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Giant Dinosaur Roamed Antarctica
Giant Dinosaur Fossil Found in Antarctica A vertebrae found on James Ross Island could belong to the biggest animal to ever roam Antarctica. Argentinian paleontologists have discovered a vertebrae fossil belonging to massive titanosaur – in frickin’ Antarctica. The discovery is believed to be the largest ever dinosaur found on the planet’s most remote continent, […]
RF Scott’s goodbye letter to auction
Scott’s letter to financier Edgar Speyer, who had helped raised funds for the trip, was found on his body in November 1912. It had been written on March 1912. In the letter Scott writes: “I fear we must go…but we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen – I regret only […]
Ice thwarts Mawson commemorations
Douglas Mawson centenary trip to Antarctica frozen as cold reality sets in • BY:MATTHEW DENHOLM, ANTARCTICA • From:The Australian • December 21, 2011 12:00AM ONE hundred years after Douglas Mawson’s first Australian-led Antarctic expedition was almost defeated by thick pack ice, the same problem has stumped those seeking to follow in his wake. Unusually dense […]
How Norway celebrated Amundsen’s centenary
South Pole parties mixed pride, PR December 14, 2011 Norwegian officials made the most of the 100th anniversary of Roald Amundsen’s arrival at the South Pole on Wednesday, with the king, the crown prince and the prime minister strategically placed to hail December 14, 1911 as “a proud day for Norway.” The celebrations reflected pride […]
Falkland/Malvinas issue heating up, again
Falklands’ fishing companies regret Uruguay’s ban, and losses for the port of Montevideo Falkland Islands fishing companies association, FIFCA expressed their “extreme disappointment” with Uruguay’s decision not to allow Falklands’ flagged vessels enter the port of Montevideo, which “will only serve to punish its own people”. In a brief release signed by Cheryl Roberts, FIFCA […]
Uruguay says Falklands are an “inadmissible colonial enclave”
Uruguay considers that British control over the Falklands or Malvinas Islands constitutes a “colonial enclave”, which is “inadmissible”, and that is why Falklands’ flagged vessels are barred from entering Uruguayan ports, said on Friday Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro. “If we are consistent with our position that the Malvinas constitute the only remaining European colonial […]
China to install five Antarctic telescopes
In the next five years, China will install five astronomical telescopes in the Antarcticareas to conduct research mainly on supernova cosmology, cosmic dark matter, theformation of extra solar planets and fixed stars. Antarctic Guide info@antarcticguide.com www.AntarcticGuide.com Twitter: AntarcticGuide
Crew stabilizes leaking Russian ship near Antarctica, but rescuers still days away
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The 32 crew members aboard a leaking Russian fishing ship near Antarctica have made progress stabilizing the vessel, and a plane was scheduled to drop them supplies Saturday. Rescue ships, hampered by heavy sea ice, were still several days away. The vessel Sparta hit underwater ice Friday, tearing a 1-foot (30-centimeter) […]
The beautiful south: Antarctica
Following in the footsteps of Frank Wild, Shackleton’s right-hand man, Bella Bathurst heads towards Antarctica – a magical land of ancient icebergs and amazing wildlife The Observer, Sunday 18 December 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/dec/18/antarctica-cruise-frank-wild-shackleton Antarctic Guide info@antarcticguide.com www.AntarcticGuide.com Twitter: AntarcticGuide
The ice doesn’t care
When natural historian Sir David Attenborough first set foot in the arctic wilderness, he was silenced by the almost unprecedented scale of it, he says. “I though of the space, I suppose, and loneliness, and insignificance,” he adds, and pauses for a moment to collect his thoughts. “It’s a corny response, but it is what […]