Antarctica
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:19:00 GMTSome 6,700 Magellan penguins migrated to Brazil's coastline during winter
Brazil's Beach Monitoring Project, PMP, reports that more than 6,700 penguins have arrived mainly on Santa Catarina and Parana states coast during the migration season this year, which represents a 20% per cent increase in the ...
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:45:00 GMTExpedition cruise Ultramarine anchored in Ushuaia bay finally cleared to sail
The expedition cruise Ultramarine from Quark Expeditions, anchored in Ushuaia Bay, extreme south of Argentina, finally was liberated after Covid-19 testing among the crew proved negative. The crew was never allowed ashore and h...
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 07:51:00 GMTFalklands prepares to welcome state of the art RRS Sir David Attenborough on 9 December
The Falkland Islands Government has invited the public to welcome the RRS Sir David Attenborough as it makes its maiden voyage into the Falkland Islands on Thursday 9 December 2021.
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 23:40:00 GMTAntarctica Day, a unique agreement for a unique region
”December first, Antarctica Day, we are marking the 60th Anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty coming into effect. This year is also the 30th anniversary of the Environmental Protocol; the framework under the Antarctic Treaty w...
Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:45:00 GMTAntarctica, Falklands and South Georgia will see a total and partial solar eclipse
On Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, some people in the Southern Hemisphere, Falklands, South Georgia Islands, will have the chance to experience a total or partial eclipse of the Sun, according to US space agency NASA.
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:00:00 GMTUnauthorized works kill hundreds of penguins in Chubut
A landowner in the town of Punta Tombo in the Argentine Province of Chubut is to be prosecuted under the Law of Cruelk Treatment Against Animals after crushing several penguin nests and electrocuting over a hundred of the birds...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:20:00 GMTThursday, D day for cruise Ultramarine and its delayed departure from Ushuaia on an Antarctic expedition
Expedition cruise Ultramarine must remain in total confinement at the port of Ushuaia until next Thursday, following nine positive PCR tests among the 173 strong crew. No person is allowed on board or to disembark although wate...
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:25:00 GMTChile planning an optical fiber cable from Puerto Williams to Antarctica
The regional government of Magallanes extreme south of Chile signed an agreement with the Telecommunications ministry and Country Development Secretariat to study the feasibility of an optical fiber from the region to the Antar...
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 12:11:00 GMTDeparture of Antarctic cruise from Ushuaia delayed because of Covid 19 among the crew
Covid 19 emergency in Ushuaia delays the departure of Quark Expeditions state of the art cruise vessel Ultramarine to Antarctica. According to reports from the capital of Tierra del Fuego, abiding by sanitary protocols, the 173...
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 11:39:00 GMTLuxurious cruise yacht for 12 pax calls at Punta Arenas and heads for Antarctica
A Russian flagged luxury yacht arrived in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, and is heading for Antarctica, after having called at Ensenada, Mexico, and El Callao in Peru.