Adventurer attempts Antarctic row following heart surgery
BBC, 2022-12-12
A man is to attempt one of the world’s most dangerous rows in the Antarctic in honour of the “forgotten hero” of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance voyage – just months after open heart surgery. Jamie Douglas-Hamilton will row from Elephant Island to South Georgia.
As TikToks about Antarctic tourism go viral, some worry about the environmental costs
NBC News on MSN.com, 2022-12-10
Videos showing the turbulent journey to Antarctica have taken off on TikTok in recent weeks, with multiple creators sharing footage of their boat rides through
This season’s first penguin chick born near Ukrainian Antarctic Station
YAHOO!News, 2022-12-09
This season’s first subarctic penguin chick has been born near the Vernadsky Research Base, a Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island, its employees wrote on Facebook on Dec. 9,
Adventurer to undertake Antarctic row months after open heart surgery
The Independent on MSN.com, 2022-12-12
Adventurer to undertake Antarctic row months after open heart surgery – The expedition is raising money for the British Heart Foundation.
Kohler Partners With Polar Explorer Robert Swan on Antarctic Expedition
CSR Wire, 2022-12-09
A leader in energy resiliency for more than 100 years, Kohler is equipping Swan’s journey with a customized KOHLER generator that utilizes a KOHLER diesel engine fueled by hydrotreated vegetable oil.
Exploring a warm water inflow below an Antarctic ice shelf
Phys.org, 2022-12-06
The cold, dense water circulating under Antarctica’s Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) keeps under-ice melting there to a minimum, helping the ice shelf act as a regulating force against the Antarctic Ice Sheet’s contribution to global sea level rise.
Passengers on Antarctic cruise ship hit by deadly ‘rogue wave’ speak out
YAHOO!News, 2022-12-07
Tom and Pam Trusdale were enjoying a bucket list trip to Antarctica, until their trip of a lifetime turned into a deadly disaster. “It was going real smoothly, and we were only anticipating nothing but smooth going forward,
Antarctic ice: A better knowledge of the ocean improves the predictability of sea ice variability
Phys.org, 2022-12-05
Antarctic sea ice deeply affects the global climate in several ways. It regulates the exchanges of heat and gases between the ocean surface and the atmosphere, and drives the formation of the Antarctic Bottom Water that travels over global oceans.
The time is right for an Antarctic biorepository network
PNAS, 2022-12-08
We need to establish a biorepository network of Antarctic specimens to not only address the most critical questions in Antarctic science but also to improve human welfare and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Adventurer attempts Antarctic row after heart surgery
BBC, 2022-12-12
A man is to attempt one of the world’s most dangerous rows in the Antarctic in honour of the “forgotten hero” of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance voyage – just months after open heart surgery. Jamie Douglas-Hamilton will row from Elephant Island to South Georgia.