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Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:02:00 GMT
Unknown ecosystem found beneath Antarctica's ice
Scientists from New Zealand have found an ecosystem 500 meters deep hundreds of kilometers from the edge of the Ross Sea ice shelf in Antarctica, which is inhabited by shrimp-like animals, it was reported.

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:09:00 GMT
BAS/South Georgia launch new data portal on one of the world's largest Marine Protected Areas
A new Data Portal was launched on Friday by the British Antarctic Survey and the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), which will help to enhance the management of one of the world’s largest Mar...

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 10:00:00 GMT
After five years of work, new seafloor map of the Southern Ocean covering 48 million sq Km
A new map of the seafloor of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica provides the most accurate representation of this vast area to date. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBSCO) has taken five years ...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:56:00 GMT
Argentina switches on new radar to monitor South Atlantic airspace
Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana presided over the entry into operation of an air surveillance and control radar in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego. The equipment (model RPA -170M) was designed and built entirely in Argent...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:11:00 GMT
Across the Atlantic from UK to the Falklands, for a first autonomous marine research vessel
Britain's Plymouth Marine Laboratory has commissioned Plymouth-based M Subs Ltd to design and build the autonomous mono-hulled vessel, supported by funding from the Natural Environment Research Council. The vessel-sub Oceanus i...

Mon, 30 May 2022 09:05:00 GMT
British Antarctic Survey field season has finished; RRS Sir Attenborough returns to UK after seven months 
RRS Sir David Attenborough departed Rothera Research Station for the final time earlier in May and is now making its way back to the UK, marking the end of the BAS Antarctic summer field season.

Thu, 26 May 2022 21:28:00 GMT
Genes make Antarctica bacteria immune to antibiotics
A team of Chilean scientists doing research in Antarctica has come up with bacteria resistant to antibiotics and other man-developed treatments thanks to information passed on through genes, it was reported.

Wed, 25 May 2022 10:13:00 GMT
Judge Simmons loves the Falklands; has the largest judicial jurisdiction in the world
“I have always had an interest in the Falkland Islands ever since, as a schoolboy in London in 1982, I watched the Task Force set sail. While the conflict in the Falklands was short, it had a huge impact on the people of the ...

Mon, 23 May 2022 22:43:00 GMT
Alberto Fernández eyes Antarctica for May 25 celebration
Argentine President Alberto Fernández has announced he would spend the May 25 National Holiday at a school in the Esperanza Base in Antarctica, weather permitting. The move would allow him to skip the traditional religious ser...

Sat, 21 May 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Endurance Conquered: A conversation with Mensun Bound, Director of Exploration of the Endurance22 project
By Sean Kingsley for Wreckwatch magazine* – Mensun Bound is a fifth-generation Falkland Islander, born to the sea and its mysteries. By fusing academia with firing the public imagination, he creates buzz after buzz around und...



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