Antarctica
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:56:00 GMTDiscovery of life beneath Antarctica's ice shelves
Far underneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there’s more life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, published this week. During an exploratory survey, researchers drilled through...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:49:00 GMTArgos Pereira Peruvian crew member hospitalized in Montevideo
One of the crew members from the Falklands bound trawler Argos Pereira, currently retained in Montevideo with 28 Covid-19 cases tested positive, had to be evacuated Monday afternoon and taken to a local hospital, because of fur...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:10:00 GMTSouth Georgia is releasing a 50 pence coin to honor nurses and nursing values
Following the success of the £2 coin issued on behalf of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands last year, Pobjoy Mint announced the new release of a 50 pence coin that bears a design reflecting the uni...
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 09:18:00 GMTRRS 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 GMTToothfish 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 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...