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UK boosts antimissile/drone air defense; Falklands already has system deployed
MercoPress
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August 26, 2025
Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 00:38 UTC Trials of the Land Ceptor weapon close to the Baltic Sea on a Swedish test fire range. Pic: Crown Copyright Britain's defenses are getting a boost. The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced that it is...
Falkland Islands Community School students receive their GCSE results
FITV
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August 23, 2025
Students from the Falkland Islands Community School have received their long awaited GCSE results this week. Early analysis of the results showed positive performances in Maths, and Science, with notable increases in performance across all...
Falklands Pre-Election Workshops to inform on voting and civic engagement
MercoPress
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Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 08:52 UTC Gilbert House in Stanley is where the Legislative Assembly meets and delivers. In preparation for the Falkland Islands 2025 General Election, a series of Pre-Election Workshops are being held to give voters...
Falklands, BFSAI and MPA capabilities in the challenging winter conditions
MercoPress
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Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 09:19 UTC An RAF transport parked at MPA in a typical South Atlantic winter weather night Whilst personnel in the UK are enduring yet another heatwave in 2025, Royal Air Force Service Personnel on the other side of the...
Commander John McGregor, Falklands commander
The Times
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On the evening of May 23, 1982, during the Falklands conflict, Commander John McGregor “watched in fascinated horror” after an unexploded bomb detonated while being defused on the frigate HMS Antelope, which was anchored 300 yards away in San...
Summer here, winter there: How the RAF keeps flying when it's freezing in the Falklands
Forces Network
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While Europe is still enjoying the summer, it's winter in the South Atlantic, creating some icy obstacles to be overcome for the Armed Forces personnel deployed there. Within the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Mount Pleasant Airfield on...
Antarctic glacier melt reveals researcher’s remains 65 years after crevasse fall
Cambridge Independent
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August 20, 2025
The remains of a researcher who died in an accident have been discovered 65 years later among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica. Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, far right, during Christmas celebrations at Admiralty Bay Station in 1958....
MARINES: USMC Adopts Drone Technology
Strategy Page
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August 20, 2025: Over the past twenty years, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has undergone significant reorganization. The most recent effort involves adopting drone warfare, which continues to evolve in the Ukraine War. The Marines expect thousands...
Barry Eichengreen: Trump’s trade offensive echoes Thatcher’s Falklands War
Mint
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August 14, 2025
US President Donald Trump’s trade war resembles nothing so much as UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s Falklands War in 1982: one side deploys massive force and the other withdraws with its tail between its legs. Of 57 countries and territories...
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[Barry Eichengreen] Trump in the Falklands
Korea Herald
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August 13, 2025
US President Donald Trump’s trade war resembles nothing so much as UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Falklands War in 1982: One side deploys massive force, and the other withdraws with its tail between its legs. Of 57 countries and territories...
After 66 Years, Melting Glacier Releases Antarctic Researcher's Remains
Explorersweb
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August 12, 2025
Earlier this year, personnel from the Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station found human remains on King George Island’s Ecology Glacier. Now, DNA testing has confirmed that the body belongs to Dennis Bell, a British researcher who lost his life on...
Antarctic researchers discover body of British man frozen in glacier 65 years ago
LAD Bible
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The body of a British researcher who went missing in Antarctica in 1959 has been recovered from a glacier more than half a century later. Dennis 'Tink' Bell was just 25 years old when he died after falling into the crevasse of a glacier while...
World Popular Science Body of scientist lost in 1959 found in Antarctica
Yahoo News
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The remains of an Antarctic researcher who went missing in 1959 have finally been found. A team from the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station uncovered the body of Dennis “Tink” Bell among rocks exposed by a receding glacier. Bell was a...
Lost researcher's remains found on Antarctic glacier after 66 years
New Scientist
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August 11, 2025
Dennis “Tink” Bell (far right) during Christmas celebrations at Admiralty Bay Station in 1958 D. Bell; Archives ref: AD6/19/X/20/18 The remains of a meteorologist who fell to his death on an Antarctic glacier 66 years ago have been found and...
British researcher's remains found in melting Anatarctic glacier
United Press International (UPI)
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The remains of British researcher Dennis "Tink" Bell were found in a melting Antarctic glacier, like the one seen here. File Photo by NASA/UPI Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A British researcher's remains were discovered in a melting Antarctic glacier after he...
The elusive contract: why a 68-year-old Briton keeps knocking on the doors of Ukrainian army recruitment centres
Ukrainska Pravda
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In the spring of 1982, forces from the British Army’s Royal Marines set off for the Falkland Islands to fight the Argentinians. The Battle of Two Sisters was one of the defining engagements of the ten-week-long war. Among the troops who took part...
Remains of Antarctic Researcher Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell Found After 66 Years
Sada Elbalad
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August 12, 2025
Tue 12 Aug 2025 | 01:14 PM The remains of British meteorologist Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell have been found in Antarctica, 66 years after he vanished in a crevasse accident. A Polish research team discovered the bones and personal items such as radio...
Antarctic researcher remains, working for Falklands’ Dependency, 66 years ago, found in receding glacier
MercoPress
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Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 06:40 UTC Dennis Bell (left) with his fellow colleagues and the dogs that helped them to work in Antarctica. Midwinter 1959 at Admiralty Bay Base. Credit: unknown. The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been...
Melting ice reveals remains of Antarctic researcher who vanished 66 years ago
CNN
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August 12, 2025
The remains of a British researcher who fell into a crevasse on an Antarctic glacier 66 years ago have been recovered, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said. Dennis Bell, then 25, vanished into the ice on July 26, 1959 while climbing the Ecology...
Went missing 66 years ago, British researcher’s remains found in Antarctica as glacier melts
The Indian Express
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August 12, 2025
The remains of Dennis “Tink” Bell, a British meteorologist who died in a tragic accident in Antarctica in 1959, have been discovered in a melting glacier on King George Island, more than six decades after his disappearance.Bell, who was working...