21.   Talks are under way with China to have it join an international convention regulating fishing in Antarctic waters, a New Zealand Foreign Ministry Antarctic specialist said Friday.

22.   There was no panic during the evacuation of the stricken vessel, a double-hulled ship which has been used for cruises in Antarctic waters.

23.   Members of the International Whaling Commission approved setting up a whale sanctuary in Antarctic waters Thursday.

24.   Members of the International Whaling Commission approved setting up a whale sanctuary in Antarctic waters Thursday after days of heated debate.

25.   The Argentine foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed its displeasure with the new permits Japan has issued to its fleet to take additional whales from Antarctic waters.