Antarctica

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

  Milei's recent presence in Ushuaia triggers sovereignty concerns in Chile

  

  Mayor Claudio Radonich of the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas insisted this week that his country had “deantarticulated” over the past 30 years and urged the political leadership to be much more “intense” in matters concerning Antarctica given Argentine President Javier Milei's recent actions regarding the area when a United States base in Ushuaia was announced during US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson's visit.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2024 - 11:09 UTC

  South Georgia: Invitation to submit proposals to act as Mint for Commemorative Coins

  

  The Commissioner of the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has invited proposals to act as the Government’s Mint for the production of commemorative coins.

• Monday, March 25th 2024 - 20:51 UTC

  New Director of Operations for South Georgia

  

  New Director of Operations for the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, SGSSI. Mairi MacLeod is a veteran of British Antarctic Survey and has done volunteer work with the South Georgia Heritage Trust.

• Monday, March 25th 2024 - 20:49 UTC

  Expedition to study Antarctic krill and if fishery management is sufficient to safeguard stocks

  

  An expedition to study Antarctic krill and the baleen whales that feed upon them is underway in the Antarctic Peninsula. The project is funded by the UK Government through Darwin Plus.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 06:52 UTC

  Avian Flu in South Georgia Gentoo and King penguin colonies

  

  The government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands has reported that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has now been confirmed from 23 sites across South Georgia, including a colony of Gentoo and a colony of King penguins.

• Monday, March 4th 2024 - 21:18 UTC

  BAS implementing Antarctic infrastructure modernization program for polar scientists

  

  The British Antarctic Survey has been modernizing Antarctic infrastructure for future generations of polar scientists. Construction in the Antarctic is challenging and the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Program (AIMP) has made great progress at Rothera Research Station. The program will transform how the British Antarctic Survey enables and supports polar science.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 20:27 UTC

  Scientific teams conclude summer studies at Antarctica’s giant Thwaites Glacier

  

  Teams of scientists and support staff with the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, (ITGC) have spent the past couple of months working on the Thwaites Glacier to advance our knowledge of how it interacts with the ocean and climate, and improve the predictions of its future contributions to sea level rise.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 14:20 UTC

  South Georgia expands by 36%, –166.000km2– area closed to fishing activities in its Southern Ocean MPA

  

  The Commissioner for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) has announced plans to extend the spatial extent of No Take Zones in the SGSSI Marine Protected Area (MPA), increasing their area from 283,000km2 to 449,000km2.

• Monday, February 26th 2024 - 11:21 UTC

  HMS Protector solidarity visit to Ukraine's Vernadsky Antarctic base

  

  On the two year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector visited the Vernadsky Base to express support and discuss how Ukraine and the UK are supporting peaceful scientific cooperation in Antarctica.

• Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 11:21 UTC

  UK Ambassador visits Uruguayan Antarctic Base, praises program's efforts

  

  The Uruguayan Antarctic Institute welcomed United Kingdom Ambassador to Uruguay, Faye O'Connor, to the Artigas Antarctic Scientific Base between February 14th and 19th.