Antarctica

• Sunday, January 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Western Antarctica ice sheet shrinking at accelerated pace

  

  Western Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula have lost billons of tons of the continent's ice mass which means the Antarctic ice sheet is shrinking and at a rate that has increased dramatically between 1996 and 2006 according to a report published in the latest edition of Nature Geoscience.

• Thursday, January 10th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Venezuela interested in Antarctica and its rich resources

  

  Venezuela prepares to move into Antarctica following the naming of a “Presidential Commission on Antarctica” with the purpose of advising President Hugo Chavez on an official policy on the matter.

• Thursday, January 10th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Antarctic Airbus returns from first flight

  

  Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has arrived in Antarctica on the historic first passenger flight linking the white continent with Australia.

• Sunday, January 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Antarctic marathoners return triumphant from Antarctic feat

  

  Two Americans from Kansas City fulfilled their goal of running a marathon in one of the coldest places in the world, Antarctica. The feat was completed last December leaving for Antarctica from Punta Arenas and returning back home on Christmas Day, reports the Kansas press.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile's Defence minister and top brass visit Antarctica

  

  Chile's Minister of Defence Jose Goñi together with the commanders of the three services and Carabineros called in Punta Arenas before flying to Antarctica on Thursday.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  UK clears positions in Antarctic & Falklands' sea shelf claims

  Britain has yet to decide whether it will claim Antarctic territory sea bed but the UK remains and will remain fully committed to environmental protection of Antarctica, following on the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty one of the great successes of international relations in the last fifty years, said British Ambassador in Argentina John Hughes.

• Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ireland pushing for EU ban on Brazilian beef imports

  Ireland wants an immediate ban on Brazilian beef imports into the European Union due to concerns that the country's produce does not meet the standards of the bloc, Irish farm minister Mary Coughlan said on Wednesday.

• Friday, December 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Antarctica Ice Marathon & 100K ready to take off

  

  Twenty athletes from all over the world are waiting in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, to fly to Antarctica for this year's edition of the “Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k”, a charity competition.

• Friday, December 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Passenger jet link to Australian Antarctic Territory ice runway

  

  A passenger jet has made a historic landing on a new blue ice runway in Australia's Antarctic territory and regular flights are expected to start within a week, officials said Wednesday.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Global warming threatens Antarctic penguin population

  

  The penguin population of Antarctica is under pressure from global warming, according to a WWF report released this week.