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7 days ago
My partner and I were booked on a once-in a-lifetime trip to South America and the Antarctic in January this year to celebrate my 60th birthday.
15 days ago
Antarctic researchers are left without crew accommodation and fuel supply after gigantic ice sheet breaks off and floats away ⊖
The German-operated Neumayer Station III was battered by a violent blizzard back in January, resulting in a huge slab of ice and seven shipping containers drifting away into the Weddell Sea.
34 days ago
Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise even FASTER than expected - leaving millions at risk of being plunged underwater, study warns ⊖
Rapidly melting ice shelves in Antarctica could trigger global sea levels to rise even faster than expected, scientists have warned.
51 days ago
A new start after 60: my father died when I was a child – and I followed him to Antarctica ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Amanda Barry’s dad had always wanted to return to the continent, where he worked in 1948, but died before he had the chance. She fulfilled his ambition, and felt closer to him than ever
Amanda Barry w…
62 days ago
Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers
The mass drowning of emperor penguin chicks as sea ice is melted by the climate crisis h…
75 days ago
Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem
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78 days ago
‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers ⊕
The fishery is regulated but experts say it is wrecking the food chain. Gordon Peake joined a Sea Shepherd mission to observe the giant ships compete for catch
It is bitterly cold on the deck of the A…
3 months ago
World’s largest krill harvester at centre of row over ‘blue tick’ sustainability label ⊖
Aker QRILL is facing criticism of its fishery management amid calls by environmentalists for curbs on Antarctic fishing of the keystone species
Environmental groups have objected to the recommendation…
Experience: I’m a professional chef in Antarctica ⊕
You have to be careful managing supplies – there is one delivery a year
The first time anyone goes to the Antarctic is truly special. Just getting there is an adventure: it takes several planes, and a…
4 months ago
What could go wrong? Scientists are about to DRILL into the most fragile part of Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier ⊖⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) will use hot water to bore through the ice and deploy instruments at one of the most critical parts of the glacier.