2022 in Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2022 Timeline of Antarctic history ← 2021 2020 2019 2022 in Antarctica → 2023 2024 2025 Decades: 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2022 Timeline of Antarctic history The following events occurred in Antarctica in 2022. Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica 5 January — A Belgian scientific research station that was hit with a COVID-19 outbreak last month have since fully recovered.[1] 6 September — Scientists operating robotic submarines announce that the Thwaites Glacier may separate sooner than expected, with sea levels expected to rise by several meters.[2] 17 October – A cyclone in the Bellingshausen Sea becomes the most intense extratropical cyclone on record, with the minimum pressure of the cyclone being estimated at around 900 mbar (27 inHg).[3][4] References ↑ "Coronavirus pandemic: Antarctic outpost hit by Covid-19 outbreak". BBC News. 2022-01-05. Retrieved 2022-09-06. ↑ "Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier "hanging on by its fingernails"". New Atlas. 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06. ↑ Hewson, Tim; Day, Jonathan; Hersbach, Hans (January 2023). "The deepest extratropical cyclone of modern times?". Newsletter. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. Retrieved 4 October 2023. ↑ Lin, Peiyi; Zhong, Rui; Yang, Qinghua; Clem, Kyle R.; Chen, Dake (28 July 2023). "A Record‐Breaking Cyclone Over the Southern Ocean in 2022". Geophysical Research Letters. 50 (14). Bibcode:2023GeoRL..5004012L. doi:10.1029/2023GL104012. vte Years in Antarctica (1819–present)19th century 1819 1823 1830 1831 1832 1839 1864 1866 1877 1892 1893 1897 1898 1899 1900 20th century 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 21st century 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Related Articles
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