January 27th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
Sarah Whitby takes oath as Falklands, South Georgia Senior Magistrate

Sarah Whitby was officially sworn in as the Falkland Islands Senior Magistrate at a ceremony at Government House. Mrs Whitby, previously Crown Counsel for Civil and Safeguarding, will fulfill the role of Senior Magistrate and Coroner for the Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory, as well as acting Judge for the Falkland Islands.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 17:02 UTC
Falklands/South Georgia governments relation mutually beneficial, but MOU “has not been made public”

The relationship between the Falkland Islands Government and South Georgia Government “brings both direct and indirect benefit to the Falklands” assured Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI ) Chief Executive Helen Havercroft.
Monday, December 30th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Filmus officially appointed as Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Secretary

The Argentine government made official the appointment of Daniel Filmus as head of the Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic Secretary, which depends on the ministry of foreign affairs and worship.
Saturday, September 28th 2019 - 09:48 UTC
The Dictionary of Falklands Biography Website, a new and expanding resource for the Islands' history

The website for the Dictionary of Falklands Biography is proving capable of significant expansion. Designed and established by Tom McAdam in 2018, the editor David Tatham and the researcher Stephen Palmer have used the freedom offered by a website in a number of ways.