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Massive Antarctic marine reserve proposed

www.AntarcticGuide.com Massive Antarctic marine reserve proposed February 28, 2012 – 2:44PM AAP An Antarctic lobby group, backed by major conservation groups and celebrities, is calling for a massive marine reserve in the Ross Sea as part of an even bigger reserve surrounding Antarctica. It would include a substantial proportion of New Zealand’s dependency area of […]

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Brazil Says Loss of Station Won’t Stop Its Antarctic Research

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=473606&CategoryId=14090 Brazil Says Loss of Station Won’t Stop Its Antarctic Research RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil will accept the help offered by other South American nations with bases in Antarctica so that it can continue with the scientific studies of the white continent even as it works to rebuild the research station ravaged by […]

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Brit cruise ships refused landing in Ushuaia

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4157952/Brit-liners-refused-entry-into-Argentina.html Brit liners refused entry into Argentina By ROBIN PERRIE Published: Today at 15:37 TWO British cruise ships were refused entry to an Argentinian port today as the row over the Falklands escalated. The Star Princess with 2,600 people on board and the Adonia, carrying 700, were due to dock in the port of […]

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McMurdo radio station goes high-tech with retro vinyl

http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2604 Turn up the volume McMurdo radio station goes high-tech but retains retro vinyl collection By Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor Posted February 24, 2012 Army Sgt 1st Class Bart Schrum had never been to Antarctica, but he was one of two people assigned to upgrade the civilian radio station used by the U.S. Antarctic […]

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Norwegian Antarctic adventurer abandons expedition

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10788186 Norwegian Antarctic explorer abandons expedition By Kurt Bayer 4:30 PM Sunday Feb 26, 2012 Controversial Norwegian explorer Jarle Andhoey has abandoned his unauthorised polar expedition in search of his missing yacht and is now fleeing to South America, according to Norwegian media reports. Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet reported that Andhoey had informed his lawyer that […]

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NZ explorer claims first in Antarctica

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/nz-explorer-claims-first-in-antarctica/story-fn3dxity-1226280757084 NZ explorer claims first in Antarctica From:AAP February 24, 2012 3:48PM QUEENSTOWN-based mountain guide and explorer Aaron Halstead is claiming a world first with the ascent of the highest summit on the most remote island on Earth. Halstead led three others to the 780-metre icy summit of the Antarctic island Bouvet on Monday. […]

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Antarctic Gateway, Argentina’s economic woes

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jeremywarner/100015225/argentinas-never-ending-trajedy/ Argentina’s never-ending tragedy By Jeremy Warner Economics Last updated: February 24th, 2012 Despite appearances, Argentina is an economic basket case again I’m not going to get into the rights and wrongs of Argentina’s claim on the Falklands, but if I were a Falkland islander, I’d continue to avoid the embrace, well meaning or […]

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Polar explorer’s equipment tips

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/24/felicity-astons-top-ten-a_n_1299376.html Felicity Aston’s Top Ten Antarctic Tech Tools First Posted: 24/02/2012 15:57 Updated: 24/02/2012 23:31 She’s just survived the deprivations needed to become the first woman to complete a solo coast-to-coast crossing of Antarctica but now she’s wearing elegant evening attire and sipping cocktails on London’s South Bank just like any young sophisticated urbanite. […]

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Edward Wilson’s Antarctic Notebooks published

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2012/0225/1224312343316.html A continent in a paintbox EUGENIE REGAN EXPLORATION: Edward Wilson’s Antarctic Notebooks By DMWilson and CJ Wilson Reardon Publishing, 184pp. £39.99 BEFORE THE ADVENT of colour photography, the only way to record significant events was in black and white – or with pencil and paint. When Capt Robert Falcon Scott’s team reached the […]

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Island dominoes: Falklands and Gibraltar?

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=24123 MARGALLO RAISES GIBRALTAR ISSUE WITH HAGUE IN LONDON Spanish Foreign Minister José García-Margallo will be replying to a British Government letter of three years ago, to reject the political principle that Gibraltarians should have a right to veto in any eventual diplomatic negotiations, according to Spanish press reports. Sr Margallo has declared he […]

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