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USHUAIA, Argentina — LDS Church auxiliary leaders made a historic trip early this month to visit church members in Ushuaia, Argentina — the southernmost city in the world. Sister Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president,...
Icebreaker Successfully Navigates Antarctic Pack Ice and Enters Open Water WATERBURY, VERMONT--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2009) - Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this Press Release. Quark Expeditions reports the...
To discover a part of the planet reduced to its raw elements. The passengers currently aboard the Russian icebreaker, Kapitan Khlebnikov, chartered by Exodus (0845 330 6013; exodus.co.uk) for a specialist photographic journey...
The Captain Khlebnikov has been operating polar trips for 10 years A Russian cruise ship stuck in ice off Antarctica with more than 100 mainly UK tourists on board has started to move. The icebreaker Captain Khlebnikov became...
CALGARY, ALBERTA - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE U.S. Antrim Energy Inc. ("Antrim" or "the Company")(TSX:AEN) (AIM:AEY), an international oil and gas exploration and production company,...
There is a fundamental difference between deserts and desertification. While deserts are a natural formations, desertification is a process of degradation of lands when affected by climate change, human activities, and natural...
Even in one of the most inhospitable places on earth where temperatures hover around freezing, the consequences of global warming are being felt. The ancient glaciers of the Tierra del Fuego in Argentina, on the southernmost...
Several years ago, I visited Tierra Del Fuego, an incredibly beautiful island off the tip of Argentina, and home to the southernmost village in the world. This land of jagged snowy peaks is also the home to an enormous colony...
James R. Wachob of Chevy Chase is the latest contributor to Your Vacation in Lights, in which we invite Travel section readers to dish about their recent trips. He shares the details of his cruise from Argentina to Antarctica...
The 2009-2010 Antarctic season was opened in Christchurch today. Christchurch is one of five gateway cities to Antarctica on the Southern Rim. The others are Ushuaia, Argentina; Punta Arenas, Chile; Hobart, Australia and Cape...
