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has re-produced a high-resolution updated map of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. The island, situated at 37°W 54°10’S is a haven for wildlife, a centre for wildlife and fisheries ...
London-born merchant Antoine de la Roche may have been the first person to sight South Georgia Island or any of its Sub-Antarctic counterparts. In April 1675, as he was sailing from Lima to ...
The world's largest iceberg appears to have run aground off the coast of a remote British island home to millions of penguins and seals — potentially threatening local wildlife, but also providing an ...
The world's largest iceberg has run aground and may soon start breaking up, scientists at the British Antarctic Survey said. A23a, as the iceberg is known, appears to have come to a standstill ...
was confirmed on Thursday 11 January for the first time in mammals in sub-Antarctica. The disease was detected in elephant and fur seals on the island of South Georgia by experts from the UK’s ...
NOAA’s GOES East satellite captured imagery of the iceberg slowly drifting northeastward away from Antarctica and toward South Georgia Island, but in February, it ran aground southwest of the ...