Footloose on South Georgia Island

In March of this year Mark Hannaford was lucky enough to get a fantastic photographic project down to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands with the Scott Polar Research Institute (http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk...

Argentina raps Britain over islands

Claiming a violation of a UN resolution and International Law, Argentina protested the approval of a British self rule constitution for the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.  Argentina and the UK have disputed the sovereignty of the islands for a long time. "The territorial...

Update: Antarctica: Canada Cruise Ship hits ice and sinks

Well it certainly is not like the Titanic, no Celine DIon music playing on deck while the Explorer sank, but it is more likely when the local ecology strikes back at rubbernecking intruders in Antarctic waters,...

Britain to claim a million square km of Antarctica

Britain has just applied to extend its Antarctic territory by a million square miles at the United Nations yesterday (Wednesday). This request is one of the five requests planned by Britain ahead of May...

Falklands or Malvinas?: 25 years of sovereignty struggles for islands

Twenty-five years ago, British PM Margaret Thatcher sent her country's navy to one of its colonies, the Falkland Islands, to oppose Argentina's fascist dictator Leopoldo Galtieri, who was trying to seize the...

Icebergs near NZ after drifting from Atlantic (Reuters)

" 1 hour, 12 minutes ago WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Scores of icebergs have floated to within about 300 km (186 miles) of New Zealand, with the largest measuring about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) in length and standing some 120 meters (360 feet) above water. National Institute of Water...

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