An elongated ozone hole over Antarctica has allowed harmful ultraviolet radiation to reach the city of Punta Arenas, Chile.

Historically field-work and exploration at the poles has meant months and years spent in travel on ship, sled, and foot ... That's all changed with the advent of airborne geophysics.

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STATUS REPORT Date Released: Monday, October 26, 2009 Source: The Antarctic Sun - Comments Sea ice as seen from the NASA DC-8. Photo Credit: NASA Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor: The first flight of Operation Ice Bridge's Antarctic campaign flew Oct.

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Research vessel Polarstern will start its journey October 16th from Bremerhaven to its 26th expedition into Antarctica.

Hoping to better understand how a melting Antarctica could swamp the planet, a NASA plane outfitted with lasers and ground-penetrating radar made its first flight over the icy continent on Friday.

The Real Deal: Round-trip airfare on LAN Airlines, arriving in Santiago and departing from Buenos Aires, plus regional flights; one night at Hotel Cabo de Hornos in Punta Arenas; three nights each at Hotel CostAustralis in Puerto Natales, Hotel Kosten Aike in El Calafate, and the Dazzler Tower in Buenos Aires; nine breakfasts, three lunches, and ...

Upclose encounters with penguins and a sail along the Seno Ultima Esperanza in Patagonia, plus a few nights in Buenos Aires.

NASA begins a series of flights Oct. 15 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets.

NASA plans to launch next week the first of 17 planned flights to study changes in Antarctic ice and collect data that may help scientists better predict the consequences of those changes, officials said Thursday.

Starting this month, a giant NASA DC-8 aircraft loaded with geophysical instruments and scientists will buzz at low level over the coasts of West Antarctica, where ice sheets are collapsing at a pace far beyond what scientists expected a few years ago.

The U.S. space agency says it is ready to start a study of the Earth's southern ice-covered regions to identify changes in sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers.

Chile has redoubled efforts to boost gas supplies in its southern Magallanes province as a key part of the government program to boost economic development in the region.

THE voyage through the breathtaking wilderness of Cape Horn is billed as a journey to "the uttermost part of the world". And in the cold Chilean town of Punta Arenas, with its skeletal trees and dogs asleep by the side of the road, it really feels as though you are about to set sail off the edge of the planet.

In an industry first, Crystal Cruises is offering just six intrepid holiday travelers a new two-day excursion to the windiest, coldest and least populated continent on the planet.

Br.Ant.Territory : Hectic Schedule for BAS Rep Submitted by 09.08.2009 John Pye, the Head of Administration and Logistics at British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge has left the Falklands for Punta Arenas after a hectic day of meetings with the private and public sector about keeping BAS in the Falklands.

Br.Ant.Territory : Hectic Schedule for BAS Rep Submitted by 09.08.2009 John Pye, the Head of Administration and Logistics at British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge has left the Falklands for Punta Arenas after a hectic day of meetings with the private and public sector about keeping BAS in the Falklands.

A TEAM of divers has recovered nearly $US20 million worth of gold from the icy waters off Argentina's southeastern coast, a source close to the recovery operation said today.

PART of a 9.4-tonne shipment of gold and silver aboard the Polar Mist ship that disappeared off Argentina's coast in January has been recovered.