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Partnership with SurCiencia Publishing will expand the reach of antarctic science communication across Chile

The new partnership will strengthen the communication of Antarctic and subantarctic research produced by the BASE Millennium Institute through SurCiencia Publishing’s editorial expertise, making world-class polar research more accessible to readers across Chile and around the world. A new chapter in the BASE Millennium Institute’s science communication efforts begins with the signing of a collaboration agreement…

05/08/20260Comments

What Do Arctic Butterflies and Those from Southern Chile Have in Common? Student Seeks Answers in Canada

More than 1,000 photographs of Arctic butterflies taken in Canada will make it possible to compare their wing shapes with those of specimens collected throughout Chile. The research aims to identify possible evolutionary similarities between insects inhabiting some of the most extreme environments on Earth. To compare the wing shapes of Arctic butterflies and butterflies from…

07/07/20260Comments

Dr Peter Convey: Explorer of Polar Ecosystems and his close ties with Chile

Dr Peter Convey has forged a close relationship with Chile, working actively with national teams in the study of subantarctic biodiversity. Visiting the Molecular Ecology Laboratory (LEM) at the University of Chile, the terrestrial ecologist - with nearly 40 years of experience at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)- reflects on scientific collaboration, Antarctic biodiversity, and…

03/09/20250Comments

A welcome from the North: From Finland, UArctic announces Chile’s BASE Millennium Institute as a new member

With over 130 participants gathered in Inari, Finland, UArctic held its annual assembly, hosted by the Sámi Education Institute. The event marked a milestone, welcoming the largest number of new members in the network’s 20-year history — with Chile’s Millennium Institute BASE standing out as the sole representative from both Chile and Latin America. The University…

27/06/20250Comments

Call for Abstracts: 2025 SCAR Standing Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS) Biennial Academic Conference

Antarctic humanities and social science scholars and stakeholders to the 2025 biennial academic conference of the Standing Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The Antarctic Studies Program of the Universidad de Chile’s Law Faculty is very proud to host this conference for the first time. The conference…

13/06/20250Comments

Scientific Expedition reaches deep Antarctica to strengthen Avian Influenza surveillance and monitoring

As part of its participation in the 61st Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ECA61) of INACH, the team from the UC Molecular Biodiversity Laboratory, led by Dr. Juliana Vianna, crossed the Antarctic Circle to enhance the surveillance and monitoring of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in the frozen continent. Punta Arenas.—Under strict biosecurity measures and in coordination with…

18/02/20250Comments

ByBenjamin Groff

OPENING: Call for postdoctoral fellowships in environmental DNA, metabarcoding and metagenomics

The Institute of Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems calls for a public competition for a postdoctoral position in Environmental DNA, Metabarcoding and Metagenomics for biodiversity research in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic areas. Chileans or foreigners may apply. The postdoctoral fellow will join the research team “Biodiversity Observatory”, along with providing transversal support to the research…

15/01/20250Comments

“Valdivia is fundamental to Antarctic science”: PhD. Kristin O’Brien of the University of Alaska Fairbanks

The capital of the Los Ríos region becomes a crucial place for researching the resistance of Antarctic fish to hypoxia induced by climate change. Alaska researcher PhD. Kristin O'Brien and chilean researcher PhD. Luis Vargas-Chacoff are collaborating to find conservation responses and strategies to this challenge. PhD. Kristin O’Brien University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Photo: BASE…

18/06/20240Comments

Franco-Chilean collaboration seeks to monitor exotic species on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic coasts

The project led by the BASE Millennium Institute of Chile and the University of Burgundy of Dijon, France, seeks to establish a coastal observation network to identify exotic species present in marine ecosystems and promote international collaboration and knowledge exchange. Patagonia, Kerguelen islands and the Antarctic peninsula are the regions whose coasts will be monitored by…

20/03/20240Comments