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15:26 GMT - 16 February 2012
Exercise Cold Response
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HMS Montrose
Sailing through sea mist in the South Atlantic, a navy warship approaches...
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HMS Protector
HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship, has cut through the...
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HMS Protector
HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s new Ice Patrol Ship, has arrived in...
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A rose
Even though temperatures are currently plunging back in the UK, they’re still...
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2012 will mark the 100th Anniversary of Scott’s Antarctic endeavours and...
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Montrose continues
HMS Montrose has continued her quest to visit all of the UK’s...
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Protector sails
New Antarctic patrol ship HMS Protector has sailed from Portsmouth on her...
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HMS Protector
The Navy’s new Antarctic survey ship sails for her maiden deployment on...
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Ascension Day
Having crossed the Equator and left the northern hemisphere far behind, HMS...
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Protector adds
New ice patrol ship HMS Protector paid her first visit to Dartmouth...
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Flying start
Ice patrol ship HMS Protector has taken another key step down the...
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HMS Edinburgh
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HMS Montrose visits remote islands
Sailing through sea mist in the South Atlantic, a navy warship approaches one of four islands which make up the British Territory of Tristan de Cunha. Found 230 nautical miles south-east of the island Tristan, Gough Island has special naval connections. It is named after Captain Charles Gough, who carried out a similar patrol here for the Royal Navy in 1731.
- Antarctica is
58times bigger than the UK
- Antarctica ice stores
70%of the world's fresh water
- Falkland Islands distance from UK
7,913miles
- Population of Falklands
3,100circa
This has been another unique opportunity for Montrose and her ship’s company.Commander Jonathan Lett
Royal Navy
HMS Protector cuts through the ice
HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship, has cut through the ice floes of Antarctica for the first time.