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Russia to urgently evacuate Arctic post as ice melts

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 19:37
Russia has ordered the urgent evacuation of the 16-strong crew of a drifting Arctic research station after ice floe that hosts the floating laboratory began to disintegrate, officials said Thursday. Natural Resources and Ecology Minister Sergei Donskoi set a three-day deadline to draft a plan to evacuate the North Pole-40 floating research station, the ministry said in a statement. "The ice is disintegrating," a ministry spokeswoman told AFP. "Cracks appeared in the floe." The station is currently home to 16 personnel.

Russia plans urgent evacuation of Arctic post as ice melts

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 13:04
Russia has ordered the urgent evacuation of the 16-strong crew of a drifting Arctic research station after the ice floe that hosts the floating laboratory began to disintegrate, officials said Thursday. Natural Resources and Ecology Minister Sergei Donskoi set a three-day deadline to draft a plan to evacuate the North Pole-40 floating research station. "The destruction of the ice has put at risk the station's further work and life of its staff," the ministry said in a statement.

Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest to reach Everest summit

May 23, 2013 01:02
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain.

Spain's Carlos Pauner reaches Everest summit

Agencia EFEMay 22, 2013 11:30
Beijing, May 22 (EFE).- Spanish climber Carlos Pauner reached the summit of Mt. Everest on Wednesday, becoming the fourth Spaniard to conquer the world's 14 tallest peaks. It took Pauner around seven hours to reach the top of the highest mountain on Earth from Camp IV, located on the south face of Everest, according to a bulletin posted on his Web site.

Boreal Forest agreement negotiations end in failure after three years

The Canadian PressMay 21, 2013 12:30
MONTREAL - Three years of negotiations between Resolute Forest Products and environmental groups aimed at protecting Canada's boreal forest have ended in failure, with talks breaking down over how much land to set aside for conservation. Resolute (TSX:RFP) said Tuesday it could not accept a proposal from environmentalists that it says would have threatened thousands of jobs in remote communities.

S Korean mountaineer-record

Yonhap News AgencyMay 20, 2013 10:11
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean mountaineer Kim Chang-ho climbed all 14 Himalayan peaks of more than 8,000 meters without oxygen tanks, becoming the first from his country to do so and setting a world record for completing the climbs in the shortest span of time, the Korean Alpine Federation (KAF) said Monday.

Park-Arctic blueprint

Yonhap News AgencyMay 20, 2013 06:45
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye ordered the government Monday to put together a blueprint for Arctic policies after South Korea won permanent observer status at the Arctic Council, a key decision-making group of countries with territory in the resources-rich region.

Saudi woman tops Everest as country warms to women in sports

Agence France-PresseMay 19, 2013 01:15
Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted, tourism officials said Sunday. The 25-year-old reached the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) summit early Saturday morning with a party of foreign mountaineers and Nepalese guides. "She reached the peak with 12 other members of the expedition," Gyanendra Shrestha, an official with Nepal's tourism ministry, told AFP from Everest Base Camp.

Japan man, 80, starts Everest ascent

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 04:30
An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer has begun his ascent of Mount Everest, his website said, in a bid to become the oldest man to reach the roof of the world. In a voice message recorded on his website, Yuichiro Miura said the expedition was setting off Thursday for a climb that was expected to take a little over a week. "We plan to stand on the summit on May 24... We are all doing well, getting in position to tackle the mountain." Miura is trying to get back a Guinness World Record that he first held in 2003 when he became the oldest man to climb Everest.

Shrinking glaciers behind a third of sea-level rise

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 18:01
Water from the world's shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise in sea levels between 2003 and 2009, new research showed Thursday. A study published in the journal Science revealed that researchers had analyzed data gleaned from two NASA satellites as well as traditional ground measurements from glaciers around the world. "For the first time, we've been able to very precisely constrain how much these glaciers as a whole are contributing to sea rise," said Alex Gardner, assistant geography professor at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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