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Posted: 9 months ago
New wharf in Antarctica ready for RRS Sir David Attenborough
A new £40 million wharf to moor the RRS Sir David Attenborough has been completed at the British Ant...
Posted: 9 months ago
Posted: about 1 year ago
Saildrone USV Wraps Up Antarctica Campaign
A seven-meter-long, wind-powered unmanned surface vehicle (USV) called a Saildrone has become the fi...
Posted: about 1 year ago
Posted: over 2 years ago
Boaty McBoatface Delivers First Under-Ice Dive in Antarctica
The National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Autosub Long Range (ALR...
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 2 years ago
Cargo Ship's Hull Damaged in Antarctica
The 10,500 dwt cargo ship Ivan Papanin damaged its hull in Antarctica, Russian Antarctic Expedition ...
Posted: over 2 years ago
Posted: over 4 years ago
Oceanwide Orders Polar Cruise Ship at Brodosplit
Dutch-based exploratory Polar cruise operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, has ordered a 180-passenger, i...
Posted: over 4 years ago
Posted: over 4 years ago
Blizzard Grounds Aurora Australis in Antarctica
Australian icebreaker the Aurora Australis ran aground at West Arm in Horseshoe Harbour, Antarctica,...
Posted: over 4 years ago
Posted: over 5 years ago
Australia Unveils New Research Icebreaker for Antarctica
The Australian Government has provided the first look at Australia’s new icebreaker that will offer ...
Posted: over 5 years ago
Posted: over 5 years ago
Sea Shepherd Takes Japanese Whalers to Court
A US-based marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has filed claims again...
Posted: over 5 years ago
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Posted: over 5 years ago
New Starfish Species Found in Antarctica
A new family of deep-sea starfish has been discovered living in the warm waters around a hydrotherma...
Posted: over 5 years ago
Posted: over 5 years ago
IMO Lays Out Polar Navigation Training Requirements
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) last week agreed on training requirements for seafarer...
Posted: over 5 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Image of the Day: Cutting through Ice
The image shows US Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star entering an ice field near the Balleny Islands on J...
Posted: over 6 years ago
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Posted: 14 days ago
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Posted: about 1 month ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Scientists Think Deep Water Melts Antarctic Glaciers
The water temperatures on the West Antarctic shelf are rising. The reason for this is predominantly ...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
India to Buy Polar Research Vessel
India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the acquisition of a Polar Research...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
MEPC Approves Draft Polar Code
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) ...
Posted: over 6 years ago
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Integration of renewable energies on a ship – and in other island networks Interview with Jero...
Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Australia Sets Out Antarctica Agenda
The Australian Government has released the 20 Year Australian Antarctic Strategic Plan, which provid...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
AECO, IAATO Set Up New System for Safe Navigation in Polar Waters
The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) and the International Association for A...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Dramatic Decline in Arctic Sea Ice Cover
New maps of the sub-ice features in Antarctica and the Arctic, featured in the new edition of The Ti...
Posted: over 6 years ago
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Posted: 2 months ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Japan Holds Firm on Whaling Programme
Japan is not backing down from its decision to pursue whaling despite the non-binding decision of th...
Posted: over 6 years ago
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Posted: over 6 years ago
Arctic Ice Dwindling, Antarctica Levels Reach 30-Year Highs
The area of sea ice in the Arctic fell to a summer minimum of around 5.0 million square kilometres t...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Melting Glaciers Escalating Antarctica Sea-Level Rise
A new study of satellite data from the last 19 years reveals that fresh water from melting glaciers ...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Ice Crusts Melting Faster Than Ever
Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI),...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Australia Ready to Procure New Icebreaker
In a significant long term commitment to Tasmania and Antarctica, the Australian government has appr...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Collapse of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier Speeding Up, Researchers Say
The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) funded researchers at the University of Washingt...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
‘Polarstern’ Returns after Antarctic Mission
After year and a half in the Antarctic the research vessel Polarstern is expected back in its home p...
Posted: over 6 years ago
Posted: over 6 years ago
Icebreaker ‘Protector’ Reaches Furthest Point South
Supporting the work of British Antarctic Survey scientists, and conducting scientific studies, the P...
Posted: over 6 years ago
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