South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Wave Clouds from South Sandwich Islands

Acquired November 23, 2009, this true-color image shows wave clouds formed by air currents passing over the South Sandwich Islands. The islands anchor the V-shaped clouds that spread out toward the east.

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The Burma (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2009: Web Version

This Order applies to each of the British overseas territories listed in Schedule 1. It maintains and augments restrictive measures in respect of Burma and the continuing serious violations of human rights in that country and...

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Michael Foot Publishes Final Report: Review Of British Offshore Financial Centres.

Michael Foot has today published his independent review of British offshore financial centres. Michael Foot was asked by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to conduct a review of the long-term opportunities and challenges facing...

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Africa: South America Joins Africa for Talks on Energy, Mining

A declaration that puts an accent on the positions of the developing South and expresses a renewed commitment to cooperation in the fight against poverty and for development was signed by the leaders who met over the weekend in...

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Earth's Toughest Spots ...

This is a discussion on Earth's Toughest Spots ... within the Globe Trekker forums, part of the Clicked category; Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) ride out high surf on blue-ice icebergs near Candlemas Island in the...

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Britain defends issuing postage stamps from disputed territories

UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Britain stands by its decision to issue postage stamps from the disputed territories of and around the Falkland Islands, or Malvinas as they are known in Argentina, according to a letter to...

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The Final Scramble: The Battle For Antarctica

The Arctic and Antarctica are the last vast untapped reservoirs of mineral resources on the planet. [1] If the expansion of Australia's territory is formalized, this will disrupt the operation of international legal mechanisms,...

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The scramble for the seabed: Suddenly, a wider world below the waterline

Coastal states have now made their bids for vast new areas of continental shelf YOU never know what may come in handy. That is the principle behind the rush for the seabed that reached a climax of sorts this week with the...

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Durham expert comments on UN continental shelf deadline

Martin Pratt, Director of Research at the International Boundaries Research Unit at Durham University has commented on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) deadline. “Today's (May 13)deadline has little...

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Stakes claimed

Britain has asked the United Nations to give it territorial rights to a large area of the South Atlantic Ocean. The submission - before the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea - is for territory around the Falkland Islands,...

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