SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Mountaineer Kim Young-mi said Tuesday she has reached the South Pole alone and unassisted, becoming the first South Korean to achieve the feat. The 42-year-old climber of North Face Athletes & Team departed from the Hercules Inlet in South Pole on Nov. 27 and traveled 1,186.5 kilometers over 51 [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will renovate the King Sejong Station in Antarctica to upgrade its aged facilities and expand its space by early 2018, the Korea Polar Research Institute (KPRI) said Thursday. The nation’s inaugural Antarctic station undergoes renovation for the first time in 28 years after opening on King George [...]
SEJONG, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries announced that a group of Korean scientists had observed part of the Nansen ice shelf breaking off. Ice shelves are vast expanses of ice floating in the ocean. They are usually 100 to 900 meters thick. The Nansen ice shelf is located 50 [...]