Antarctica
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 21:58:00 GMTChile eliminates five-day quarantine for travelers arriving to Punta Arenas by air
Given the favorable results that the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile is showing in its battle against the Covid 19 pandemic, Chilean authorities have decided to lessen the restrictions both for incoming domestic and i...
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 09:09:00 GMTUshuaia confirms 243 cruise calls and National Geographic Endurance will open the 2021/22 season November 7
The port of Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province confirmed that this cruise season 2021/22, a total of 37 vessels will make 243 calls between November and March next year. The National Geographic Endurance will inaugurate the s...
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 04:12:00 GMTTierra del Fuego extreme south vertex to become the Mitre Peninsula Protected Area
Argentina Tierra del Fuego province lawmakers from all parties have agreed to resurface a project to create the Mitre Peninsula Nature Protected Area, an idea born over thirty years ago and which covers the extreme end landmass...
Fri, 08 Oct 2021 17:14:00 GMTLast Man Standing: A talk with the captain who spent 688 days on board a longliner
688. That is the number of days that the captain of the FV Nordic Prince, Arvid Olai Mjønes, spent on board the vessel without returning home. On the final leg of the voyage, the Norwegian captain spoke to MercoPress on board ...
Fri, 08 Oct 2021 09:44:00 GMTAntarctica cruises Atlas Ocean Voyages will operate from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego celebrates
An Antarctica cruise company, Atlas Ocean Voyages will begin operating from Ushuaia, the capital of the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego. According to local media reports, the first call out of fifteen will ...
Fri, 08 Oct 2021 09:10:00 GMTFalklands' decisive in supplying Covid-19 vaccines to BAS Antarctic base Rothera
The BBC has reported that nine months after it was rolled out, the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has finally reached the Antarctic. It was flown in, via the Falkland Islands, this week to immunize the 23 staff members who've been k...
Fri, 08 Oct 2021 09:00:00 GMTProtocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty 30th anniversary
By Professor Klaus Dodds (*) – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was agreed in 1991 and came into force in 1998, once it had been ratified by all 26 (currently 28) Antarctic Treaty Consultative ...
Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:38:00 GMTRoss Sea region MPA serves as a valuable model for others in region
By Andrea Kavanagh (*) - On October 28, 2016, global leaders made history by designating one of the most productive and healthy stretches of the ocean as the world’s largest marine protected area (MPA).
Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:10:00 GMTAmateur radio call signs: VP8 for Falklands and VP0 for South Georgia, South Sandwich and BAT
Due to an administrative oversight in the new Falkland Islands Communications Ordinance implemented way back in 2017, new VP8 licenses for use in the former Falkland Islands Dependencies have not been available for some years n...
Sat, 02 Oct 2021 09:17:00 GMTPunta Arenas will have its International Antarctic Center following financing of the project
Punta Arenas, as the capital of the Chilean Magallanes Region and Chilean Antarctica, will finally have its International Antarctic Center making the city the logistic hub and gate of access to Western Antarctica, following on ...