Tag: South Georgia

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 23:11 UTC

  South Africa will have a new multi-purpose polar research vessel next season

  

  The South African 30 years old research and supply ship “SA Agulhas” made her last ever call to King Edward Cove in South Georgia Island on January 15th. She will be replaced by a new icebreaker currently being built in Finland next season, reports the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Thursday, January 26th 2012 - 18:58 UTC

  MP proposes British Overseas Territories be represented in Westminster

  

  Conservative backbench MP Andrew Rosindell has called for the Isle of Man and other Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories, including the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands to be represented in Westminster.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 02:58 UTC

  HMS Montrose on patrol in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  

  The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose”, with a crew of 185 made a several days patrol visit to South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, GSSI, waters in December.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 02:54 UTC

  Thirteen cruise vessels call at South Georgia; growing number of Chinese visitors

  

  Thirteen cruise vessels visited South Georgia last December including new vessel “L'Austral” which, in line with usual practice, was joined by a Government Observer to look at the ship's operation, passenger management and bio-security procedures, reports the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2012 - 04:56 UTC

  Argentina recalls 1833 Malvinas ‘dislodgement’ and demands bilateral dialogue

  

  Argentina ratified Tuesday its ‘imprescriptible” sovereignty rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands and adjoining maritime spaces and blasted the UK for not abiding by UN resolutions calling for bilateral talks.

• Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:35 UTC

  UK “feeling uneasy” with Argentine diplomatic campaign to recover the Malvinas

  

  Argentine Defence minister Arturo Puricelli rejected the announced UK plan to create a huge marine protection zone in South Georgia saying the British are feeling “uneasy” because of the Argentine diplomatic work displayed to claim the South Atlantic Islands.

• Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 06:51 UTC

  Argentine lawmaker blasts UK marine conservation project in South Georgia

  

  Argentine lawmaker and president of the Malvinas Islands Parliamentary Observatory Alfredo Atanasof said Britain’s intention of creating a huge marine conservation zone in waters of South Georgia was “completely illegitimate”.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 18:57 UTC

  UK plans a huge South Atlantic marine protection zone in South Georgia

  

  The UK is planning a huge marine protection zone near the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, in an area that is also claimed by Argentina, a British official said on Wednesday.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 20:32 UTC

  Spanish government ‘concerned’ with Argentine harassment of fishing vessels in Falklands’ waters

  

  The Spanish government has expressed ‘concern’ about claims from the Vigo-based fleet operating in the south-west Atlantic which has come under continuous harassment from Argentine naval patrols claiming they are fishing ‘illegally’ in ‘Argentine waters’ in spite of having licences awarded by the Falkland Islands government.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2011 - 20:27 UTC

  UK and Norway reaffirm commitment to polar and Southern Ocean cooperation

  

  The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and Norwegian Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre underlined on Wednesday their commitment to enhance UK/Norwegian cooperation in the Polar Regions.