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New map of South Orkney Islands published for the first time in 40 years by BAS
A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, ...
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First New South Orkney Islands Map in 40 Years Released
A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) - the first UK published, ...
Who is the real owner of Antarctica? These 7 countries are fighting for its control because it has…
Despite Antarctica not belonging to any state, as many as seven countries have made historical territorial claims on it.
The Scottish Farmer6d
Scottish funding supports new Orkney abattoir plans
Orkney Island Council said it had spent about £1m on the facility ... They would now be shipped 150 miles south to Dingwall for slaughter. A group of local butchers, known as Orkney Meat Processors ...
Poet Kenneth Steven on Scottish island life
Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Hoy, the only place of cliffs and mountains in the archipelago of the Orkney islands Kenneth describes the beauty of the Orkney islands as seen in their greenness and ...
Live Science27d
'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk
More recently, A23a got stuck again, spinning in one place just north of the South Orkney Islands. But, in December 2024 it finally broke free. Related: Scientists peered into a secret Antarctic ...
Daily Mail27d
World's largest iceberg is on a devastating COLLISION course with a remote British island - threatening thousands of local penguins and seals
The megaberg recently broke free from its position north of the South Orkney Islands, and began drifting in the Southern Ocean. Over the last few weeks, large slabs have started breaking off the ...
London Evening Standard27d
A23a: World's largest iceberg on collision course with remote British island threatening penguins and seals
The iceberg, A23a, broke free from its position north of the South Orkney Islands last month and is now heading towards South Georgia, where it could crash into the island. Researchers tracking ...
Yahoo20d
World's biggest iceberg is on the loose in the Atlantic. Where is it headed?
The iceberg had been stuck in a rotating water column near the South Orkney Islands since last April, said Andrew Meijers from the British Antarctic Survey. "It has now come loose from this ...