Antarctic Watch Headlines 01/16/2020

This Indianapolis woman is first Hoosier in all-female, 3-week Antarctic expedition
Indianapolis Star, 2020-01-16
Don’t have an account? Get the news Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Terri Jump of Indianapolis joined 99 other women on this all-female, three-week Antarctic expedition — and she was the first Hoosier to do so. A link has been sent to your friend’s email address. When she remembers Antarctica, she remembers …

Brazilian Antarctica base reopened from its ashes after eight years
Uruguay News, 2020-01-16
Mourão stressed the importance of Brazil’s presence alongside 28 countries in Antarctica. Brazil Wednesday reopened its scientific Comandante Ferraz base in Antarctica, which had been destroyed in a fire in 2012. In the incident two soldiers died and more than two thirds of the facilities were destroyed. Vice President Hamilton Mourão …

Brazil re-inaugurates Antarctica research base
Xinhua, 2020-01-16
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Brazil re-inaugurated on Wednesday evening its Antarctic research base, the Commander Ferraz Antarctic Station, which was almost completely destroyed in a fire eight years ago. “The new installations show the advance of …

Can Redmi Note 8 survive the harsh sub-zero temperatures in Antarctica? We’ll find out soon!
Gizmochina, 2020-01-16
This holds true for Redmi as well since its Vice President and General Manager, Lu Weibing, plans to challenge the Redmi Note 8 in the harsh environment in Antarctica. According to the senior official, the Redmi Note 8 will face the sub-zero temperatures in the most barren continent in the world on 17th January 2020. The announcement of the …

Malaria-free Africa campaign in Antarctica to Draw Global Attention- PNNF
LEADERSHIP Newspaper, 2020-01-16
Prince Ned Nwoko Foundation (PNNF), an NGO on malaria control, says its decision to embark on ‘Malaria-free Africa Project’ in the Antarctica, the is to draw global attention to the …