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Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:17:00 GMT
BAS joins project to overcome shortage of berths for scientific researchers in polar regions
British Antarctic Survey has teamed up with the National Oceanography Centre and the University of Glasgow to champion the FindAScienceBerth project, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. The project will open up ...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Tall ships gather at Rio de Janeiro for naval parade
Ships from all navies in the region keep arriving at Río de Janeiro for the Velas Latinoamérica 2022 (Latin American Sails 2022) parade scheduled for Feb. 22

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 18:20:00 GMT
Antarctica thick ice conditions challenge RRS Sir David Attenborough and Le Commandant Charcot
RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) has collaborated with the cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot in its efforts to deliver critical science cargo to the English Coast, Antarctica in support of the International Thwaites Glacie...

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:27:00 GMT
Scientific survey of penguins response to climate change in Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica
An international team of scientists, including two from the University of Bath, has just arrived back from an expedition studying penguin colonies in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and Antarctic Peninsula, reports Phys-or...

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:32:00 GMT
HMS Protector officer visits "his island" in Antarctica
No man is an island – apart from Royal Navy officer Lieutenant Commander Dave Pitt. Currently deployed on survey ship HMS Protector, Lt Cdr Pitt has become possibly the first Pitt to set foot on the Pitt Islands.

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 09:35:00 GMT
Acoustic survey finds twilight zone in Southern ocean an emporium of fish, BAS report
A new study highlights there could be up to four times more fish in the mesopelagic, or ‘twilight’, zone of the Southern Ocean than previously thought. Scientists at British Antarctic Survey and Bristol University discovere...

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 09:32:00 GMT
South Sandwich hidden magnitude-8.2 earthquake source of mysterious 2021 global tsunami
By American Geophysical Union – Scientists have uncovered the source of a mysterious 2021 tsunami that sent waves around the globe. In August 2021, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit near the South Sandwich Islands, creating a ts...

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Punta Arenas cruise season: 27 vessels on tours of Antarctica
The Punta Arenas port management company, in the extreme south of Chile, has offered a timetable of cruise vessel activities during the first two weeks of February. According to the program, eleven calls are scheduled in the tw...

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:15:00 GMT
First steam powered vessel to visit South Georgia, 140 years ago, depicted in commemorative coins
The government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands have launched new commemorative 50-pence coins marking the 140th anniversary of the first steam-powered vessel to visit the territory. Moltke is an important part of ...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 23:49:00 GMT
Endurance22 expedition nosed its course for Antarctica in search of the whereabouts of Shackleton's shipwreck
Today, February 5th at 0700 GMT, a chunky, cherry-red ice breaker nosed its way out of Cape Town’s famous Table Bay, and shaped a course for Antarctica, 3000 nautical miles to the South West.



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