Antarctic Guide Blog
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rare whales filmed near Australia
http://earthsky.org/biodiversity/rare-whales-filmed-for-the-first-time Rare whales filmed first time ever near Australia http://davidmcgonigal.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/shepherds_beaked_whale-300×215.jpg Rarely seen Shepherd’s beaked whale Researchers spotted a dozen or so rare Shepherd’s beaked whales off the coast of Australia. And they got video! Big news from blue whale researchers in February 2012. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency reported yesterday (February 23) that the […]
Two dead after blast destroys Brazil’s Antarctic base
www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/SouthAmerica/Two-dead-after-blast-destroys-Brazil-s-Antarctic-base/Article1-817261.aspx Two dead after blast destroys Brazil’s Antarctic base Agence France-Presse Sao Paulo, February 26, 2012 An explosion destroyed a Brazilian research base in Antarctica on Saturday, killing two navy personnel and injuring a third, authorities said. Brazilian defense minister Celso Amorim confirmed the deaths of non-commissioned officer Carlos Alberto Vieira Figueiredo and sergeant […]
More: Argentine group insists on Falklands’
www.AntarcticGuide.com Thursday, February 23rd 2012 – 06:33 UTC Argentine group insists with Falklands’ self determination and sharing natural resources A group of Argentine intellectuals, academics and free-thinkers have criticized President Cristina Fernandez government strategy of confronting the UK on the Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute and called for dialogue that guarantees the self determination of the […]