Antarctica

• Monday, February 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian president commits support for Antarctic research

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva felt overwhelmed during his brief Sunday visit to the country's base in Antarctica, a dream since a child, promised more resources for scientific research, according to the Brazilian press.

• Sunday, February 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Global warming could return predators to Antarctic waters

  

  Marine life in Antarctica will be at risk from an invasion of sharks, crabs and other predators if global warming continues, scientists warn. Crabs are poised to return to the Antarctic shallows, threatening creatures such as giant sea spiders and floppy ribbon worms, says a UK-US team.

• Sunday, February 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela helped by Uruguay plans Antarctic base

  

  Venezuelan scientists and military officers set out Friday on their country's first expedition to Antarctica, leaving Friday from Uruguay's capital Montevideo aboard the Uruguayan naval research ship “Oyarbide”.

• Thursday, February 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  President Lula da Silva visits Brazilian base in Antarctica

  

  Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected this Friday in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, before his flight on Saturday to his country's Antarctic base “Comandante Ferraz”, reports the local press.

• Thursday, February 7th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Multiple factors in '02 collapse of Larsen B shelf say scientists

  

  Two scientists have claimed that climate change was not the only cause of the collapse of a 500 billion tons ice shelf in Antarctica six years ago. The 200 meters thick, 3.250 square kilometers Larsen B shelf broke apart in March 2002.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Russian icebreaker supplying Argentine Antarctic bases

  

  The Russian icebreaker Vasili Golovnin contracted by the Argentine government to help with this year's Antarctic season is currently supplying fuel to Argentina's permanent base Marambio in the Antarctic Peninsula.

• Sunday, February 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Norway determined to have its share of Antarctic fisheries

  

  It had always been technically difficult to harvest the abundant valuable krill known to populate the ocean waters around Antarctica and preserve their quality in the process. In recently breaking in a new trawling technology, however, Norwegian company Aker Biomarine ASA has made the feat suddenly possible.

• Thursday, January 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chinese help for Argentina disarrayed Antarctic season

  

  China has come to the rescue of Argentina's Antarctic effort with the icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) scheduled to call in Buenos Aires next January 25 and load 200 cubic meters of general cargo for Argentine bases.

• Wednesday, January 16th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance breaks ice North of James Ross Island

  

  HMS ENDURANCE breaking through the ice North of James Ross Island, the ship is currently transferring scientist to Mount Haddington where they will be carrying out ice drilling for the next 2 months.

• Monday, January 14th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Petrobras helps to fund Brazil's Antarctic operations

  

  Brazil's government managed petroleum corporation Petrobras is involved in Antarctic research and development sponsoring the renewal of the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, and the acquisition of research equipment for the Oceanographic Support Ship Ary Rongel.