Punta Arenas is at the intersection of changing shipping routes, new industries like green hydrogen, and the race for Antarctica. The U.S. and China have noticed.
People who had lately gone through the trials of Moving Day could sympathize last week with Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's difficulties in getting a…
In December 2023, the United States unilaterally announced a claim to a huge chunk of seabed well outside its internationally-recognized boundaries off the northern coast of Alaska. Does the US have the resources to enforce its claim? And how do its capabilities stack up against those of other major maritime powers? Sputnik explores.
The U.S. Antarctic Research Vessel (ARV) is one among many ongoing efforts to upgrade NSF’s aging Antarctic infrastructure, including a $540 million modernization project for Antarctica’s largest research base, McMurdo Station.