Tag: Ushuaia

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 05:48 UTC

  Argentine congress will discuss Malvinas issue in special session in Tierra del Fuego

  

  The Argentine congress will be holding an extraordinary session next 24 February in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego to debate on the Falklands/Malvinas conflict. Under the 1994 Argentine constitution, the Falklands come under the jurisdiction of the province of Tierra del Fuego.

• Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 18:43 UTC

  A Malvinas war veteran dies in an attempt to cross to the Falklands in a kayak

  

  A Malvinas war veteran drowned in an attempt to reach the Falkland Islands in a kayak from Ushuaia while his companion was rescued by an Argentine Navy patrol and is in hospital in a state of chock, reported the Buenos Aires press in the last day of 2011.

• Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 06:24 UTC

  Ushuaia feeling the pinch from Chile’s seduction policy to attract cruise vessels

  

  Argentina’s extreme south city and Antarctica cruise hub, Ushuaia is feeling the pinch from the latest Chilean measures to attract more vessels and is requesting a costs adjustment to improve competition conditions.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2011 - 18:44 UTC

  Argentina opens boat access to Tierra del Fuego eliminating Chilean crossing

  

  Argentina’s government is opening a new path to Tierra del Fuego that will give travellers, who once had to pass through Chile to reach the southernmost tip of the continent, the option of skipping Chile altogether.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 20:50 UTC

  “Discouraging” tourist season for Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine

  

  It has been a tough and discouraging tourist season this summer for Punta Arenas and its area of influence according to local operators and the hotel industry.

• Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 - 12:13 UTC

  Argentine yacht calls in Stanley en route to Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires

  

  A yacht flying the Argentine flag and on route to Mar del Plata from Ushuaia called in the Falkland Islands last Friday.
  The ‘Shaman’ yacht arrived in Stanley from Tierra del Fuego on a short visit with a crew of two: the owner who is also the captain and his partner.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 21:00 UTC

  Russian chartered polar vessel supports Argentine Antarctic 2010/11 campaign

  

  Argentina in this 2010/11 campaign has been supplying Antarctic bases and stations with support from a Russian polar vessel equipped with an icebreaking bow and its own Navy units.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 18:16 UTC

  German cadet death that triggered “mutiny” in training ship was “unfit for duty”

  

  The 25-year-old female cadet who died after falling from rigging on the German training ship Gorch Fock was unfit for duty because of her weight, according to German media reports on Tuesday.

• Friday, February 4th 2011 - 22:06 UTC

  MV Polar Star passengers transfer to three cruises; expected Sunday in Ushuaia

  

  Passengers from the MV Polar Star, which suffered a minor incident while cruising along the Antarctica peninsula, were expected to arrive in Ushuaia, Argentina, on Sunday, February 6, 2011.

• Friday, January 21st 2011 - 18:51 UTC

  Mutiny on board Gorch Fock: Germany Begins Investigation

  

  The German Government has ordered an investigation into a reported muting on their training ship the Gorch Fock, which is said to have taken place last year. The Gorch Fock tall ship was ordered to dock in the Argentine city of Ushuaia early on Friday to await experts, after reports of a revolt in November.