Silver Explorer will sail to Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula and
South Shetland Islands on a voyage to unlock this pristine white wonder's treasures, from ancient glaciers and towering mountains to breathtaking colonies of penguins, seals and pods of whales.
In October, Sergei Savitsky, a 54-year-old electrical engineer, stabbed Oleg Beloguzov, a 52-year-old welder, in the chest--several times--at a remote Russian research station in the
South Shetland Islands. Though it seems there may have been several factors contributing to the assault--including alcohol and possibly a suggestion that Savitsky dance on a table--Beloguzov's habit of telling Savitsky how books ended reportedly played a key role.
Blyth - celebrations will be centred around the life of Captain William Smith who, 200 years ago, discovered the archipelago in Antarctica which became the
South Shetland Islands.
The
South Shetland Islands were a major sealing ground that was very largely discovered, explored and charted by sealers.
Capt Smith discovered the
South Shetland Islands, an archipelago of Antarctica, six years later after guiding the two-masted vessel on a treacherous journey to the southern tip of the world.
Forgotten Footprints John Harrison (Parthian Books, PS11.99) Winner of Creative Non-Fiction Wales Book of the Year 2013, this tells the story of the Antarctic Peninsula,
South Shetland Islands and the Weddell Sea: the most visited places in Antarctica.
Buenos-Aires, Ramadan 8, 1434, Jul 17, 2013, SPA -- An earthquake measured 5.7 points occurred off the
South Shetland Islands at 16:42 local time (00:16 Moscow time), the European Mediterranean seismological centre reported.
By the time they had crossed the
South Shetland islands ( 120kms from the Antarctic peninsula), it was time for the young Antarctic explorers to espy an ice berg.
A YOUNG Bahraini woman on an expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula has made her way through the famous Drake Passage, the body of water separating South America and the
South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
We sailed through the
South Shetland Islands, named in 1819 for their similarity in latitude to the Scottish islands.