2007 in Antarctica

none 2007 Events from the year 2007 in Antarctica Events February February 15: Chris Ellison, the Australian Minister for Justice, warns anti-whaling protesters and the Japanese whaling fleet that they could face questioning over recent clashes in the Southern Ocean. Meanwhile, the crew were evacuated from the largest ship in the Japanese Antarctic fleet, the Nisshin Maru, following a fire.http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1848838.htm Whalers, protesters warned over high seas clashh ABC News Australia Online 2008-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20070217032417/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1848838.htm 2007-02-17 dead February 16: Scientists find over 20 new species of animals as the Larsen Ice Shelf breaks in the Antarctic.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1437681.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20070228035904/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1437681.ece dead February 28, 2007 Unseen species revealed as ice shelf breaks The Times 2008-03-02 London February 26, 2007 Lewis Smith May May 7: Discovery is announced of the Kerguelen Plateau, an Antarctic sunken large island formerly joined to India, from the icebreaker Polarstern at its homeport of Bremerhaven, Germany, after a 19-month research voyage to Antarctica.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-05-07/science/27871854_1_antarctic-continent-kerguelen-plateau-alfred-wegener-institute https://web.archive.org/web/20121016151147/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-05-07/science/27871854_1_antarctic-continent-kerguelen-plateau-alfred-wegener-institute dead October 16, 2012 Mini-continent discovered 2008-03-02 The Times of India May 7, 2007 June June 5: The British Antarctic Survey announces that the flow-rate of 300 previously unmeasured glaciers increased by 12% between 1993 and 2003, adding to concerns over glacier retreat and the rise in sea levels caused by global warming.http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=307 International meeting on Complexity Science British Antarctic Survey 2008-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20080212030438/http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=307 2008-02-12 dead References