2012 in Antarctica

none 2012 This is a list of events occurring in Antarctica in 2012. Events 24 January: A fire forces the evacuation of the Comandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Base with two people dying.2012-02-25 Two die in fire at Brazil's Antarctic research station https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-17168526 2024-03-03 BBC News en-GB 5 March: The Sea Shepherd anti-whaling organisation claims to have closed down Japan's main whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru, deep inside the Southern Ocean off the Antarctic coast.Darby Andrew 2012-03-05 Sea Shepherd finds key whaling ship https://www.watoday.com.au/environment/conservation/sea-shepherd-finds-key-whaling-ship-20120306-1uf1j.html 2024-03-03 WAtoday en 20 September: Data from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign shows the Antarctic ice sheet reached its seventh-largest extent on September 12, at 16.14 million km2.Taylor James Antarctic Sea Ice Sets Another Record https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2012/09/19/antarctic-sea-ice-sets-another-record/ 2024-03-03 Forbes en 18 October: A fictional feature film, called South of Sanity, is shot in Antarctica for the first time.2012-10-17 Scot shoots first fictional feature in Antarctica https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-19980602 2024-03-03 BBC News en-GB 26 November: Scientists have found life in an Antarctic Lake Vida that was sealed off from the outside world by a thick sheet of ice several thousands of years ago.Sample Ian 2012-11-26 Antarctic lake find pushes known boundaries of what life can endure https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/26/antarctic-lake-vida-find-life 2024-03-03 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 12 December: A British research team launches a long-awaited project to hunt for life in Lake Ellsworth hidden beneath the ice-sheet in Antarctica.2012-12-12 Drilling begins at lake hidden beneath Antarctic https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-20682647 2024-03-03 BBC News en-GB References Category:2010s in Antarctica Category:Years of the 21st century in Antarctica