Antarctic Guide Blog
Majority of International Broadcasters Will Show All Frozen Planet episodes
Frozen Planet There have been some assumptions in the press today about Frozen Planet, that I don’t feel are a true reflection of how the show has been sold and marketed around the world, so I wanted to provide some clarity. http://blogs.bbcworldwide.com/2011/11/15/majority-of-international-broadcasters-will-show-all-frozen-planet-episodes/
BBC drops Frozen Planet’s climate change episode to sell show better abroad
BBC drops Frozen Planet’s climate change episode to sell show better abroad The BBC has dropped a climate change episode from its wildlife series Frozen Planet to help the show sell better abroad. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8889541/BBC-drops-Frozen-Planets-climate-change-episode-to-sell-show-better-abroad.html
Aurora from space
Have a look at these amazing time lapse images of the aurora borealis from space http://vimeo.com/32001208
Antarctic Guide launches
A new website for all things Antarctica has just launched in time for the 2011 Antarctic summer season. Besides an incredible level of information about explorers, wildlife and the locations visitors may see, Antarctic Guide is also a clearing house for the latest news about Antarctica. It has been developed by Antarctic expedition staff with […]
South Polar Times reborn
The South Polar Times was an on-site monthly publication for two Antarctica expeditions. The first two volumes come from Robert Falcon Scott’s “Discovery” expedition during the winters of 1902 and 1903, edited by Sir Ernest Shackleton and Louis Bernacchi (on the expedition’s only typewriter). The third volume was edited by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, on Scott’s last expedition, the […]
Hurtigruten offers early-booking savings on Antarctica itineraries
Guests can enjoy early booking savings of up to 20% on five exciting Antarctic exploration voyages offered by award-winning cruise company, Hurtigruten, if booked by Dec. 31, 2011. http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hurtigruten-offers-early-booking-savings-on-antarctica-itineraries/
Seal Fur Sheds Light on Antarctic Krill
How do you assess the health of a marine invertebrate—namely Antarctic krill—when there’s no historical baseline to measure it against? In an intriguing piece of detective work reported in PLoS ONE a team of researchers from China and the US turned to analyzing old seal hairs to determine changes in abundance of krill in the […]
Russia and China polar play
Pawns in play on Antarctic ice-cap Russia and China are both planning to prospect for natural resources despite a long-standing agreement banning it The opening manoeuvres may have begun. During the Antarctic Treaty consultative meeting in Buenos Aires last June, Russia stated its intention to start prospecting for minerals, oil and gas in the white […]
India to commission 3rd research station in Antarctica in 2012
PANAJI: Almost twenty-eight years after it set up the first permanent research station in the South Polar region, India is all set to commission and occupy third such station, named as ‘Bharti’, in Antarctica by March next year, a senior scientist associated with the project said today. After ‘Bharti’ becomes operational, India will join the […]
Antarctic explorer buried in Corner Brook, Newfoundland
Today, Nov 7 2011, marks the 99th anniversary of the day Capt. Campbell successfully led his party out of the ungodly Antarctic on a gruelling five-week, 230-mile trek over sea ice from Inexpressible Island to Camp Evans to be rescued by the Terra Nova. In the early 1920s, Capt. Campbell retired from the Royal Navy […]