»Request for tender for Antarctic charter services
8 September 2010 08:05 from Polar Conservation News
From a \"Flightglobal\" article: A request for tender for the provision of charter services between Australia and Antarctica has been released by the Australian Antarctic Division.
»Argentina buys two Russian helicopters
2 September 2010 14:28 from Polar Conservation News
From a \"CRI English\" article: A contract was signed by the Argentine Defense Ministry to purchase two multipurpose Mi-17 Russian helicopters, which will be used for logistic and rescue operations in the Antarctic bases.
»[press release] Marine animals suggest evidence for a trans-Antarctic seaway
31 August 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
A tiny marine filter-feeder, that anchors itself to the sea bed, offers new clues to scientists studying the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet — a region that is thought to be vulnerable to collapse1. Kymella Polaris: a cheilostome bryozoan at 32m depth at Outer Island, Signy Island. This species is bilaminar (it is double sided with zooids on both sides), bright orange in life bu...
»[news] Middle Jurassic rhyolite volcanism of eastern Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula: age correlations and stratigraphic relationships
31 August 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
Recent geology fieldwork (2008/9, 2009/10) and researching a 50 year archive of geological field data going back to geology surveys from 1962 has led to an updated geological map of the East Coast of Graham Land. Accompanying the new map are several publications that detail the revised stratigraphy and chronology of the geology of Graham Land. This paper presents new ages on the volcanic rocks fr...
»[news] South Georgia Town Meeting - 28 September 2010
23 August 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
Aerial view of King Edward Point (KEP), South Georgia A South Georgia Town Meeting takes place at British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge on 28 September 2010. The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) seeks to expand the range of scientific research at King Edward Point and make the facilities available for science projects. The meeting will discuss science curre...
»[news] BAS ranked in top ten British institutions in environment and ecology
10 August 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
British Antarctic Survey ranked 9th in a survey of 303 British institutions which have produced the most influential papers of the last ten years in the category of environmental sciences and ecology, according to a survey published by Times Higher Education in July. The survey calculated the average number of times research papers were cited in articles by other scientists during the period from...
»[news] Ocean circulation in the North Atlantic.
30 July 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
Most scientists think that fluctuations in ocean circulation are linked to changes in climate. Now they’ve found evidence that links those fluctuations to the kind of temperature increases that can end an ice age. A team of researchers, including British Antarctic Survey scientists, has investigated how changes in a key component of global ocean circulation are related to significant change...
»[news] BAS geolocators used to monitor wood thrush migrations
26 July 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
Scientists at York University in Canada have used miniaturised geolocators developed at British Antarctic Survey to track wood thrushes during their autumn migration. The birds travel from Pennsylvania in the US to Nicaragua and Honduras each year, and the geolocators allowed the researchers to see for the first time where the birds have been to within a couple of hundred kilometres. Being slow d...
»[news] Dr. John Turner awarded SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research
23 July 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
During the SCAR Open Science Conference in Buenos Aires from 30th July to 11th August this year, the SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research will be awarded to Dr. John Turner, Climatologist at British Antarctic Survey, for his extensive contributions to Antarctic Science and to SCAR. The medal will be awarded during a banquet by the SCAR President, Professor Mahlon ‘Chuck’ Ke...
»[news] Ice and ocean processes in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica
30 June 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
Observations west of the Antarctic Peninsula show diminishing sea ice and a rapid warming of atmosphere and ocean, changes that have led to the collapse of ice shelves and the thinning of inland ice. In the centre of the nearby Bellingshausen Sea, however, ocean observations are spatially and temporally coarse, hampering progress in understanding the critical processes there. This paper uses ocea...
»Endorsement Of Krill Harvest Upsets Groups
23 June 2010 04:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
A group set up to help protect fishing stocks has given its endorsement to a company working in Antarctic waters.
»[press release] New research sheds light on Antarctica’s melting Pine Island Glacier
20 June 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
New results from an investigation into Antarctica’s potential contribution to sea level rise are reported this week (Sunday 20 June) by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and the National Oceanography Centre in the journal Nature Geoscience. Autosub gallery Autosub - autonomous underwat...
»[press release] Drilling into the unknown – the first exploration of a sub-glacial Antarctic lake is a major step closer
4 June 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
Scientists have located the ideal drill site for the first ever exploration of an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, a development that it likely to facilitate a revolution in climate-change research and which may lead to the discovery of life-forms cut off from the main line of evolution for millions of years. In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters this week, scientists from Northumbria U...
»[news] Aerogravity evidence for major crustal thinning under the Pine Island Glacier region (West Antarctica)
31 May 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
The West Antarctic Rift System provides the underlying geological template over which the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the largest remaining marine ice sheet on Earth, flows. In this paper we used new airborne gravity data over the Pine Island Glacier region to reveal crustal thickness variations, shedding new light on the structure of the West Antarctic Rift System. Of major significance is the iden...
»One Man Won the Battle; the Other Won Hearts
29 May 2010 04:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
A new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History recounts the horrors of the race to the South Pole.
»[news] Dr Eric Wolff elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
24 May 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
British Antarctic Survey is delighted to announce the election of one of its leading climate scientists, Dr Eric Wolff, to the Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS). Selected for his scientific achievements in the advancement of knowledge of the Earth’s past climate, Dr Wolff joins a community of over 1300 of the most eminent and distinguished scientists, engineers and technologists from th...
»Uncertainty Buffets Japan\'s Whaling Fleet
16 May 2010 04:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
Some in Japan criticize Antarctic hunts, which they say invite international criticism that threatens the more limited coastal hunts.
»In Antarctica, Drilling for the Past\'s Particles
11 May 2010 04:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
Scientists want to extract undamaged particles created billions of years ago in the early days of our solar system.
»[press release] 25th Anniversary of the Discovery of Ozone Hole
5 May 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
This week British Antarctic Survey (BAS) commemorates the 25th anniversary of one of its most dramatic scientific discoveries — the ozone hole. In May 1985 reporting in Nature Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin described their observations of large losses of ozone over Antarctica. In this week’s Nature Jonathan Shanklin reflects on how the discovery was made and what l...
»[news] Fausto Ferraccioli Awarded Polar Medal for Dedication to Science
30 April 2010 00:00 from British Antarctic Survey - News and Press Releases
Dr. Fausto Ferraccioli receives Polar Medal from HRH Prince Philip Dr Fausto Ferraccioli, Geophysicist at British Antarctic Survey, has been presented with a Polar Medal by HRH Prince Philip for his continued dedication to science in the Polar Regions. The Duke of Edinburgh awarded the silver medal to the Italian who has clocked up a total of 12 months on the ice during 16 visits to Antarctica ...
»In Antarctic Waters
23 April 2010 04:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
A new maritime fuel requirement will keep large cruise ships out of Antarctic waters, and that will help protect the delicate polar environment.
»WORLD BRIEFING | ASIA; Japan: Coast Guard Arrests Anti-Whaling Activist
13 March 2010 05:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
Japanese Coast Guard arrests Peter Bethune, anti-whaling activist from New Zealand who had boarded whaling ship in Antarctic
»LETTERS; Letters
24 January 2010 05:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
Joan Larsen letter on January 10 article on 31 places to go in 2010 comments on visiting Antarctica
»S Korea\'s first icebreaker embarks on Antarctic voyage
12 January 2010 02:22 from Sci/Tech
S Korea\'s first-ever icebreaking vessel set sale for Antarctic voyage Tuesday to test its icebreaking operations.
»A Treaty on Ice
1 December 2009 05:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
It might be better for the environment to divvy up territories in Antarctica rather than abide by the toothless Antarctic Treaty.
»WORLD BRIEFING | SOUTH PACIFIC; New Zealand: Icebergs Threaten Ships
25 November 2009 05:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
Hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves drifting toward New Zealand; officials say icebergs could pose risk to ships in South Pacific
»WORLD BRIEFING | ANTARCTICA; Spending Extra Time With the Penguins
18 November 2009 05:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
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»WORLD BRIEFING | ANTARCTICA; New Zealand Group Has Plans to Retrieve Explorer\'s Whisky
17 November 2009 05:00 from NYT > Antarctic Regions
Specialists from New Zealand plan to recover two crates of Scotch whiskey left by explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton during South Pole expedition of 1907-9 and trapped in Antarctic ice; crates will undergo conservation work in New Zealand and be returned to Shackleton\'s hut, which is being restored as museum