Antarctica

• Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 09:47 UTC

  Falklands: Aberdeen children model ships to circumnavigate Antarctica

  

  Model ships built by two young Aberdeenshire brothers have been launched on what is planned to be an epic journey around the South Pole. The mission to circumnavigate Antarctica, started by Harry and Ollie Ferguson, is thought to be a world first.

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Penguin Propulsion: The Physics Behind the World’s Fastest Swimming Birds

  

  A piece from the American Institute of Physics points out that Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world, and that ability comes from their unique and sophisticated wings.

• Saturday, June 24th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  ARA Patagonia undergoes successful overhauling

  

  Argentina has completed the overhauling of the ARA Patagonia logistics ship after five months' work at the Arsenal Naval Puerto Belgrano (ARPB) docks, Zona Militar reported.

• Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  BAS new ten-year strategy, Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

  

  The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is launching on Monday 19 June, its new ten-year science strategy that addresses urgent scientific challenges facing our world, namely in the continents of the Arctic and Antarctic and the impact that the Polar Regions have across our planet.

• Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  What is killing the animals at Chile's Humboldt Reserve?

  

  Due to avian flu, what used to be a vacation spot in northern Chile full of tourists sighting the marine fauna has become the ground where sanitary brigades look for dead birds likely killed by the deadly virus following the closure of the Humboldt Penguin National Reserve, in the Coquimbo region.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 11:12 UTC

  It's official: Tierra del Fuego planning a multipurpose port in Rio Grande

  

  Argentina's general elections next October are focusing mainly on inflation (150% this year, cost of living and food prices), plus security and street violence, but for those a bit better off and with time to think a semi-hidden issue, plus the overall influence of China in the country.

• Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 15:35 UTC

  Postman summer job in one the world's most southerly offices

  

  An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team for the 2023-24 Austral summer as Post Officer, working at South Georgia, running one of the most southern Post Offices in the world.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

  Arctic Ocean may be ice-free during the summer from 2030 onwards

  

  According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free during the summer from 2030 onwards regardless of the level of greenhouse gas emissions.

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Argentina's Antarctica bases join national health system

  

  Argentina's seven bases in Antarctica have joined the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS), a joint initiative between the Ministries of Health and Defense to improve the capacity for early detection and effective and timely response to public health risks, it was reported.

• Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough back in UK; she returns to Antarctica in October

  

  The Falkland Islands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough has returned to the UK after a second season docked at Antarctica. The crew completed its polar science trials during what was a seven-month mission. The vessel arrived at Harwich in Essex on Tuesday.