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Arctic Fatality on Quark Expedition

  One dead and two injured in incident at sea Polar specialist Quark Expeditions has confirmed that one person has died and two are injured after an incident in the Arctic Circle. The passengers were onboard a sightseeing zodiac when it capsized outside of Longyearbyen, Svalbard at 11am on 17 June. The two injured passengers […]

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Obama’s Arctic strategy sets off a climate time bomb

US National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate ‘economic opportunities’ at the expense of everyone else Shell’s drilling rig Kulluk aground on the southeast shore of Sitkalidak Island about 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, January 4, 2013. Photograph: Zachary Painter/USCG One week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic […]

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Falklands Farewells Iron Lady

Falklands Farewells Iron Lady   From www.falklandnews.com/public/story.cfm?get=6516&source=2 by J. Brock (FINN) A memorial service to commemorate the life of Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher, Baroness and former prime Minister of the United Kingdom was held at Christ Church Cathedral at 1400hrs on Wednesday, 17 April 2013.Words of welcome were given by Dr the Rev Richard Hines, Priest […]

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Meet our shipping hero – Vomiting Larry

Meet our shipping hero – Vomiting Larry If you think you already have, after the midnight buffet or on a particularly rough sea crossing, you’ll find this is a different Larry that is a “simulated vomiting system” at the UK’s Health and Safety Laboratory to simulate the spread of novovirus, a particular scourge of cruise […]

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