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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 07:28:00 GMT
Green light to build an International Antarctic Center in Punta Arenas
Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile will host the International Antarctic Center, CAI, a long-time project several times delayed but which finally was given the green light, and should begin to be built in the near futur...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:17:00 GMT
US promoting Endangered Species Act for Emperor penguin colonies
By Stephanie Jenouvrier (*) Emperor penguins thrive on Antarctica’s coastlines in icy conditions any human would find extreme. Yet, like Goldilocks, they have a narrow comfort zone: If there’s too much sea ice, trips to br...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:51:00 GMT
Southern right whales at South Georgia acoustic messages, BAS Project report
Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), and international collaborators have this week published the first detailed research on the sounds made by southern right whales on...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 06:04:00 GMT
Polar vessels RRS Sir David Attenborough and RSV Nuyina meet during sea trials
UK and Australia’s two new polar research ships got together off the coast of Falmouth in July during sea trials in preparation for their first Antarctic missions. The state-of-the-art Falklands flagged RRS Sir David Attenbor...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:07:00 GMT
Lindblad Expeditions incorporates the National Geographic Endurance to its fleet
Lindblad Expeditions has inaugurated its first polar expedition cruise ship, National Geographic Endurance, in honor of explorer Ernest Shackleton's iconic Antarctic vessel. The incorporation to the fleet which took place in Re...

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:29:00 GMT
Argentina announces the construction of an Antarctica Logistics Pole in Ushuaia
Argentine president Alberto Fernandez announced the construction of an Antarctica Logistic Pole in Ushuaia, which will demand an investment of some US$ 300 million, a long time aspiration of Argentine armed forces to mark or m...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 05:49:00 GMT
Information on the upcoming South Georgia 2021/22 Tourism Season
The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Island, GSGSSI is committed to facilitating visits without compromising the high standards in safety and environmental protection. The GSGSSI website now includes the latest in...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 07:43:00 GMT
South Georgia welcomes a new Chief Executive Officer, Laura Sinclair Willis
After a thorough and competitive recruitment process, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands announced that the next Chief Executive will be Laura Sinclair Willis.

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 06:41:00 GMT
Ushuaia expects some 68 vessels and 488 calls during the 2021/22 cruise season
As long as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to recede and there are no further new strain surprises, this coming 2021/22 season, the port of Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province is scheduled to receive some 68 tourism vessels an...

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 23:00:00 GMT
Endurance22: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust organizes expedition to find and film Shackleton's ship sunk in Antarctica in 1915
The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT) is planning an expedition – Endurance22 – to locate, survey and film the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s iconic ship, Endurance, which sank in the Weddell Sea in November 1915...



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