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Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:18:00 GMT
RRS Sir David Attenborough begins sea trials around the Irish Sea
Falklands flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough will spend the next two weeks testing anchoring, maneuvering, and dynamic positioning, as well as other engineering systems, such as freshwater making, that cannot be tested while in...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:45:00 GMT
Toothfish longline fishery research: Falklands' CFL leads
By Sorrel Robertson, CFL FALKLAND ISLANDS – Consolidated Fisheries Limited (CFL) is leading a landmark research project into the impact of longline fishing on benthic habitats in their goal to ensure the continued sustainabi...

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 08:20:00 GMT
Hamburg/Falklands/Munich: details from Lufthansa's longest nonstop flights
An airline preparing to launch its longest-ever flight – a fifteen-hour non-stop flight from Hamburg Germany to the Falkland Islands in an A350 – is as tricky a project as one might expect.

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:38:00 GMT
Lufthansa lands in Falklands with scientists; returns to Germany on Wednesday
Lufthansa’s longest flight ever has landed in the Falkland Islands. The aircraft departed Hamburg at 21:23 on Sunday, landing at Mount Pleasant Complex at 09:00. The flight, which is also the longest flight to have departed H...

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 09:21:00 GMT
Lufthansa Airbus A350 en route to Falklands, on its longest non-stop flight
This Sunday, January 31, an Airbus A350-900 takes off on the longest non-stop flight in Lufthansa's history under flight number LH2574: 13,700 kilometers from Hamburg to the Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Falklands' majestic King penguins at Volunteer Point
STANLEY, Falkland Islands – The Falkland Islands have become a paradise for wildlife enthusiasts. Decades of good management and conversation policies have helped the different species to advance under this shield. One of tho...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:07:00 GMT
Work starts at Antarctica's Rothera Research Station Discovery Building
The next stage of building a scientific support facility in Antarctica has started and to avoid the risk of introducing COVID-19 to the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station, the construction team spent tw...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:59:00 GMT
South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery recertified with flying colors
Following its five-yearly Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment, the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish longline fishery has, for the third time, been certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery, according to the ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:51:00 GMT
Gentoo penguins in South Georgia enjoying an enlarged no-fishing zone
Gentoo penguins are benefiting from a newly enlarged no-fishing zone (known as a No-Take Zone NTZ) around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) tracking research commissioned by the ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:15:00 GMT
Two earthquakes and confusing alert messages, shake Chile
Two earthquakes of 7 and 5.9 degrees of magnitude on the Ritcher scale shook Chile on Saturday, just thirty minutes apart, at Antarctica and in the center of Chile, with Chilean authorities calling to evacuate the coastal areas...



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