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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com Massive Antarctic marine reserve proposed February 28, 2012 – 2:44PM AAP An Antarctic lobby group, backed by major conservation groups and celebrities, is calling for a massive marine reserve in the Ross Sea as part of an even bigger reserve surrounding Antarctica. It would include a substantial proportion of New Zealand’s dependency area of […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=473606&CategoryId=14090 Brazil Says Loss of Station Won’t Stop Its Antarctic Research RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil will accept the help offered by other South American nations with bases in Antarctica so that it can continue with the scientific studies of the white continent even as it works to rebuild the research station ravaged by […]

www.AntarcticGuide.com http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4157952/Brit-liners-refused-entry-into-Argentina.html Brit liners refused entry into Argentina By ROBIN PERRIE Published: Today at 15:37 TWO British cruise ships were refused entry to an Argentinian port today as the row over the Falklands escalated. The Star Princess with 2,600 people on board and the Adonia, carrying 700, were due to dock in the port of […]

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 […]

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 […]