Iranian Navy plans expedition to Antarctica
According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, the Iranian Navy has announced plans to deploy parts of its navy to Antarctica for the first time in the “near future.”
According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, the Iranian Navy has announced plans to deploy parts of its navy to Antarctica for the first time in the “near future.”
Small islands and low-lying countries that are threatened by sea level rise are currently attending the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Helsinki to call for immediate action to avert a pending disaster
Reducing the carbon footprint of Antarctic research could be achieved by reducing the speed of ships and international cooperation on logistics.
Just over 200 years ago, Antarctica was a pristine untouched continent. Now the southern continent is burdened by climate change, illegal fishing, pollution and tourists.
Cape Town, along with Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Hobart and Christchurch, is one of the five locations through which almost all cargo and staff shipments to Antarctica pass.
The French news site Intelligence Online reported, as well as South American media currently, that China is exerting pressure to establish a naval base in Ushuaia.
Korea plans to build an inland Antarctic research station by 2030. In order to better respond to climate change, the construction of the new station makes sense, it is stated.
Again at this year’s CCAMLR meeting, little progress was made on establishing more extensive protected marine areas in Antarctica.
Ten years after a petition, the U.S. added emperor penguins to the National Endangered Species List and thus placed them under legal protection.
On October 10, massive Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities also damaged the NASC office in central Kyiv.
Chilean airline DAP, based in Punta Arenas, has announced its flight schedule to Antarctica for the coming austral summer.
New bathymetric chart shows the seafloor of the Southern Ocean in unprecedented detail
At the meeting in Berlin, the majority of countries had voted in favor of granting the emperor penguin protected status, yet China voted against it.
The new German research icebreaker “Polastern II” becomes reality after the money for the tender for the new construction was finally approved.
Partnerships with the American and Canadian coastguards are helping the British navigate at both poles
America’s coast-guard brass has admitted that its new icebreakers may arrive too late
When the new generation of American icebreakers set sail, it should not come as a surprise that they will be armed
Currently, India has two operational research stations in Antarctica, Maitri and Bharati. The Maitri station is in urgent need of refurbishment and modernization after 35 years of operation.
Alison Blake takes office as the new governor in July 2022, 40 years after the liberation of the Falkland Islands.
Royal Navy sailors showed their support and solidarity with the people of Ukraine when they visited Vernadsky Station in Antarctica.
Argentina is moving forward with its Antarctic structure program and has laid the foundation stone for its new logistics base in Ushuaia and commissioned a new polar vessel.
The Morrison government will expand Australia’s presence in Antarctica with an $800 million cash injection to better monitor the Australian territory.
Argentine Minister Jorge Taiana announced on December 13 that the Petrel Base at the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula would be reactivated.
Antarctic sea ice is shrinking and numerous emperor penguin colonies are losing their habitat, prompting an official proposal in the U.S. to list the species as “threatened”.