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A modern Falkland Islands, transformed by war
www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/A-modern-Falkland-Islands-transformed-by-war-3390662.php A good, accurate account – A modern Falkland Islands, transformed by war By MICHAEL WARREN, Associated Press STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) — Falkland Islanders are still bristling over the invasion by Argentina 30 years ago, but they’re not complaining about its aftermath. The April 2, 1982, invasion led by Argentina’s dictators and the […]
Diaries show pole race marred by split in Norwegian team
www.AntarcticGuide.com Diaries show pole race marred by split in Norwegian team Andrew Darby March 3, 2012 IT WAS the flaw that made Roald Amundsen’s superhuman feat seem mortal after all. A century after the methodical Norwegian achieved the impossible by being first to the South Pole, there is new light on a breakdown in his […]
Antarctic veteran, the Orlova to be scrapped
www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/03/04/nl-orlova-scrapped-304.html Russian ship to leave St. John’s for the scrap heap By Mark Quinn, CBC News Posted: Mar 5, 2012 6:07 AM NT Last Updated: Mar 5, 2012 10:10 AM NT Read 22comments22 A Russian ship that’s been tied up in St. John’s for more than a year and a half will be in […]
South American cruises marred by politics
www.AntarcticGuide.com http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2017677952_webchilecruises06.html Originally published Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 9:59 AM South American cruises marred by politics Thousands of passengers on cruises at the tip of South America are prevented from going ashore because of the dispute over the Falkland Islands and protests in Chile. By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile — One of […]
Zoo hunts for escaped penguin
www.AntarcticGuide.com Zoo hunts for escaped penguin March 6, 2012 – 7:42AM The hunt is on for a penguin that scaled a sheer rock face to escape from a Tokyo zoo, and was last seen swimming in a river in the Japanese capital. The one-year-old Humboldt penguin was snapped bathing in the mouth of the Old […]
UK warns Argentina regarding the Falklands
www.AntarcticGuide.com http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017630544_apeubritainfalklands.html UK warns Argentina regarding the Falklands The British government summoned Argentina’s top diplomat to the Foreign Office on Wednesday to explain his country’s decision to ask 20 leading companies to stop importing British products and supplies because of the dispute over the Falkland Islands. By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press The British government summoned […]