Antarctic security a concern for Canada, says top naval commander
The Canadian Navy's top commander, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, spoke to the CBC about the Navy's current mission in ...
UNB scientist checks in from first all-Canadian Antarctic mission
A group of 15 researchers have been gathering data for the last two weeks as part of the first all-Canadian Antarctic mission ...
Avian Flu is Tearing Through the Antarctic Peninsula
"The great advantage of Antarctica is that one never gets ill," said Robert Scott. A lot can change in 100 years, and H5N1 is ...
'I went on a cruise through world's 'most dreaded' ocean and woke up in a different world'
Variously known as Drakes' Shake, "the most dreaded bit of ocean on the Globe" and home to the world's worst storms, the ...
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Tiny Antarctic Krill Benefit the Planet in Big Ways, but Face a Barrage of Threats
A single Antarctic krill is about the size of your pinky finger. But with an estimated population of more than 700 trillion ...
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Polar Star departs Antarctica following Operation Deep Freeze
After more than two months in Antarctic waters, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and its crew departed the ...
Great Explorers: Nordenskjold, Larsen, and the Swedish Antarctic Expedition
In the end, in the dark, it all came down to three things — experience, good judgment in the face of uncertainty, and penguin ...
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Fujian Zhengguan launches new krill supertrawler
Described by Zhengguan as the first krill vessel to be built with Chinese technology, the Fu Yuan Yu 9199 will join a much ...
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World's largest iceberg — on collision course with remote penguin island — runs aground
The iceberg looks like a "towering wall emerging from the ocean, stretching from horizon to horizon," said British Antarctic ...
World's largest iceberg runs aground off remote island
The world's largest iceberg has run aground in shallow waters off the remote British island of South Georgia, home to ...