Antarctica
Sat, 06 Feb 2021 08:20:00 GMTHamburg/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 GMTLufthansa 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 GMTLufthansa 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 GMTFalklands' 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 GMTWork 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 GMTSouth 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 GMTGentoo 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 GMTTwo 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...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:23:00 GMTGermany denies change of policy regarding the Falklands dispute
Germany said that its position on the Falkland Islands dispute has not changed, following claims by Argentina that Lufthansa's request for two flights to the Islands, in support of a polar research expedition, implied recogniti...
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:43:00 GMTArgentina rejoiced with Germany's position on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute
Argentina is rejoicing because Germany's flag carrier Lufthansa formally requested the Civil Aviation National Administration and the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands provincial government over flight and...