A Korean news site has published an interesting article on Penguin Eggs, and its nutritional virtues, which it describes as “once vital for Antarctic Explorers”, and we might add decades ago, part of Falkland Islanders diet, but which...
Cruise Travel in its NewsBreak has reported that a luxury expedition ship currently sailing in Antarctica, has been forced to revise its itinerary due to unexpected problems with its stabilizers. Accordingly, Seabourn...
A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, topographic map of the region in almost 40 years. Created by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre at BAS, the...
The BFSAI is reporting that an RFA Airbus Atlas 400 M during a recent fisheries patrol operation, ColdStare, along South Georgia Island and waters enjoyed spectacular flying conditions, with blue skies, since they are normally covered in...
January 2025 was the hottest month ever recorded by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, which detected the planet's temperature to be 1.75 degrees Celsius (°C) above pre-industrial levels and 0.79°C above the...
Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica’s deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching plastic pollution has become. While not new, it’s the first time these tiny pieces of plastic have been found in...
British Antarctic Survey scientists on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia are working to better understand the rich marine life that inhabits the region. This month teams are focusing on two major projects: one on whales and their...
Scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in ice-free Antarctica. More than 35,000 records will underpin future regional and global studies of ecology, diversity and change.
Environmental campaigner and first director of Greenpeace UK who was responsible for the 50-year moratorium on mining in Antarctica Whether it was driving a doubledecker bus with a hole cut in the top to let climbers scale Big Ben...
The whale was seen following the boat as it approached Bundeena wharf on Monday, a sighting the ferry company manager, Christine Hack, called 'very rare'. Dr Vanessa Pirotta, a wildlife scientist at Macquarie University, said she and...
Chinese researchers proudly released pictures of the six-legged robot dogs used during the ongoing Antarctic mission at the Zhongshan polar research station this past weekend. These robot dogs can carry up to 100 kilograms of tools and...
Congratulations to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff who have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2025 New Year’s Honours List for their contributions to improving our understanding of Antarctica, through scientific or technical work in...
A23a, arguably the world’s largest and oldest iceberg which has been wandering through the South Atlantic and headed for the British Overseas Territory of the South Georgia Islands since last month, has been reported not to have changed...
Gigantic wall of ice moves slowly from Antarctica on potential collision course with wildlife breeding ground The world’s largest iceberg – a behemoth more than twice the size of London – is drifting toward a remote island where...
Antarctic krill migrating between the Southern Ocean’s surface and seafloor depths, make a “surprisingly small” contribution to the carbon export ‘highway’ compared to their fast-sinking faeces, according to new research published in...
As the captain of a royal research ship, I break ice to get to British stations in the Antarctic. It’s great fun - but getting stuck is always a risk I have been working for the British Antarctic Survey since I was 19. I started...
Drilling has begun in Australia’s quest for the oldest, continuous ice core record of Earth’s climate, dating back more than one million years. Australian Antarctic Program scientists are on location at ‘Dome C North’, which ice-flow...
Bubbles of air trapped in ancient Antarctic ice, dating up to 2m years old, contain unknown information about Earth’s past climate Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Traversing the world’s most unforgiving...
At thousands of kilometres long and hundreds of metres deep, Antarctic ice shelves are massive. Yet scientists say it is the small-scale physical processes that occur at the boundary between the ice and ocean that determine their fate,...
Gabriel Boric’s trip to the pole, which his office called the first by a Latin American president, comes amid rising competition for influence in Antarctica.
Gabriel Boric is first Latin American leader to reach planet’s southernmost point, according to his office Chile’s president Gabriel Boric has made a historic trip to the south pole to reaffirm his country’s “claim to sovereignty” over...
The Australian Antarctic Program is looking for more than 200 tradespeople, across 37 different roles, to work in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic in 2025/26.
Particles recorded by scientists at the Chilean research station, the Profesor Julio Escudero Base, as recently as Sunday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Smoke from bushfires in south-eastern Australia has...
Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived but they were once hunted to the brink of extinction. The international community only agreed to stop hunting them in 1965 when they numbered fewer than 200. Now scientists are using...
From the Flask glacier to King George Island, intrepid researchers expect good cheer, snow and penguins Many of us will not get a white Christmas this year, but a group of scientists are guaranteed one while carrying out research on the...
The Australian Antarctic Program is looking for more than 200 tradespeople - including plumbers, plant operators and carpenters - to live and work in Antarctica or the sub-Antarctic in 2025/26.
Gus gained 3.5kg during his 20-day stopover before being released back into the Southern Ocean on Wednesday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Gus, an emperor penguin who gained international fame after...
Geneviève Pons and Pascal Lamy say the UK has a unique opportunity to steer the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources towards a better outcome Your report ( ‘Very bad precedent’: China and Russia team up to...
Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food source for whales, penguins and seals Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free...
Blue whales are the largest animals to have ever lived but they were once hunted to the brink of extinction. The international community only agreed to stop hunting them in 1965 when they numbered fewer than 200. Now scientists are using...
Shackleton’s remarkable 1914 mission gets a stirring retelling by the directors of Free Solo as a fine cast of experts search for the remains of his ship The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s doomed 1914 attempt to cross Antarctica has...
London film festival Shackleton’s truly perilous 1915 ordeal – gussied up with colourised footage and AI voices – minimises the stakes of a 2022 hunt for its remains by Dan Snow and friends Here is a frustrating film that tries to tell...
Composite images of Endurance compiled from 25,000 digital scans mapped by underwater robots More than a century after it sank below the icy Weddell Sea in Antarctica, forcing its crew to embark on one of the most celebrated survival...
UK Antarctic Heritage Trust fills vacancy at world’s most southerly post office, as well as recruiting team to monitor wildlife and carry out building repairs As a professional “tent master”, whose work involves building big tops at...
Sub-Antarctic marine park expansion welcomed but scientists say some areas important to penguins and seals missed out on sanctuary-level protection Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free...
Analysis of satellite data finds plant cover has increased more than tenfold over the last few decades Plant cover across the Antarctic peninsula has soared more than tenfold over the last few decades, as the climate crisis heats up the...
The underwater archaeologist Mensun Bound recounts some of the astonishing relics he has seen, as detailed in his new co-authored book, Wonders in the Deep Treasure and shipwrecks go hand in hand – but what are the most magnificent and...
Global warming is putting the continent’s ice at risk of destruction in many forms. But one especially calamitous scenario might be a less pressing concern, a new study found.
Un enorme trozo de hielo del tamaño de una ciudad da vueltas y vueltas, atrapado en un vórtice sobre una montaña submarina. Nadie sabe cuándo se detendrá.