The Antarctic season start at Port Lockoy will kick off soon. (Photo: Michael Wenger) The Polar Retrospective looks at stories of the past week that are related to the Arctic and Antarctic and focuses on one or more aspects. This week will look at the start of the...
The Antarctic, visited by cruise lines, pleasure yachts and scientific expeditions. Image: Camille Lin For the past year, Chile has been taking steps to enforce its Antarctic Law, adopted in 2020, by including conduct prohibited in Antarctica in the list of acts...
The impressive building of the International Antarctic Center in Punta Arenas, Chile, will be located directly on the Strait of Magellan. Image: Gobierno de Chile The International Antarctic Center in Punta Arenas has come one step closer to realization: Almost...
Weekly flights between Chile and the Falkland Islands started again on Saturday, July 2, 2022. Photo: Julia Hager For thirty months, air service between Chile and the Falkland Islands was interrupted due to the pandemic. Now LATAM Airlines has resumed flights between...
Everything looks like there will now be visitors to the Antarctic Peninsula again this austral summer. But the season will be different despite all the euphoria, because COVID still casts its shadow on the trips. Picture: Michael Wenger Anyone who had planned an...
