Tag: South Pole

• Saturday, January 4th 2025 - 10:47 UTC

  Boric reaches South Pole

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday became the first Latin American leader and the third worldwide to reach the South Pole, thus consolidating his country's commitment to Antarctica. His feat followed in the footsteps of those authorities from New Zealand in 2007 and Norway in 2011. Boric dubbed his trip “a diplomatic, scientific, environmental and aeronautical milestone.” It also Chile as “the gateway to Antarctica,” he said.

• Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 18:00 UTC

  Ex-Royal Marine attempting a Guinness World Record by skiing to the South Pole

  

  A Welsh ex-Royal Marine from Seven Sisters in Neath Port Talbot, Dave Thomas, is aiming to set a new Guinness World Record, becoming the oldest person to ski unsupported from Hercules Inlet, in West Antarctica, to the South Pole, reports BBC.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  “Polar Preet” named Woman of the Year for becoming the first woman to reach the South Pole solo

  

  British Army Officer Captain Preet Chandi – known as Polar Preet – has been named Woman of the Year at an annual awards ceremony. Capt Chandi wasn't present to collect her honor – or the Inspirational Award she also won – as she is currently on her latest challenge in the Antarctic in which she hopes to become the first woman to cross the frozen continent solo and unsupported.

• Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Polar Preet who walked to the South Pole, is back in England and begins training for another Antarctic challenge

  

  A British Army officer who became the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition to the South Pole has been given a hero's welcome on her return to the UK. Captain Preet Chandi was greeted by loved ones and colleagues at Heathrow after finishing the 700-mile trek across the Antarctic.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 05:57 UTC

  Polar Preet has arrived safely at the South Pole, first woman of color to achieve such a feat

  

  A British Army captain has made history by becoming the first woman of color to cross Antarctica unsupported. Captain Harpreet Chandi has arrived safely at the South Pole after a 700-mile trek in 40 days.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 20:45 UTC

  Argentina to set up Antarctica observatory to look for exoplanets

  

  Argentina will install an observatory at the Belgrano II base in Antarctica, 1,300 kilometers from the South Pole, which will be operated from Buenos Aires. The automated telescope will be used to detect exoplanets and other celestial bodies which are difficult to watch from other latitudes, it was announced.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 08:33 UTC

  “Polar Preet” and her Antarctic challenge, “I really hope I can inspire people”

  

  British Army officer Captain Harpreet Chandi is preparing to become the first woman of colour to cross Antarctica unsupported. The physio-therapist from 3 Medical Regiment, who is being sponsored by the British Forces Broadcasting System, BFBS, will be completely on her own during the challenge which is set to last 45 days.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  South Pole warming at three times the global rate over the last three decades

  

  At the South Pole, considered the coldest point on Earth, temperatures are rising fast. So fast, in fact, that Kyle Clem and other climate researchers began to worry and wonder whether human-driven climate change was playing a bigger role than expected in Antarctica.

• Saturday, February 8th 2020 - 11:31 UTC

  Argentine base in Antarctica recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent

  

  A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid rising concern about global warming that has caused an increase in the melting of ice sheets around the South Pole.

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Oceans teeming with viruses, from North to South Pole and down to 4000 meters deep

  

  The oceans contain almost 200,000 different viral populations, according to the latest count. Marine viruses were found from the surface down to 4,000m deep and from the North to the South Pole. Though most are harmless to humans, they can infect marine life, including whales and crustaceans.