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Antarctica About to Calve Massive Iceberg – Photos and Video

By On February 2, 2012

In recognition of the start of the 2012 Ice Season, which typically runs from February through July, we bring you this photo showing a massive crack across the Pine Island [...]

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UPDATE 2: US Air Force to the Rescue! C-130 Departs McMurdo With Injured Korean Sailors

By On January 11, 2012

Update 2: 13 Jan 2012 A United States Airforce (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft departed McMurdo station at 12.35pm today (NZDT) with the 7 injured crew on board. Three of the [...]

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Help Arrives for Stricken Fishing Vessel Stuck in Antarctic Ice

By On December 26, 2011

An ice-strengthened research vessel has reached the stricken fishing vessel Sparta and her 32 crew after 10 days stuck in Antarctic ice, according to Maritime New Zealand.  The vessel has [...]

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The Real Deal… Mike Horn Takes Young Explorers to the Far Corners of the Planet

By On October 31, 2011

I was walking along the seawall at the US Naval Academy last night when I saw the slightly lit shape of a huge sailboat moving silently and easily amongst a [...]

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Military Sealift Command completes annual resupply mission to Antarctica

By On February 14, 2011

Military Sealift Command-chartered container ship MV BBC Ems departed McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Feb. 13 after delivering more than 84,000 square feet of vital supplies in support of Operation Deep Freeze. [...]

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Passengers Perspective: A trip to Antarctica

By On January 3, 2011

Sure we’ve all seen and heard of the horror stories involving a boat full of tourists packed onto a ill-equipped vessel travelling to Antarctica.  We’ve also thought to ourselves “how [...]

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Korean Fishing Vessel Sinks in Southern Ocean

By On December 13, 2010

Some more bad news coming from the Southern Ocean over the weekend. At approximately 6.30am yesterday, the Korean fishing vessel No 707 Hongjin sank about 2700km southeast of Bluff, New [...]

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Cruise ship encounters heavy seas in Drake Passage, loses power to one engine

By On December 8, 2010

Check out this video of the Antarctic cruise ship, Clelia II, as it “limps” back to Argentina in heavy seas.  The vessel, with 100 passengers and 60 crew, lost power [...]

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Clipper Adventurer – Video From An Antarctic Adventure

By On November 17, 2009

For those of you who have been following the site, you probably are aware that gCaptain.com has a sister site (actually more of a brother site) called UnofficialSquaw.com that is [...]

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M/V Explorer – Investigation into Sinking of An Eco-Cruise Ship

By On April 14, 2009

An investigation conducted by the Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs into the circumstances of the sinking of M/V Explorer concluded that the decision by the Master to enter the ice [...]

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Ocean Nova Incident Photos – Cruise Ship, Aground in Antarctica

By On February 18, 2009

(Photo: Reuters) The Bahaman-flagged cruise ship, Ocean Nova, ran aground in Antarctica’s Marguerite Bay amid high winds and rough seas Tuesday morning with 64 passengers and 41 crew members aboard.  [...]

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M/V Ushuaia Grounded In Antartica – UPDATE

By On December 6, 2008

Yesterday, we touched briefly upon on the Argentine passenger vessel, Ushuaia, that ran aground Thursday on Antartica’s western peninsula. We are now seeing reports that all 89 passengers and 33 [...]

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