Michael Gatehouse

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

Frank Wild's ashes to be buried next to Shackleton in the Grytviken cemetery.

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

On 23 August 1898, Carsten Borchgrevink's expedition departed London, bound for Cape Adare.

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

World's toughest encryption scheme is 'vulnerable' ... so what about you? http://t.co/FqmsRCh via @ConversationEDU

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

Sign Petition @change: Tell the New Zealand Government to protect the Ross Sea, Antarctica http://t.co/uT84htJ

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

7 August 1901, Ernest Shackleton departs aboard Discovery as a member of the National Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott.

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

16 July 1872 - Roald Amundsen is born near Oslo.

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

This day in 1938, Arctic explorer Reynold Bray drowns when his boat is crushed by ice in the Foxe Channel.

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

12 July 1845 - last known dispatches from Sir John Franklin are sent from the Whalefish Islands

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

La Niña's exit leaves climate forecasts in limbo: http://t.co/3CaYvB5 via @AddThis

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

Water can flow below -130°C: http://t.co/CBAZkie via @AddThis

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole: http://t.co/ZdGuYCJ via @AddThis

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

Ocean currents speed melting of Antarctic ice: A major glacier is undermined from below: http://t.co/csI1D1y via @AddThis

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

Happy Solstice! Maximum axial tilt at 1715 UTC!

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

Arctic snow can harbor deadly assassin: Killer fungal strains: http://t.co/Ju5KwpD via @AddThis

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

A comprehensive study confirms South Georgia is richer in biodiversity than many tropical sites such as the Galapagos Islands.

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

@chesterm8 Lots of great deals to be had - let me know when you're ready to go.

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

Antarctica visitors drop 8.3% in 2010/11 and 25% fall for 2011/12 season, forecasts IAATO — MercoPress http://t.co/rJ9R0hu

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

Shyam Saran: Why the Arctic Ocean is important to India http://t.co/iYExzN3 via @bsindia

[Antarctic science @Antarctic_news]

Int. Polar Foundation: ICECAP Project Discovers Giant Fjords beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet http://t.co/dsAabzr

[Michael Gatehouse @polarstuff]

It's -76C at Russia's Vostok base today - but the four day forecast is for a balmy -66C...