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Chile requires all captains of ships that go to Antarctica to attend a month-long school in Antarctic navigation. New Zealand sends a government representative on all ships visiting the Ross Dependency to supervise visits to the historic huts and Scott Base and to observe how well the provisions of the treaty and protocol are adhered to. In ...
More than 71,200 people visited Antartica during the 2022-2023 season. Expedition cruises can offer travel experiences unlike any other.
'We absolutely need to act immediately,' says UN chief during visit to Antarctica ahead of COP28 ISABELLA O'MALLEY and ALEXANDRE PLAZA November 24, 2023 at 6:41 PM
Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has a Presidential Mandate to manage the United States Antarctic Program, through which it operates three year-round research stations and two research vessels, coordinates all U.S. science on the southernmost continent, and works with other federal agencies, the U.S. military, and civilian ...
Refuge Conscripto Ortiz) is an Argentine refuge in Antarctica located 230 meters from the Brown Station The refuge was opened on January 29, 1956, and it is administered by the Argentine Navy . His name pays homage to the conscript Mario Inocencio Ortíz who died, on March 15, during the Argentine Antarctic campaign of 1954–1955 in service ...
My husband and I just marked a significant milestone by visiting our seventh continent together: Antarctica. During the past 20 years, our mutual love for exploration has taken us to every corner ...
González Videla Base is an inactive research station on the Antarctic mainland at Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay.It is named after Chilean President Gabriel González Videla, who in the 1940s became the first chief of state of any nation to visit Antarctica.
A map of the Antarctic region, including the Antarctic Convergence and the 60th parallel south The Antarctic Plate. The Antarctic (/ æ n ˈ t ɑːr t ɪ k,-k t ɪ k /, US also / æ n t ˈ ɑːr t ɪ k,-k t ɪ k /; commonly / æ ˈ n ɑːr t ɪ k /) [Note 1] is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole.