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15 August 2019
Estonian Antarctic expedition calls into Lerwick
AN ESTONIAN maritime expedition arrived in Lerwick on Wednesday on one of its first ports of call on a trip to celebrate the discovery of Antarctica 200 years ago. The 24-metre-long yacht Admiral Bellingshausen is named after the Baltic German admiral, born in Saaremaa island, in…
Vaata rohkem5 August 2019
Antarctica lost sea ice four times the size of France in three years
A swath of Antarctica‘s sea ice larger than four times the size of France has melted since 2014, AFP reported Tuesday. The rapid decline, revealed in a study of satellite data published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, marks a stunning…
Vaata rohkem29 July 2019
Estonian Antarctic expedition visits Copenhagen
On 30-31 July an Estonian sailboat, ‘Admiral Bellingshausen’, will stay at Amaliehaven, Copenhagen. An art installation will be set up to draw attention to the climate issues at polar areas. The stop at Amaliehaven is one of many of the popular scientific expedition on the way from…
Vaata rohkem25 July 2019
The Explorer of Antarctic Admiral Bellingshausen’s Memorial in Kuressaare
In 2020, Antarctica will have been discovered 200 years ago. Islanders and all the people of Estonia have a reason to be particularly proud of it. Namely, a man born and raised in Saaremaa, Admiral Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen (20.09.1778 – 25.01.1852) led the expedition in…
Vaata rohkem13 July 2019
An Estonian sailboat is sailing to Antarctica to celebrate its discovery
On 11 July, the Estonian sailboat, Admiral Bellingshausen, set sail from Kronstadt, St Petersburg, Russia, to Antarctica to celebrate 200 years from the discovery of the continent by the Russian admiral, Fabial Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, who was born in the Estonian island of Saaremaa. The more…
Vaata rohkem11 July 2019
LAUNCH OF AN EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA
On 11 July 2019, an Estonian sailboat, ‘Admiral Bellingshausen’, will set the sail from Kronstadt to Antarctica to celebrate 200 years from the discovery of Antarctica by the Russian admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, who was born in Saaremaa. The next stops will take the vessel…
Vaata rohkem25 April 2019
World’s oceans are becoming stormier, researchers discover
Data matches predictions that weather will get more extreme as planet warms, scientists say. The world’s oceans have become more stormy during the past three decades, according to the largest and most detailed study of its kind. The findings add to concerns that as the world gets hotter,…
Vaata rohkem28 January 2019
Maritime Museum and group of businessmen planning expedition to Antarctica
Tracing the route Baltic German explorer Fabian Gottlieb Bellingshausen took soon 200 years ago, the Estonian Maritime Museum together with a group of businessmen is planning what would be the largest contemporary popular science expedition. The party would set off in Kronstadt in Russia on 11 July.…
Vaata rohkem25 February 2016
The Russian Antarctic Expedition under the command ofFabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and its reception inRussia and the world
ABSTRACT. The existence of an icy continent around the South Pole is known to everybody today. But it is common to ascribe this kind of modern knowledge to navigators sailing in southern polar waters in the 19th century. A good illustration of this is the Russian Antarctic expedition…
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