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Royal Navy’s icebreaker ship provides support to Ukrainian Antarctic scientists

HMS Protector handed over welcome supplies of fresh food to 21 scientists from Ukraine.

The Independent UK

VIDEO: US Coast Guard Cutter Sets New Record For Southernmost Voyage In Antarctica

The Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, breaks its old record by reaching the Bay of Whales on Feb. 17.

Zenger

Seals Help Japanese Researchers Collect Data under Antarctic Ice

A seal wearing a helmet with an antenna might look unusual, but eight Weddell seals, each with a 580g monitoring device on their heads, have been helping Japanese researchers survey the waters under the thick ice sheet in Antarctica. Tapped for a research project between March and November 2017 -…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Dead dogs, leaking oil drums, batteries: Antarctica's abandoned waste gets funding boost to kickstart the clean up

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field.

The Conversation

In Antarctica, does a burgeoning krill fishery threaten wildlife?

A humpback whale, likely lured by a trawling net capturing masses of Antarctic krill, became entangled last month and died in the Southern Ocean. Three dead juveniles were caught in the same company's krill nets last year.

Reuters

Cold war on ice? Politics and science collide once more in Australia’s approach to Antarctica

Strategic and scientific motivations are not always neatly separable, but it’s clear Australia’s renewed interest in Antarctica is spurred in part by China

The Guardian - AU

A krill aquarium, climate research, and geopolitics: how Australia's $800 million Antarctic funding will be spent

The federal government’s major package of new funding for Australia’s Antarctic program, announced on Tuesday, promises an additional A$804.4 million over the next decade.

The Conversation

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The dangerous way tourism is polluting Antarctica and accelerating melting

In a recent study, researchers found that tourists and scientists are polluting Antarctica and its changing the continent's climate for the worse.

Inverse

Antarctic sea ice falls to lowest level since measurements began in 1979

Scientists say record drop can’t yet be linked to global heating but urgent research needed to work out cause

The Guardian - AU

Each Antarctic tourist effectively melts 83 tonnes of snow – new research

Every summer, as the sea ice surrounding Antarctica retreats, tens of thousands of tourists and scientists flock to the landmass by boat and plane. The remote continent is becoming increasingly accessible – during the 2019-20 season, the number of sightseeing visitors reached 74,000, with the vast majority travelling by ship.…

The Conversation

Black carbon pollution from tourism and research increasing Antarctic snowmelt, study says

Black carbon pollution, which is generated by burning fossil fuels, causes snow to darken, absorb more solar energy and melt faster

The Guardian - AU

Australia pledges $578 million for surveillance, research in Antarctica

Australia will spend just over A$804 million ($578 million) to buy drones and helicopters and set up mobile stations in Antarctica to strengthen Australia's national interests, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Union calls on PM to apologise for strike comments; 34 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened

NSW government drops case against rail workers’ union; Australia closes embassy in Lviv, Ukraine. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Australia to invest $800 million shoring up Antarctic claim amid strategic competition

Australia will soon fly a fleet of surveillance drones over the interior of Antarctica and establish temporary stations to boost its influence amid renewed competition in territory it maintains an historical claim to.

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The Guardian - AU

Coalition pledges $804m to ensure Antarctica is ‘free from conflict’

Drones, autonomous vehicles and helicopters will aid research and exploration in the increasingly contested region

The Conversation

Scott Morrison commits $804 million over a decade for the Antarctic

Scott Morrison on Tuesday will announce $804.4 million over a decade to strengthen Australia’s strategic and scientific capabilities in the Antarctic.

Belfast Live

Inspirational Polar Preet tells Co Derry students 'follow your dreams' after epic Antarctic journey

"Push boundaries and believe in yourself.”

AAP

Ice core data research flips drought risk

Scientific analysis of climate data gleaned from Antarctic ice has overturned expectations for Australia's long-term drought risk.

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Flourishing plants show warming Antarctica undergoing ‘major change’

Dramatic spread of native plants over past decade is evidence of accelerating shifts in fragile polar ecosystem, study finds

Radio France Internationale

30 countries commit to do more to protect the ocean at One Ocean Summit in Brest

Some 30 heads of state from around the globe participated in the One Ocean summit in Brest, France on Friday, committing to do more to protect the world’s oceans from harm. Hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, ideas were presented for an international treaty to combat plastic pollution, protect the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron Announces Plans to Protect Antarctic at ‘One Ocean’ Summit

French President Emmanuel Macron's department on Friday announced new plans by the United States and France to protect the environment, including an expansion of the protection of the French Antarctic territories, as France hosted the "One Ocean" summit. Political leaders around the world are keen to burnish their environmental credentials,…

Reuters

Macron announces plans to protect Antarctic at 'One Ocean' summit

The Conversation

Exploring Antarctica's hidden under-ice rivers and their role in future sea-level rise

Underneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheets there’s a network of rivers and lakes. This is possible because of the insulating blanket of ice above, the flow of heat from within the Earth, and the small amount of heat generated as the ice deforms.

The Guardian - UK

How Ernest Shackleton’s icy adventure was frozen in time

An exhibition of vivid photographs and a restored documentary give fresh insight into the Antarctic explorer, who died a century ago

Irish Mirror

Locating Ernest Shackleton's lost ship during expedition would be 'groundbreaking' says historian

An imminent expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during the Kildare man’s quest to Antarctica in 1915

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