Seafloor features and potential shipping hazards on the approach to Mawson research station, have been precisely mapped for the first time using RSV Nuyina’s acoustic instruments.
A year ago the Falkland Islands Governor Alison Blake CMG and members of the Falklands community were welcomed onboard the state of the art icebreaker RRS Sir David Attenborough. This week the Governor invited some of the crew of the...
The Argentine Air Force (FAA) has added the Swedish-built Saab 340B twin turboprop to the list of aircraft able to perform logistics missions to Antarctica after a successful first flight last week. The model is ideal for small-size...
Mayor Claudio Radonich of the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas insisted this week that his country had “deantarticulated” over the past 30 years and urged the political leadership to be much more “intense” in matters concerning...
The Commissioner of the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has invited proposals to act as the Government’s Mint for the production of commemorative coins.
An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem On 18 March, 2022, scientists at the Concordia research station on the east Antarctic plateau documented a...
Expeditioners at Macquarie Island have been rattled by several earthquakes in recent weeks. It’s a particularly active seismic area, due to the island's location on tectonic plate fault lines.
When the research team at Vernadsky base are not defending their homeland, they are on the frontline of the climate crisis When Ukraine’s Antarctic research and supply vessel Noosfera left Odesa on its maiden voyage on 28 January 2022,...
Asymptomatic cases may seem reassuring for the penguins, but scientists fear they could act as ‘Trojan horses’ for other species Adélie penguins in Antarctica are testing positive for bird flu without showing outward signs of disease,...
New Director of Operations for the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, SGSSI. Mairi MacLeod is a veteran of British Antarctic Survey and has done volunteer work with the South Georgia Heritage Trust.
An expedition to study Antarctic krill and the baleen whales that feed upon them is underway in the Antarctic Peninsula. The project is funded by the UK Government through Darwin Plus.
Turkey’s 8th National Antarctic Science Expedition is seeking answers to questions about the future of the world with 22 different projects on the continent. Anadolu Agency’s photojournalist Sebnem Coskun is documenting the expedition’s...
Incredibly tough plants can tolerate intense cold and prolonged darkness, but temperature has also been rising Mosses are the plant superheroes of Antarctica, steadily colonising parts of the continent, building up into plump green...
Exclusive: The H5N1 virus reached the region late last year and is killing wildlife, with witnesses spotting numerous seal corpses on South Georgia island The grave of the explorer Ernest Shackleton on South Georgia island has become...
Seabird and seal monitoring has taken on new urgency after Avian Influenza was detected in Antarctica for the first time. Australian Antarctic Division seabird ecologist Dr Louise Emmerson worked on the Antarctic Peninsula over summer,...
The government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands has reported that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has now been confirmed from 23 sites across South Georgia, including a colony of Gentoo and a colony of King penguins.
Stalking was making my life at McMurdo Station a misery. In the ice-covered sea, I discovered how much the world still had to give A sub-zero plunge in the nude was never part of my plan. When a ragtag group of friends gathered me up...
The British Antarctic Survey has been modernizing Antarctic infrastructure for future generations of polar scientists. Construction in the Antarctic is challenging and the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Program (AIMP) has made...
Australia’s Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina has made its first contribution to a decades-long, multinational science program surveying the tiny marine plants and animals of the Southern Ocean using a continuous plankton recorder.
Edgeworth David Base camp has been packed up and all the scientists and support crew are back in Australia after months of deep field science work investigating the Denman Glacier system.
Teams of scientists and support staff with the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, (ITGC) have spent the past couple of months working on the Thwaites Glacier to advance our knowledge of how it interacts with the ocean and...
No flush toilets or running water are on offer, but perks include breathtaking landscapes, whales and lots of penguins For people who never moan about the cold, can take or leave showers and will get used to a relentless thrum of hooting...
Fears for penguin colonies after the discovery of the highly contagious H5N1 virus in two dead skuas Bird flu has reached mainland of Antarctica for the first time, officials have confirmed. The H5N1 virus was found on Friday in two dead...
The extent of ice floating around the continent has contracted to below 2m sq km for three years in a row, indicating an ‘abrupt critical transition’ For the third year in a row, sea ice coverage around Antarctica has dropped below 2m sq...
The AAD is calling for public comment on a draft Initial Environmental Evaluation (IEE) to assess potential environmental impacts associated with the operational activities at Australia’s Antarctic stations – Davis, Casey and Mawson.
Last week most of the scientists and several of the crew headed home from the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, having accomplished their scientific objectives for this season. Only a core crew and one scientist will stay until the end of...
I have the nicest commute. I pass seals on an iceberg and penguins I have always enjoyed cold climates and connecting to the environment. I used to work in a museum in northern Sweden during the Arctic winter, surrounded by the northern...
Antarctic sea ice is in crisis, with a sudden decline recently observed after more than 30 years of relative stability. Any day now, scientists will learn whether this summer's Antarctic sea-ice extent has beaten last year’s record...
Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina will set sail for Mawson for the first time this week, 70 years after the ice-strengthened MV Kista Dan headed south to establish the station.
As the photographer turns 80, we look back as some of his most striking images from around the world. A selection of his work can be seen at Flowers Gallery, Cork Street, London , 16 March to 15 April Photographer Sebastião Salgado at...
The moment scientists had been dreading arrived late last year, when H5N1, or bird flu, was found for the first time in the Antarctic. Last week a king penguin on the island of South Georgia became the first in the region to be suspected...
A 100km-long curtain moored to the Amundsen Sea bed in Antarctica could prevent catastrophic flooding elsewhere, say scientists Scientists are working on an unusual plan to prevent Antarctic glaciers from melting. They want to build a...
If tests are successful, Windracers Ultra UAV will be used for research such as surveying marine ecosystems and studying glaciers Pilotless drones are being tested in Antarctica with the aim of using them to carry out scientific...
Stephen Parkinson places export bar on item awarded to explorer in early 20th century A medal given to the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton could leave the UK unless a domestic buyer is found. An export bar has been placed on the Polar...
A king penguin has been filmed on a South Australia coastline, raising questions about why the bird is thousands of kilometres away from its usual sub-Antarctic habitat. Jeff Campbell, the chair of Friends of Shorebirds South East, was...
The bird, usually found on subantarctic islands, believed to be undergoing annual moulting on land at Coorong beach Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news...
With confirmed or suspected cases in two Antarctic penguin species, researchers fear highly contagious virus could rip through colonies At least one king penguin is suspected to have died from bird flu in the sub-Antarctic region. If...
Emperor penguins are the largest but least prevalent Antarctic penguin species, with scientists estimating a total population of about 600,000 Four new emperor penguin colonies have been discovered in Antarctica after their guano was...
The Australian Antarctic Program's collaborative deep field science project, the Denman Terrestrial Campaign, is entering the final stages and despite some wild weather, scientists are celebrating a hugely successful season.
As the scientists who arrived last week completed their field training and started to head out into the field, additional scientists and a film crew led by Belgian journalist and filmmaker Eric Goens arrived on Friday.