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The Latest Breaking News from South Georgia

The last continent: how deadly bird flu travelled the world before landing on a remote Australian beach

The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent on the planet. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species?

The Guardian - AU

Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic

Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Jenny Cox obituary

Stephen Cox writes: I discovered that my mother was not allowed to do her botany research on South Georgia because of a letter from Vivian Fuchs

The Guardian - UK

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Is this cruise through Antarctica, Falklands, and South Georgia the most iconic trip a Briton can take?

Mark Stratton takes in icebergs, orcas and union jacks on this thrilling cruise

Evening Standard

World's largest iceberg, A23a, is disintegrating into thousands of pieces alongside penguin refuge — Earth from space

A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice chunks around the Antarctic island of South Georgia.

LiveScience

See the world's largest iceberg stranded in the South Atlantic (satellite photo)

A new image from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite shows the huge Antarctic iceberg A-23A stuck 45 miles (73 kilometers) off the coast of South Georgia Island.

Space

'Queen of icebergs' A23a grounds off South Atlantic wildlife haven

The world's largest iceberg has run aground just off the coast of South Georgia. But what does this mean for the wildlife there?

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'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk

Iceberg A23a is fast approaching the remote British island of South Georgia and the Sandwich islands

LiveScience

A23a: World's largest iceberg on collision course with remote British island threatening penguins and seals

Iceberg double the size of Greater London is heading towards South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory

Evening Standard

My epic Antarctica voyage ended in angry protests – but I loved every minute of this beautiful adventure

With sea storms and an unfixable ship, things did not go according to plan on SH Diana’s trip to the world’s southernmost continent, but Mark Stratton recounts how the cruise still ended up being a magnificent odyssey

The Independent UK

Forgotten epidemic: with over 280 million birds dead how is the avian flu outbreak evolving?

New data reveals the virus has spread to endangered species in Antarctica – yet the H5N1’s risk to biodiversity, farming and human health is little explored

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh's abandoned whale hunting station that lies deserted and access prohibited

Nowadays whaling is looked at with contempt, though at the time was considered a valuable source of food oils and industry materials.

Edinburgh Live

Scot set for gruelling rowing challenge months after heart operation

A SCOTTISH adventurer is set to undertake the world’s most difficult and dangerous row, just five months after life-saving heart surgery.

The National (Scotland)

Lost and found: the extraordinary story of Shackleton’s Endurance epic

Vessel located more than a century after it sank on voyage of exploration in the Antarctic

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What happened to Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship the Endurance?

Polar explorer left stranded with 27 crew in wastes of Antarctica in 1915 after vessel trapped in pack ice

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