Antarctica

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:19:00 GMT
FACh helicopter goes missing
Chile's Air Force (FACh) lost contact on Thursday afternoon with an MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter carrying four crew members near the Eduardo García Soto refuge in a remote area of the Southern Ice Fields in the Aysén region.

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:59:00 GMT
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has officially launched its 2025/26 Antarctic field season
October 16 marked the arrival of the first aircraft at Rothera Research Station and the departure of the Falklands-flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough from the UK. The new season brings a full schedule of ambitious science, de...

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:54:00 GMT
“Ticket to Antarctica,” Fleet of BAS airplanes heading from Canada to Rothera research station
The fleet of British Antarctic Survey, BAS, aircraft have taken off on their annual ‘ferry flights’ from Canada, in preparation for a new season of science in Antarctica. The BAS fleet of aircraft is now flying the thousan...

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 21:33:00 GMT
South Georgia receives the visit of Commissioner Martin-Reynolds
The Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Mr. Colin Martin-Reynolds has visited the British Overseas Territory, some 1.400 kilometers east/south east of the Falklands...

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:39:00 GMT
South Georgia invitation to Tender for a UK flagged Fisheries Protection Vessel
The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) invites tenders for the Time Charter of a UK-flagged Patrol, Security and Fisheries Protection Vessel (FPV).

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:21:00 GMT
Guo leaves Antarctica after more than two months
After more than two months in Antarctica, American pilot and influencer Ethan Guo is finally on his way home. The 19-year-old, who was on a mission to fly solo to all seven continents, was detained by Chilean authorities on Jun...

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:32:00 GMT
Antarctica: Pilot clinches plea deal and may leave Chile
After being detained in Antarctica for several weeks, American pilot and teenage influencer Ethan Guo has had the charges against him dropped by a Chilean judge. Guo was originally accused of providing a false flight plan and l...

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:40:00 GMT
Antarctic researcher remains, working for Falklands’ Dependency, 66 years ago, found in receding glacier
The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica. They are identified by DNA as those of Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, a 25 year-old meteorologist wh...

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:55:00 GMT
Chilean Antarctica: 19-year-old American pilot committed no crime, his defense argues
Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old American pilot who was detained in Antarctica for over a month, is seeking to have his case dismissed. His lawyer, Jaime Barrientos, argues that Guo did not violate any rules and that his arrest was bas...

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:32:00 GMT
South Georgia, forty year old Antarctica iceberg breaking up and drifting north
Almost four decades after breaking from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf, a still massive iceberg is showing its age. The berg, named A-23A, is shedding large chunks of ice as it drifts in the southern South Atlantic Ocean, ab...

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