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The Antarctica Blog

http://www.antarcticablog.blogspot.com

The Antarctica Blog is published by the staff of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, the only NGO solely devoted to Antarctic issues. Blog topics cover a wide variety of Antarctic issues, from Antarctic research to whaling to tourism, from a strong conservationist viewpoint.

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  • Congratulations to Dr. Steven Chown...

    Posted on Friday December 11th, 2009 at 09:29 in climate change, invasive species

    We would like to congratulate Prof Steven Chown from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, the recipient of the Martha T. Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica, for his outstanding work on the study of invasive alien species and the effe...

  • Antarctic Treaty Summit - 2009!

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 09:15

    I would be remiss not to discuss this year's annual Antarctic Treaty Summit in Washington DC. This is an especially important year for the treaty as it is its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the twelve original signatories will convene at t...

  • South Orkneys Become the Newest Marine Protected Area

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 14:04 in krill, ccamlr, south orkney islands

    News broke yesterday that the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) declared its first Marine Protected Area below the Southe Orkney Islands in the Southern Ocean. With the CCAMLR meeting still fresh on the mi...

  • Save the Krill, Save the Penguins

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 16:50 in penguin, krill, ccamlr

    For the past two weeks, ASOC campaigners have been working hard at the annual meeting of the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living resources (CCAMLR). CCAMLR is the body that manages fisheries in the Southern Ocean, and its manag...

  • NASA tracks polar ice by plan

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 15:19 in antarctic research

    Sometimes it seems that most people only care about the melting ice at the North Pole because, of course, there's the prospect of oil. But NASA hasn't forgotten about the South Pole, and despite losing a critical satellite, has started the Ice Bridg...

  • South Park on Japanese whaling

    Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 10:49 in whaling

    South Park is planning to do an episode tonight dealing with the issue of Japanese whaling/dolphin slaughter. Wonder how this'll turn out? The show is famous for making excellent, if not PG-rated, satire....

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

warlord0

5 stars Roxy the Rottie

Excellent blog.

Can I ask you all to support and publicise this petition, please. Sorry for the spam, but it is a related/relevant cause.

Please add your support to our petition to bring an end whaling. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/boycott-japanese-electronics---end-whaling

Posted: August 19th, 2009 | More Reviews From warlord0 | Report This Comment

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