The new operations building, The Discovery Building, is expected to be operational in 2023. The two-storey building with an area of 4,500 m² basically houses all the elements needed to operate a polar station. (Photo: BAS) At Rothera Point, at the southern end of...
Fishing and their export to the EU account for a substantial part of the economic income of the Falkland Islands. The threat of a “hard Brexit” would cause massive damage to the economy. The local assembly in Stanley has tried for a long time to be heard...
Blue whales are still the largest whales on earth, despite extensive hunting. But before the hunt, the animals could reach up to 30 meters in size and weigh 140 tons, today still up to 27 meters. A total of four subspecies of blue whales are known, two of them in...
The expedition ship of Heritage Expeditions is officially registered as Professor Khromov and sails under the Russian flag. The ship is a converted research vessel and nowadays brings guests to the most remote and wild polar regions in the Russian Arctic and...
UPDATE: SECOND CASE ON THE FALKLAND ISLANDSAs we have just learned, a second case of a Falkland Island resident has been made public. The person is already in quarantine. The person had returned from the UK on Monday and had been tested on return. Since all returnees...