Wilkins Ice Shelf

Continuing his journey along the Antarctic Peninsula, Jon Bowermaster sent another dispatch yesterday, detailing his arrival at Neko Harbour, a place that he calls "one of the most beautiful along the Peninsula", although he quickly admits that he says that about a lot of places along the peninsula. This beautifully written blog update gives us an excellent idea of what it is like on the frozen continent. Jon talks about how it is both very...  

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- 12/17/09 -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) (TSX: ABX) is deeply saddened at the passing of the company's Executive Vice-Chairman, Greg Wilkins. Mr. Wilkins, 53, died yesterday, Wednesday, December 16th, 2009, aft..  

80, passed away Dec. 9, 2009. Survived by his beloved wife of 59 years, Mary A. Wilkins; children, Tony (Jackie) of Dallas, Texas, Judy of Adrian, Mo. and Lisa (Larry) of Kansas City, Kan.; siblings, Victor of Overland Park, Kan., William, and Betty Wilkins, both of St. Joseph, Mo.; and grandchildren, Carys and Luca Bella. Charles was born to Jeremy and Beatrice Wilkins on May 28, 1929, in St. Joseph, Mo. He served in the U.S. Air Force during...  

Sea levels are likely to rise by about 1.4m (4ft 6in) globally by 2100 as polar ice melts, according to a major review of climate change in Antarctica. Conducted by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), it says that warming seas are accelerating melting in the west of the continent. Ozone loss has cooled the region, it says, shielding it from global warming. Rising temperatures in the Antarctic Peninsula are making life...  

MORE than 100 penguin-loving tourists including dozens from Britain are trapped by ice off Antarctica aboard a Russian ice-breaker cruise ship... The Kapitan Khlebnikov is in a bay near Snow Hill island, located off the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula, and cannot leave as the bay is sealed off with ice... Everything is calm aboard the ice-breaker, nothing is threatening the passengers and crew... There were 105 passengers aboard...