The Minister of Defense, Jorge Menéndez informed that the procedure discovered by researchers from the Faculty of Sciences will be[…]
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Next summer campaign will confirm 34 years of uninterrupted presence of Uruguay in Antarctica
“For more than 30 years our country has maintained a permanent presence in Antarctica, which responds to a State policy,”[…]
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(Español) Comunicado de Prensa referente a la conferencia de lanzamiento de la Campaña Antártica de Verano 2017/2018
Documentary Premiere “Antarctica visits you”
Next Monday, October 23rd, the documentary “Antarctica visits you” will be presented at “La Experimental de Malvin” Hall at 8pm.[…]
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Antarctica Day Celebration
Last Friday 13th the Uruguayan Antarctic Institute celebrated the Antarctic Day, which commemorates the 32nd anniversary of Uruguay’s entry into[…]
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Research on pigments of Antarctic red algae to produce electrical energy
A group of researchers from the University of the Republic, headed by Dr. Fernanda Cerdá, investigate pigments generated by red[…]
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Antarctic Day
On October 7th 1985, at the XIII Consultative Meeting held in Belgium, Uruguay was accepted as an Advisory Member of[…]
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Uruguayan Scientists advance their first hypotheses on their research on human chronobiology in Antarctica
Scientists Ana Silva and Bettina Tassino were recently interviewed by the newspaper La Diaria and advanced results of their research on[…]
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Premiere of the mini animated series “Billy The Krill, The Legend of Antarctica”
Next September 25th the animated mini series “Billy the Krill, the legend of Antarctica” is being released. In this story[…]
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