• A year from Argos Georgia tragedy, MAIB releases interim report which cost 13 lives
    Saturday, July 19, 2025 from MercoPress
    UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch, MAIB, released this week an interim report on the investigation of the foundering of the long liner Argos Georgia, approximately 190 nautical miles east of Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, with...
  • Mawson emperor penguin census
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from Australian Antarctic Division News
    Mawson station expeditioners visited the Taylor Glacier emperor penguin colony to take photos for a long-term population census, in July 2025.
  • Falklands, Argentine opposition demands information on alleged Argentina, UK, US, NATO understanding
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025 from MercoPress
    A recent article published by The Economist, and reproduced by MP, indicating a secret military dialogue between Argentina and UK, with the backing of the President Trump administration, which could lead to a softening of President...
  • Commemorative issue of South Georgia Wildlife stamps
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from MercoPress
    Two-hundred and fifty years ago, January 1775, Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay and took possession of the island, in the name of King George III and his heirs. In this anniversary year we celebrate South Georgia and its...
  • US pilot must pay for departure from Antarctica after unauthorized landing
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from MercoPress
    The Chilean government has ruled out covering the transportation costs of 19-year-old American pilot and influencer Ethan Guo, who remains under a travel ban in Antarctica after landing without authorization. Defense Minister Adriana...
  • South Georgia Island, call for Expressions of Interest for Provision Biosecurity Services
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from MercoPress
    In October 2025 approximately 250 m3 / eight 20ft shipping containers of building materials and vehicles will be shipped to South Georgia as part of a project run by the South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) to stabilize the managers villa...
  • Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Unveils World-First Shipwreck Experience at Goodwood Festival of Speed
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from MercoPress
    The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT) is proud to bring one of the most extraordinary deep-sea discoveries of our time to the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed. As part of the prestigious Future Labs installation, FMHT will showcase...
  • Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Research in Chile suggests climate crisis makes eruptions more likely and explosive, and warns of Antarctica risk The melting of glaciers and ice caps by the climate crisis could unleash a barrage of explosive volcanic eruptions, a study...
  • Near Antarctica, Saltier Seas Mean Less Ice, Study Finds
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
    Briny warm water is mixing on the surface of the ocean, making sea ice melt faster, a new study found.
  • Antarctica Faces Tense Future as U.S. Science Budget Shrinks
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
    The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by other world powers may alter the environment.
  • As more and more tourists flock to Antarctica: a visitors’ tax and a numbers’ system cap
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from MercoPress
    By Daria Hatton MacDonald , University of Tasmania And Elizabeth Leane, University of Tasmania - The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, nearly 125,000...
  • Fundraising teen pilot detained in Chilean Antarctica
    Friday, July 4, 2025 from MercoPress
    Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old pilot and social media influencer, has been detained on King George Island, Antarctica, after a failed attempt to complete a solo flight across all seven continents to raise US$1 million for childhood cancer...
  • Teenage Aviator Detained After Landing in Antarctica, Chile Says
    Thursday, July 3, 2025 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
    Ethan Guo, 19, had been documenting his attempt to fly solo to all seven continents on social media. He is no longer in custody but has no easy way to leave an island off Antarctica’s coast.
  • Going to extremes – understanding Antarctic sea-ice decline
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Australian Antarctic Division News
    Diminished Antarctic sea-ice cover will have impacts across climate, ecological and societal systems, according to new research published in PNAS Nexus.  
  • Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but the US is halting data sharing
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelves Scientists analysing the cascading impacts of record low levels of Antarctic sea ice fear a loss of critical US government...
  • Crucial Hurricane Monitoring Data Will Go Offline at the End of July
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
    U.S. officials said they would stop providing the satellite data online on July 31 rather at the end of June.
  • ‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Despite working on polar science for the British Antarctic Survey for 20 years, Louise Sime finds the magnitude of potential sea-level rise hard to comprehend For more than 20 years, Louise Sime has worked at the British Antarctic Survey...
  • AIR Alliance agreement kickstarts major upgrades at Davis research station
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Australian Antarctic Division News
    The Australian Antarctic Division is embarking on the most significant station upgrades since the 1970s and 80s, starting with water and power infrastructure at Davis research station.
  • Antarctic ice has grown again – but this does not buck overall melt trend
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Study shows ice sheet gained mass from 2021 to 2023, due to extreme snowfall that was also an effect of climate crisis A new study shows that after decades of rapid decline, the Antarctic ice sheet actually gained mass from 2021 to 2023....
  • What Environmentalists Like Me Got Wrong About Climate Change
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
    Governments and U.S. states committed to climate action now need to persuade the oil industry to protect the world from climate chaos.
  • 2025 Australian Antarctic Medals announced
    Friday, June 20, 2025 from Australian Antarctic Division News
    A geoscientist and medical practitioner have been awarded the prestigious Australian Antarctic Medal in recognition of their outstanding service to the Australian Antarctic Program.
  • Antarctica Emperor penguin population decreasing faster than expected, satellite imagery
    Wednesday, June 18, 2025 from MercoPress
    Antarctica’s emperor penguin population may be decreasing faster than some of the most pessimistic predictions. A new analysis of up-to-date satellite imagery suggests the birds’ numbers declined 22% over a 15-year period (2009 to 2024)...
  • This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time
    Tuesday, June 17, 2025 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
    An expedition in the Southern Ocean captured video of a rare species of deep-sea cephalopod. Until now, it had been found only in fishing nets and in the bellies of seabirds.
  • Ship anchor damaging sea fauna in Antarctica reported
    Saturday, June 14, 2025 from MercoPress
    A 2022-2023 study published in Frontiers in Conservation Science provides the first documented evidence of ship anchor damage to Antarctica’s seafloor, revealing severe impacts on fragile marine ecosystems.
  • Antarctica ‘too wild for humans to rule’, says Shackleton medal winner
    Saturday, June 7, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan lauded for his work to establish continent’s legal status to protect its interests Cormac Cullinan has a dream. A dream, he says, that will “change how humanity sees, understands and relates to...
  • Winter brings Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ to life and peak hour is about to begin
    Monday, June 2, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    ‘Anywhere you can see the ocean, you have a chance of spotting a whale,’ says Sydney expert Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Every winter, Australia’s “ humpback...
  • ‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in pictures
    Friday, May 23, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    The Brazilian photographer has died at 81, leaving behind a career filled with striking images taken around the world. ‘Through the lens of his camera, Sebastião tirelessly fought for a more just, humane and ecological world,’ a...
  • AAD calls for public comment on draft Initial Environmental Evaluation: Australian Antarctic Program Aviation Operations 2025-2030
    Thursday, May 22, 2025 from Australian Antarctic Division News
    The Australian Antarctic Division is calling for public comment on a draft Initial Environmental Evaluation (IEE) of the Australian Antarctic Program's Aviation Operations 2025-2030.
  • Antarctic ice cores returned to Australia
    Sunday, May 11, 2025 from Australian Antarctic Division News
    The first 150 metres of a planned 3000 metre-long Antarctic ice core has been safely returned to Australia after a successful drilling season for the Million Year Ice Core (MYIC) project.
  • I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard | Jennifer Verduin
    Saturday, May 10, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    As an oceanographer, I study how the ocean shapes our world. For Australia and other nations, the lesson is urgent Antarctica is often viewed as the last truly remote place on Earth – frozen, wild and untouched. But is it really as...
  • Denman Marine Voyage returns after critical research voyage to glacier
    Thursday, May 8, 2025 from Australian Antarctic Division News
    After years of planning, and two months near the Shackleton Ice Shelf, the Denman Marine Voyage has returned to Hobart with enough data and samples on board to keep scientists busy for years to come.
  • Sea pigs, icefish and trilobites: Antarctica’s mysterious marine life – in pictures
    Wednesday, May 7, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Characterised by darkness and cold temperatures, the extreme environment of Antarctica’s deep sea is largely unexplored. Now, after a special marine science voyage, a team aboard Australia’s national icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, has collected...
  • ‘Last chance for humanity’: the cold reality of monitoring global heating on a glacier
    Tuesday, April 29, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Scientists on Union glacier in Antarctica fear the region is reaching a dangerous tipping point • Words and photographs by James Whitlow Delano Every time Dr Ricardo Jaña crosses the turbulent seas that separate Chile from Antarctica, it...
  • The Guardian view on owning the heavens: the perils of letting capitalism colonise the cosmos | Editorial
    Sunday, April 27, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Donald Trump ignited a scramble that is transforming space from shared frontier to private asset – raising questions about law, equity and ethics In 2015, a rare moment of US congressional unity passed the Space Act – to mine asteroids...
  • Giant icebergs once drifted off the coast of Britain, scientists find
    Thursday, April 24, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Discovery could provide valuable clues as to how the climate crisis might affect Antarctica, says study Giant, flat-topped icebergs the size of the city of Cambridge drifted off the coast of Britain during the last ice age, according to...
  • How Trump Might Unwittingly Cut Emissions From Online Shopping
    Thursday, April 17, 2025 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
    Fast fashion retailers rely heavily on shipping by air. The president’s tariffs could change that.
  • In Argentina, a Boom in Antarctic Cruises Is Straining the ‘End of the World’
    Tuesday, April 15, 2025 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
    Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also squeezing locals and stressing the environment.
  • Trump Imposes Tariffs on Remote Islands
    Friday, April 4, 2025 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
    Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up in the trade war.
  • Testing new ways to monitor biodiversity in seawater on RSV Nuyina
    Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from Australian Antarctic Division News
    Scientists on an Australian Antarctic Program voyage to the Denman Glacier region in East Antarctica are using environmental DNA to understand biodiversity, without the need to disturb marine creatures.
  • Crisis in Antarctica: can science teams ever prepare for isolated assignments?
    Friday, March 21, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Alleged assault at polar base shows the importance of research on cabin fever – including on future Mars missions South Africa has a tight regime for scientists wanting to “overwinter” in Antarctica. The 13-month assignment to an...
  • Denman Marine Voyage update
    Thursday, March 20, 2025 from Australian Antarctic Division News
    The Denman Marine Voyage is now at the Shackleton Ice Shelf and science teams are hard at work deploying CTDs, trace metal rosettes and other equipment. A live stream from a towed camera, filming the sea floor 600m down, transfixed those...
  • Psychologists in touch with Antarctic base after assault allegation, South Africa confirms
    Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Ministers also investigating sexual harassment claim at country’s isolated Sanae IV research station Psychologists are in “constant” contact with a South African science team isolated for months at a base in Antarctica after physical...
  • Ian Bullock obituary
    Monday, March 17, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    My friend Ian Bullock, who has died of melanoma aged 73, was an all-round naturalist, traveller, communicator and artist. He worked in the wildlife conservation sector and latterly became a popular naturalist guide with small ecotourism...
  • Antarctic researcher accuses colleague of death threat and assault
    Monday, March 17, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    South African minister ‘considering options’ after plea for help from member of team on remote base A member of a South African research team on a remote Antarctic base has accused a colleague of physical assault and making a death...
  • ‘A dream experiment’: our Australian icebreaker is on a crucial mission to Antarctica | Nathan Bindoff
    Thursday, March 6, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collected Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast As I write, Australia’s...
  • Earth’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20% by 2050 in a high emissions future
    Monday, March 3, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Melting Antarctic ice is releasing cold, fresh water into the ocean, which is projected to cause the slowdown Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In a high emissions future, the world’s strongest ocean current...
  • Pete Wilkinson obituary
    Monday, January 27, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    Environmental campaigner and first director of Greenpeace UK who was responsible for the 50-year moratorium on mining in Antarctica Whether it was driving a doubledecker bus with a hole cut in the top to let climbers scale Big Ben...
  • Antarctic minke whale swims alongside passenger ferry near Sydney – video
    Monday, January 27, 2025 from Antarctica | The Guardian
    The whale was seen following the boat as it approached Bundeena wharf on Monday, a sighting the ferry company manager, Christine Hack, called 'very rare'. Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist at Macquarie University, said she and...
  • Until Next November!
    Thursday, February 22, 2024 from Princess Elisabeth Antarctica - News
    Yet another successful research season has come to an end at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica.
  • Entering the Home Stretch
    Friday, February 16, 2024 from Princess Elisabeth Antarctica - News
    Last week most of the scientists and several of the crew headed home from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, having accomplished their scientific objectives for this season. Only a core crew and one scientist will stay until the end of...
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