Tag: Antarctica

Australia’s chartered Antarctic resupply vessel 'MPV Everest' has diverted its route for the closest Australian port at Fremantle, rather than Hobart, after suffering an engine room fire onboard on Monday. 

On 5 April, the offshore support vessel "MPV EVEREST" suffered an engine room fire. At the time of the incident, Australia’s chartered resupply vessel was deep south in Indian ocean.

About two weeks ago, a massive iceberg calved from the Antarctic Ice Sheet. As the only research vessel nearby, the Polarstern took the opportunity to enter the area between the iceberg and the Brunt Ice Shelf.

The Australian Government reported that the final voyage for Australia's Antarctic icebreaker RSV Aurora Australis began, as the vessel departed from Hobart for sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island.

Fishing vessels in Antarctic waters are failing a majority of their safety inspections, Greenpeace International announced after analyzing PSC inspection records. The 26 reefers recorded transferring catch from fishing boats in the Antarctic in the period 2017-2019 failed 70% of their inspections.

Cameras attached to a rare species of Antarctic whale are giving scientists an unprecedented view of how the whales survive in their sea ice habitat. Scientists attached tags to 30 Antarctic minke whales, to better understand the animals’ sea ice environment.

Scientists in Antarctica have recorded a new record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius (69.35 Fahrenheit). This temperature broke the barrier of 20 degrees for the first time on the continent. However, scientists noted that this reading was a 'one-off' phenomenon, and could not be directly linked to climate change.

An international team including scientists from Georgia Tech captured new images and first-of-its-kind data from deep beneath an Antarctic glacier. This aims to help scientists better understand the impact of one of Antarctica’s fastest changing regions and its impact on future sea level rise.

An intrepid NASA robot with the aim to search for signs of alien life in the solar system has excelled in its first road-test in Antarctica. In fact, it is said that a team of researchers and engineers spent three weeks at Australia’s Casey research station, testing the robot under the Antarctic sea-ice.

Exactly 60 years have passed, since the "Antarctic Treaty" was inked in Washington on 1st of December 1959. Yesterday, was the 60th anniversary for the agreement which made Antarctica a peaceful place for science purposes and international collaborations.