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HMS Protector returns to Portsmouth
HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship, returned home to Portsmouth…
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Naval duo recreate explorer’s legendary Antarctic rescue mission
A Royal Marine and petty officer have successfully recreated the rescue mission…
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Ice Patrol Ship frees trapped cruise liner
A Norwegian cruise liner at risk of becoming trapped in thick ice…
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Royal Navy’s global Christmas presence thanks to one in seven…
More than 4,800 men and women – one in every seven personnel…
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HMS Protector Takes To The Ice For A Charity Santa…
December has arrived, and so too has the festive spirit onboard HMS…
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HMS Protector Arrives In The Antarctic
HMS Protector has arrived in Antarctica for the first time this season…
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Protector remembers wartime tanker with service in St Helena
Survey ship HMS Protector produced stunning sonar imagery of the wreck of…
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Navy's ice-breaker heads south
The Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship, HMS Protector, left Portsmouth on Monday…
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Royal Navy’s Antarctic patrol vessel, HMS Protector, pays a four-day…
The Royal Navy’s 5000 tonne Antarctic patrol vessel will sail into Ipswich…
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Royal Navy's ice patrol ship returns from Antarctic Mission
Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector returns home to Portsmouth today…
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Protector visits ice paradise as she sails further south than…
The Navy’s Antarctic patrol ship HMS Protector ventured further south than ever…
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HMS Protector punches through Antarctic ice in a race against…
Worsening ice conditions forced survey ship HMS Protector to cut short research…
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Protector sailors revisit legendary explorer’s Antarctic refuge after 100 years
Sailors from HMS Protector have returned to the exact spot where legendary…
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Protector sailors tackle ferocious blaze ripping through Antarctic research base
Sailors from ice patrol ship HMS Protector tackled a ferocious fire which…
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HMS Protector cuts through the ice
HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship, has cut through the…
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HMS Protector Arrives in Antarctica
HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s new Ice Patrol Ship, has arrived in…
HMS Protector returns to Portsmouth
HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship, returned home to Portsmouth today (Friday May 10) marking an end to her nine month deployment to the ‘Frozen Continent’. HMS Protector deployed from Portsmouth on September 17 2012 and passaged south via St Helena, Simon's Town in South Africa and Tristan da Cunha before arriving in Antarctica in early December. Read more
- Antarctica is
58times bigger than the UK
- The coldest temperature
-128.6degrees Fahrenheit
- Antarctica ice stores
70%of the world's fresh water
- Falkland Islands distance from UK
7,913miles
Completing such a busy and diverse programme in the ship’s second deployment to Antarctica in as many years represents a significant achievement for HMS Protector’s ship’s company.Captain Rhett Hatcher
Royal Marines
Naval duo recreate explorer’s legendary Antarctic rescue mission
A Royal Marine and petty officer have successfully recreated the rescue mission of legendary Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton – using the same equipment as he did a century ago. The pair – WO2 Baz Gray and PO Seb Coulthard – were part of a six-strong team who sailed from the edge of Antarctica to South Georgia, then crossed the island’s mountains, the first men to complete the full journey since Shackleton himself. Read more
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