The US has included the Akademik Alexander Karpinsky in a long list of new sanctions. Although restrictions are not likely to have an instant impact on this vessel’s Southern Ocean movements, they could cause US-aligned states to implement similar measures, experts note.
In June, the DA suggested during a Parliament briefing that South Africa ought to investigate an idea that was rejected by top polar official Lisolomzi Fikizolo. “It has been allegations with no evidence,” he said. Antarctic governance academia have disagreed, saying the “evidence” for “prosp.
In the first public rebuke of Russian ‘exploration activities’ by a senior figure long active within Antarctic diplomacy, the American lawyer James Barnes says a Kremlin oil and gas seismic vessel set to arrive in Cape Town on Monday is ‘violating’ the mining ban he fought to introduce. ‘All’ A.
Seismic blasting: With a fleet of Kremlin icebreakers set to dock in Cape Town, the ‘ANC must come clean’ on its business in the frozen south, says DA.