Tag: South Pole

• Thursday, November 24th 2011 - 18:36 UTC

  Antarctica partial eclipse with the moon covering 80% of the sun at South Pole

  

  On Friday, 25 November 2011, a solar eclipse will sweep across the southern part of the world, with the Moon covering about 80% of the Sun at the South Pole, reports the International Astronomical Union, IAU.

• Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 20:13 UTC

  Centennial of Amundsen and Scott’s South Pole feat next 14 December

  

  British and Norwegian teams are in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, preparing for a repeat of the South Pole feat on 14 December 1911 first accomplished by explorer Roald Amundsen and a month later by Sir Robert Scott.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2011 - 19:13 UTC

  Brazil second scientific station in Antarctica, 500 km from the South Pole

  

  Brazil is planning to set up its second scientific station in Antarctica and its first fully automatic data collecting module close to the Southern pole, revealed Jefferson Simoes coordinator of the country’s National Science and Technology Institute.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 02:13 UTC

  Coin recalls the centenary of the legendary “race to the South Pole”

  

  The centenary of the legendary ‘Race to the South Pole’ between Britain’s Robert Falcon Scott and Norway’s Ronald Amundsen is marked by a new SGSSI coin just released by Pobjoy Mint, announced the June edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 00:22 UTC

  NZ abandons search for Norwegian yacht with three men missing in Antarctic waters

  

  A week-long search for a Norwegian yacht missing in Antarctic waters with three men aboard has been abandoned, New Zealand's Rescue Co-ordination Centre announced Monday.