UK research ship Sir David Attenborough sails on 30-day Southern Ocean expedition

A team of scientists are embarking on an ambitious 30-day scientific expedition on board the UK Antarctic research ship Sir David Attenborough to investigate how carbon dioxide moves and transforms in the Southern Ocean. The ship will head to the Weddell Sea from Punta Arenas in Chile to begin the...

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UUVs to aid in search for famed explorer’s lost ship off Antarctica

An expedition team will utilise unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to search for the wreck of Endurance, one of the sailing ships of famed early 20th century Anglo-Irish ..

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World’s largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica

Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world’s largest fish breeding area known to date, German marine ..

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RV Polarstern Successfully Circumnavigated Antarctica’s Mega-Iceberg

The German Research Vessel Polarstern has made a remarkable circumnavigation of Antarctica’s latest mega-iceberg, reports BBC.

The achieved feat

The ship sailed a complete circuit of the 1,290-sq-km (500 sq miles) frozen block, known as A74, at the weekend. To do so, RV Polarstern had to navigate the very narrow channel that separates A74 from the Brunt Ice Shelf – the frozen floating platform from which the berg broke two weeks ago.

The EU’s Sentinel-2 satellite managed to image the ship in the...

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