Tag: South Shetland Islands

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 18:10 UTC

  Amateur radio call signs: VP8 for Falklands and VP0 for South Georgia, South Sandwich and BAT

  

  Due to an administrative oversight in the new Falkland Islands Communications Ordinance implemented way back in 2017, new VP8 licenses for use in the former Falkland Islands Dependencies have not been available for some years now.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 15:25 UTC

  Mussels, an invasive species, have been found in South Shetland Islands Antarctic waters

  

  Mussels are the first-ever invasive species to take up residence in Antarctica, as found by a new study published last month in Scientific Report. According to the study, scientists found a colony of mussels, most likely transported accidentally to the frozen continent from Patagonia via ship, some 75 miles north of the Antarctic Peninsula.

• Friday, March 8th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  HMS Protector comes across an iceberg of 11 miles long and five wide

  

  The Royal Navy’s Antarctic patrol ship encountered an iceberg the size of Bristol as she began her final scientific mission of the season. HMS Protector came across the enormous mass of ice and snow – 11 miles long and five wide – as she returned to the frozen continent for the last time this winter – or summer as it is in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2012 - 21:53 UTC

  IAATO helps with checklists for assessing Antarctic land bases and yachting expeditions

  

  Safe and environmentally responsible travel to the Antarctic featured prominently in the official press communiqué issued at the 35th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM XXXV), which concluded June 20 in Hobart, Australia. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP XV).

• Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 17:52 UTC

  IAATO increasingly concerned on recent yacht related incidents in Antarctic waters

  

  Recent incidents and sightings involving yachts in Antarctic waters have generated considerable interest and concern among the members of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO).

• Sunday, March 11th 2012 - 14:07 UTC

  Argentine Jubany Station renamed.

  

  At a ceremony held in Government House President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced the renaming of the Jubany Scientific Station in Antarctica, now to be known as Carlini Station, in memory of biologist Alejandro Carlini who died in 2010.