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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
Falkland Islanders oppose Argentinian flight plan
Falkland Islanders Oppose Argentina Flight Plan By Jonathan Gilbert, Buenos Aires 7:00AM GMT 20 Mar 2012 Falkland Islanders are opposing a proposal made by Cristina Kirchner, the Argentine president, which would link the archipelago to Argentina via three weekly flights from Buenos Aires. The legislative assembly of the Falklands will ask the UK to avoid entering […]
Norway wants Amundsen’s ship back
Norway Wants Arctic Explorer Amundsen’s Ship Back (AFP) OTTAWA — A hearing Thursday in Canada could determine the fate of plans to repatriate Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen’s three-mast ship Maud from the Arctic. A Norwegian group has asked the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board to revisit a decision in December denying an export permit […]
South Georgia’s rat eradication
South Georgia Rat Eradication Rats on the run: plans for largest massacre ever By Clive Cookson The eradication campaign aims to restore the population of South Georgia’s ground-nesting birds The largest rodent eradication campaign in history is set to poison millions of rats on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Scientists say the mammalian massacre […]
We killed the right blue whales
Good news: we somehow killed just the right blue whales Posted on March 9, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm Earth is a bit over 4.5 billion years old. Life on it is only about one billion years younger. And let’s say Homo smartphonensis is a mere three years old. That means we [not really ‘we’ – […]