October 8, 2009 (FinancialWire) — The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has approved a resolution requiring members’ passenger ships to be fitted with satellite tracking devices based on Iridium (Iridium Communications Inc.) (NASDAQ: IRDM). The devices will report ships’ positions at least once per hour when cruising in Antarctic waters.

Global Marine Networks, an Iridium Value-Added Reseller, is supplying its XTracker satellite position reporting system for installation on the IAATO vessels. XTracker uses Iridium’s short-burst data  service to transmit position reports from the ships at sea to a shore-based server, which can be accessed through a secure Internet connection by ship operators, search-and-rescue authorities and other authorized users.

“Iridium is the only maritime satellite communication network that can reach ships sailing in Antarctic waters,” said Greg Ewert, executive vice president of global distribution channels for Iridium. “Iridium’s constellation of cross-linked, low-earth orbiting  satellites provides global pole-to-pole coverage and low-latency data links with compact lightweight data devices, making it the ideal solution for tracking ships, aircraft, vehicles and even individuals in remote and potentially dangerous regions of the world.”

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