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INSV Tarini crosses Cape Horn
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): The Indian Navy's first all-women crew of Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini, which was flagged-off from Goa in September, has rounded the Cape Horn through the Drake Passage, early Friday morning.
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IAF conquers 'Mission Seven Summits'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): A five-member team of the Indian Air Force (IAF) mountaineers have completed their Mission Seven Summits by successfully scaling the Mt Vinson in Antarctica.
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Tiny ice losses at Antarctica's fringes can accelerate ice loss far away
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): A thinning of small areas of floating ice at Antarctica's coast can accelerate the movement of ice grounded on rocks hundreds of kilometers away, a new study shows.
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Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa flags off IAF's mountaineering team
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa on Friday flagged off the mountaineering expedition team.
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IPS Officer Aparna Kumar becomes the first Indian woman to scale Mt Manasl
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 28, (ANI): An Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre, Aparna Kumar on Thursday became the first Indian woman to scale Mount Manaslu, which is the eighth highest mountain peak in the world.
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Antarctica just lost a 'Delaware-sized' iceberg!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 13 (ANI): A massive iceberg about the size of the state of Delaware split off from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf sometime between July 10 and July 12.
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Antarctica's biodiversity 'falling between the cracks'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 20 (ANI): The popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a much better environmental shape than the rest of the world has been debunked.
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Early noctilucent ice clouds formed over Antarctica
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
WashingtonD.C [US], Dec. 3 (ANI): The sky over Antarctica is glowing electric blue due to the start of noctilucent, or night-shining, cloud season in the Southern Hemisphere, shows data from NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM).
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A century after their adventure, Antarctic heroes help make discovery
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.24 (ANI): The research, which says area of sea ice around Antarctica has barely changed in size in a century, was contributed by the heroes of Antarctic exploration.
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