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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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  P&O Cruises’ Adonia and Princess Cruises’ Star Princess (R) are seen moored in Port Stanley on February 25, 2012. Both cruise ships were prevented from docking in Ushuaia on February 28 due to their prior stop in the disputed islands. This summer, Argentina’s pressure may reduce the number of visitors by ship to the Falklands […]

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Hillary & Sergey sign Polar Cooperation Agreement

Russian FM, U.S. State Secretary Sign South Pole Agreements Tuesday, 11 September 2012 The Secretary of State of the United States of America Hillary Clinton and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov are signing a memorandum of understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government […]

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British Antarctic Survey Cambridge, UK exit?

Many visitors to the Uk with an interest in Antarctica find their way to Cambridge, the home of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) that was established 60 years ago and now employs 400 staff and operates five research stations, two research ships and five aircraft in Antarctica. However, yesterday plans were revealed to combine BAS and the […]

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12 Top Tips for Travel to Ushuaia and Antarctica

1. Buenos Aires has two airports: Ezeiza or EZE (sometimes called Pistarini) is the international and lies over 30 km from the city centre. Jorge Newberry Airport, AEP or Aeroparque is only seven km from the city and is used for most (but not all) domestic flights. If you are transferring between airports it’s a […]

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Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova found

Scott of the Antarctic’s Wreck Found Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova wreck found off Greenland From: AAP August 17, 2012 A member of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed crew looks out over Antarctica from the SS Terra Nova in 1912 THE SS Terra Nova, the ship that took Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team on […]

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First Sunrise at Concordia Station, Antarctica After Three Months of Darkness

This photo shows the first sunrise at Concordia Station in Antarctica, breaking over 3 months of complete darkness. The photo was taken from roof of Concordia Station by British medical doctor Alexander Kumar. More information: www.AlexanderKumar.com. You can also read blogs from Concordia station at ESA’s Chronicles from Concordia.   http://www.onorbit.com/node/4858

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Australia to pay for US scientist’s Antarctic evacuation

Australia to pay for Antarctic scientist’s evacuation August 10, 2012 – 12:33PM Andrew Darby Australia is to foot the bill for its Antarctic winter rescue flight of an ailing US expeditioner, confident it will be able to call for the same help. The federal government’s Antarctic Division director, Tony Fleming, said the costs were yet to be […]

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Breaking News: Plancius stuck at South Georgia

Plancius Polar Exploration Ship stuck at South Georgia www.AntarcticGuide.com April 13th 2012 SOME 70 tourists are stranded on board a Dutch polar exploration ship at South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic after the ship experienced a partial engine failure, its owner said today. The Plancius was lying under anchor off a pier in a […]

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