Brazil to open new Antarctic research base replacing one that burned down
Brazil will open a new research base in Antarctica this week, officials said Tuesday, eight years after a fire destroyed its original scientific outpost. The government invested nearly $100 million in the reconstruction of the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, a 48,500-sq.-foot complex on King George ...
Japanese icebreaker Shirase reaches Showa Station in Antarctica for climate study
The Shirase, a Japanese icebreaker, has reached Showa Station, the nation's Antarctic research facility. Around 2:50 p.m. Sunday, the ship carrying members of Japan's 61st research expedition team and goods to be used in their activities arrived at a point where the team could pipe ...
Rowers become first to cross infamous Drake Passage unassisted
As freezing water thrashed their rowboat in some of the most treacherous waters in the world, six men fought for 13 days to make history, becoming the first people to traverse the infamous Drake Passage with nothing other than sheer manpower. They dodged icebergs, held ...
Chile confirmed Thursday that human remains and debris found by search ships are from a military plane reported missing with 38 people aboard, and the chances of finding survivors is "practically impossible." "The condition of the plane wreckage that was found makes it practically impossible ...
A Chilean military plane with 38 people aboard "lost radio communication" Monday after taking off from the south of the country for a base in Antarctica, Chile's Air Force said. It said 17 of those aboard were crew and the other 21 were passengers. A "dismayed" ...
Invasive species set to exploit climate change in Antarctica
In the tiny part of Antarctica where the snow melts in springtime, mosses, lichens and grasses grow alongside flies, mites and colonies of micro-organisms that have fed and reproduced for millions of years. The rich biodiversity is preserved by an ancient equilibrium of extreme cold ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern apologized on Thursday for the then-government's handling of a plane crash in Antarctica 40 years ago that took the lives of 257 people in the country's worst peacetime disaster. On Nov. 28, 1979, Air New Zealand Flight 901 was ...
Talks on Antarctic marine sanctuary fail for eighth straight year
A multinational effort to create giant marine sanctuaries around Antarctica to counter climate change and protect fragile ocean ecosystems has failed for an eighth straight year, officials said Saturday. Opposition from China and Russia torpedoed the proposal at the annual meeting of the Commission for ...
Japanese idol Tomohisa Yamashita stars in bloody Antarctic chiller 'The Head'
Japanese idol Tomohisa Yamashita is to star in a chilling new thriller set in the Antarctic called "The Head. A clip from the series — co-created by Ran Tellem of "Homeland" fame — was shown Tuesday at MIPCOM, the world's biggest entertainment market in Cannes. The ...
Scientists' 'terrible' idea calls for snow cannons to pump ice in bid to save Antarctic ice shelf
Scientists seeking to avoid catastrophic sea-level rises from the melting West Antarctic ice sheet have come up with a "terrible" solution: use snow cannons to pump trillions of tons of ice back on top. The gargantuan ice sheet contains enough frozen water to raise global ...
Mexican zoo debuts Adelie penguin chicks hatched after re-creating Antarctic habitat
After painstakingly recreating an Antarctic environment in the balmy climate of central Mexico, the Guadalajara Zoo has welcomed two baby Adelie penguins into the world. The pair, born in late December, made their public debut this week as their parents, Blanquita and Pippin, began allowing ...
Billions of tons of meltwater flowing into the oceans from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could boost extreme weather and destabilize regional climate within a matter of decades, researchers said Wednesday. These melting giants — especially the one atop Greenland — are poised to ...
