Tag: Weddell sea

Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2016 destroyed by severe weather, reports a BAS team

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were being raised was destroyed in severe weather. The catastrophe occurred in 2016 in Antarctica's Weddell Sea. Scientists say the colony at the edge of the Brunt Ice Shelf has collapsed with adult birds showing no sign of trying to re-establish the population.
Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 08:12 UTC
Searching for Admiral Graf von Spee’s great cruiser fleet sunk at the Falklands Battle

In 2014-2015, to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Falklands, Mensun Bound, a Falkland Islander himself, led an expedition to try to find Admiral Graff von Spee’s lost cruiser squadron in 1914, the whereabouts of which has become one the great mysteries of the maritime world. Now he is resuming the hunt. Mercopress began by asking how it all began.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 06:20 UTC
Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctic with BAS Halley Station is calving

Glaciology experts have issued evidence that a large section of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, which is home to the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station, is about break off. The rifting started several years ago and is now approaching its final phase.
Monday, February 11th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Shackleton blog: Agulhas II positioned where the Endurance went down crushed by ice

South African icebreaker Agulhas II, 05.24 hours GMT. Ice Pilot Freddie Ligthelm over ship’s intercom: “Good Morning from the Bridge. This is to say we have reached the Endurance sinking position. Lekker Lekker Lekker [Afrikaans for “Nice, Nice, Nice”]”
Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:09 UTC
Falklander leads Shackleton's “Endurance” search team in Weddell Sea

Following on from Penguin News’ interview last week with Islander Mensun Bound, who was involved in the search for the Argentine submarine Ara San Juan, Mr Bound spoke of his current project, the search for Shackleton’s ship Endurance.
Friday, January 4th 2019 - 03:18 UTC
Falkland Islander in expedition to locate Shackleton's stricken “Endurance” in Antarctica

An Antarctic scientific expedition aiming to understand the secrets of a giant iceberg will also attempt to locate Ernest Shackleton’s stricken Endurance in the Weddell Sea, according to reports in The Guardian.
Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:49 UTC
NASA pictures a rectangular iceberg floating in the Weddell Sea

Nasa has released a striking photo of a rectangular iceberg floating in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. The US space agency said the object's sharp angles and flat surface suggested it had recently broken away from an ice shelf. The edges are still pointed, and have not yet been worn down by the ocean waves.
Wednesday, March 7th 2018 - 09:16 UTC
NASA satellites help discover super-colony of Adelie penguins in Antarctica Danger Islands

A thriving “hotspot” of 1.5 million Adelie penguins, a species fast declining in parts of the world, has been discovered on remote islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, surprised scientists. The first bird census of the Danger Islands unearthed over 750,000 Adelie breeding pairs, more than the rest of the area combined, the team reported in the journal Scientific Reports.
Wednesday, October 25th 2017 - 08:57 UTC
Australia and France fresh push for East Antarctica MPA in CCAMLR meeting

Australia and France have kicked off a fresh push this week to create a vast marine sanctuary in pristine East Antarctica, hoping to build on the success of landmark deal secured last year at a key annual conservation summit.
Friday, September 27th 2013 - 21:33 UTC
South Georgia krill could suffer most global warming according to BAS

Modelling of the effects of sea temperature rises in the Southern Oceans indicates that krill in the seas around South Georgia may be the hardest hit of the region by the effects of global warming, reports the August edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.