PBS7 年
Ice and Isolation: The Discovery and Exploration of South Georgia
South Georgia Island is isolated from the civilized world ... He and his crew reported seeing ice-covered mountains. Some historians, particularly those supporting Argentina's claim to ownership ...
MercoPress2 年
The drifting giant A68 iceberg released billions of tons of fresh water in South Georgia ...
In July 2017, A68a calved off the Larsen-C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic ... as it drifted worryingly close to South Georgia, raising concerns it could harm the island’s fragile ecosystem.
National Geographic news3 年
Resurrection Island
This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. South Georgia rises sheer and stark from the sea, a hundred-mile arc of dark Antarctic peaks, ice fields, and hanging ...
BBC1 年
A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia
Pointing the way: Viewed from space, A68a has the look of a hand with an outstretched index finger The world's biggest iceberg, known as A68a, is bearing down on the British Overseas Territory of ...
MercoPress11 年
HMS Argyll sailors recreate Shackleton’s trek across South Georgia Island
Sailors from HMS Argyll followed in the footsteps of Britain’s greatest polar explorer when they recreated Sir Ernest Shackleton’s legendary trek across the snow and ice of South Georgia ...
BBC6 年
Rats driven from South Georgia's wildlife paradise
The biggest rat eradication programme ever undertaken appears to have rid South Georgia island in the South Atlantic ... With rodents unwilling to cross ice fields, the project team knew it ...