Posts Tagged ‘Ross Sea’
Journey to the Ross Sea #2
I remember staring up at the huge map of the world in my geography classes at school and seeing Antarctica represented as a featureless white strip of land running along the bottom of the world. It was only much later did I appreciate how immense the white continent actually is and recognise it as truly…
Read MoreJourney to the Ross Sea #1
In February 2015, Rob Lott, WDC’s Policy Manager, will be heading to New Zealand to join a ship’s expedition to the Ross Sea in Antarctica. Over the coming weeks he will provide updates through blogs and images of this fragile ecosystem highlighting the region’s landscapes and wildlife while also documenting the environmental threats the Antarctic…
Read MoreDecision time for Ross Sea protected area
Decision time for world’s largest marine reserve proposals Antarctica’s Southern Ocean “Opportunity for global leadership and lasting legacy” BREMERHAVEN, Germany, July 11, 2013 – As representatives of the 25 Members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) started their meeting in Bremerhaven, Germany today the Antarctic Ocean Alliance called it a…
Read MoreLast Ocean film to show in London
New Zealand filmmaker Peter Young’s feature documentary, The Last Ocean will be showing in London on Thursday 4th July. The film, which is supported by WDC, looks at the threats facing what is the last intact ocean ecosystem on Earth – the Ross Sea, and exposes the commercial over-fishing of the Antarctic toothfish in the…
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