Tag: Ushuaia

• Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  ARA Irízar off to final stage of Antarctic campaign

  

  Argentine Navy icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar Captain Carlos Recio announced that the unit had “complied with all the tasks emanating from the operations order of the Joint Antarctic Commander, also carrying out more than 600 movements of scientific and military personnel between the different joint Antarctic bases” and was therefore on her way to the last stage of the ”Antarctic Summer Campaign (CAV) 2022/2023,” it was reported.

• Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Ushuaia tourism season in full swing with 92,000 visitors so far and another 157,900 expected by end of season

  

  The Ushuaia summer tourism season is in full swing with some 92,000 visitors having arrived at the Argentine extreme southern city by the third week of January, while another 157,900 are expected by the end of March/April, according to data released by the Tierra del Fuego province port authorities.

• Friday, January 13th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Two humanitarian flights between Argentina and the Falklands carried out this week

  

  Two flights between Argentina and the Falkland Islands have been reported in the past few days for humanitarian reasons. One to Ushuaia was to bring an Argentina national and the one to Buenos Aires' Aeroparque was carried out for a US patient.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Ushuaia expects some 540 cruise calls this season, “hopefully an estimated 200,000 visitors”

  

  The current cruise season means some 200,000 tourists will be visiting the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, based on the announced projection of 540 calls in Ushuaia, according to Dante Querciali, president of Tierra del Fuego Tourism Institute.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 08:50 UTC

  Two US cruise passengers drown during a Zodiac excursion in Antarctic waters

  

  Two United States cruise passengers drowned in Antarctica during a tour in a semi-rigid inflatable Zodiac boat, which capsized for reasons still to be determined. Fortunately, other passengers on board were rescued on time from the frigid waters.

• Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 10:39 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego students competition on Malvinas issues

  

  High School students from Ushuaia, capital of the Argentine southernmost province of Tierra del Fuego were invited to participate in a competition, “Asking about Malvinas”. The competition to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war was sponsored by the city's program “Young Ushuaia”, and the provincial Youth Coordination office from the Culture and Education ministry.

• Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 07:43 UTC

  Royal Caribbean and DAP plan to promote Antarctica cruises from Puerto Williams in the Navarino island

  

  A large boost for the cruise industry in Chile, according to the leading newspaper of the country, El Mercurio. Royal Caribbean and Punta Arenas airline DAP are planning to invest some 18 million dollars in the construction of a five-star hotel in Puerto Williams, a small town on Chilean territory, Navarino island, across from Argentina's Ushuaia.

• Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Ushuaia expects 250,000 visitors in 2022/23 cruise season

  

  Next cruise season, 2022/23, the port of Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province is expecting 535 calls and the arrival of some 250,000 visitors, according to estimates by Argentine officials attending the Seatrade Global Cruise, the largest fair of its kind which takes place annually in Miami.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  The majestic Norwegian tall ship marked the end of Ushuaia's cruise season

  

  With the departure on Monday of the Norwegian flagged three-mast tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina, considered the “successful” 2021/22 cruise season over. According to local port authorities from the province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia received more than 200 calls and some 60,000 visitors, since the arrival last 7 November of NatGeo Endurance, and was the only Latin American port that did not interrupt its summer activities.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego Malvinas war commemoration events includes a Time Capsule to be opened April 2082

  

  The Malvinas Veterans from Ushuaia Center has started April 2nd commemoration activities by inaugurating a Dignity Tent at the Malvinas Heroes Square in the capital of the southernmost Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia and announcing details of the agenda for the following days.