www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-16299859 Psychological tests on Antarctic expedition team A team of 24 servicemen and women who are spending two months in Antarctica next year will have their mental state monitored by sports psychologists. The British Services Antarctic Expedition will head to the South Pole in January to conduct research. The trip will also mark the […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com The man who bankrolled the Mawson expedition Karen Barlow reported this story on Saturday, December 24, 2011 08:24:00 http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3397659.htm DAVID MARK: A sense of adventure alone will only get you so far, money certainly helps and nobody knew that more than the men of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Sir Douglas Mawson may never […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16250444 28 December 2011 Last updated at 02:36 Frozen Planet’s brinicle sequence explained Kathryn Jeffs, Doug Anderson and Hugh Miller show how difficult filming the brinicle was BBC Natural History Unit producer Kathryn Jeffs reveals the extreme conditions her film-making crew had to endure to capture the bizarre “ice finger of death” – known […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16165494 Frank Wild in final journey out of Shackleton’s shadow By Karen Bowerman Frank Wild was the right-hand man to Sir Ernest Shackleton, joining him on several of his Antarctic expeditions. But is he finally stepping out of the great explorer’s shadow, as his ashes make a poignant journey south? Almost 100 years ago, […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/4-x-4/new-arctic-records-for-sa-hiluxes-1.1203203 SA Time: 31 December 2011 9:24:23 PM GMT-03:00 New Antarctic record for Toyota Hilux South Africa’s Toyota Hilux AT vehicles (built by Toyota SA and converted by Arctic Trucks) have set some new world records in the harsh Antarctic climate. The first record was already recorded late last year when the vehicles, as […]

After an almost 2 week battle to stay afloat in icy Antarctic waters, the Russian fishing vessel, Sparta, has completed a round of temporary repairs with aid from a S. Korean icebreaker and set sail back in the open ocean. Rescue coordinator, Tracy Brickles, told AFP that repairs on the stricken Sparta are complete, and […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com UNSUSPECTING visitors waiting to see Edinburgh Zoo’s new giant pandas have become the victims of a jealous penguin rage. The BBC reports several rockhopper penguins, whose enclosure neighbours the pandas’ enclosure, could be suffering from a case of “monochrome jealousy” and are taking their envy out on innocent bystanders. A 41-year-old zoo-goer, who didn’t […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com Ship reaches stuck Russian fishing vessel (AP) WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A South Korean polar research ship on Monday reached a leaking Russian fishing vessel that has been stuck in the frigid waters off Antarctica for the past 10 days, New Zealand officials said. The Sparta, with 32 crew on board, hit underwater ice […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com Australian Geographic Society has joined the Mawsons Hut Foundation to raise money for the construction of a replica Mawson’s hut. The original is, of course, still at Commonwealth Bay in east Antarctica – protected and preserved by the MHF’s multiple conservation expeditions. They believe that the replica hut – which will sit opposite Mawson […]