The latest official report from IAATO, (International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators), put total 2024-25 visitation at 118,491, after 122,072 in 2023-24, meaning traffic remains well above the 100,000 mark even after a modest...
Jørn Henriksen, director of expedition operations at Viking, was elected chair of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, (IAATO) executive committee.
He was renowned for his skill at capturing candid scenes of penguins, polar bears and other cold-weather creatures — and for his ability to tolerate extreme discomfort.
A delegation of Falkland Islands representatives is currently attending the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATO, Annual Meeting, (20/23 April), which also includes a Marketplace expo, at Annapolis, Maryland,...
Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers The mass drowning of emperor penguin chicks as sea ice is melted by the climate crisis has led the International Union for...
World food commodity prices rose in March for the second month in a row, due largely to higher energy prices linked to the conflict escalation in the Near East, according to the latest benchmark measure released by the Food and...
An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory.
Portsmouth News has reported that UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) has confirmed that capabilities for a future ice patrol ship are currently in the works. Minister for Defense readiness and industry, Luke Pollard, confirmed the development...
Oceanwide Expeditions which specializes in Arctic and Antarctic cruises will construct two 146-passenger eco-sail expedition vessels, constructed with a hybrid sail propulsion system, reducing fuel consumption and lowering operational...
Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here In Antarctica, one of...
The International Polar Foundation (IPF), the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), and the House of Sustainability at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce will convene the first Antarctic Futures Symposium on April 23rd -...
A delegation of Chilean and European authorities and institutions completed a technical visit to the "Profesor Julio Escudero" research station operated by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) on King George Island, where progress was...
The fishery is regulated but experts say it is wrecking the food chain. Gordon Peake joined a Sea Shepherd mission to observe the giant ships compete for catch It is bitterly cold on the deck of the Allankay and the bosun, Luca Massari,...
Brazil is expanding its Antarctica presence and activities with the introduction of a new polar vessel currently under construction in the county. The vessel “Almirante Saldanha” is considered an operational and scientific leap for the...
The Australian Antarctic Division invites members of the public to submit comments on the draft Initial Environmental Evaluation of the Antarctic Infrastructure Renewal Program's Davis Critical Infrastructure Works.
As our climate reporter Raymond Zhong wraps up his reporting trip to Antarctica, he reflects on how the collapse of the Thwaites Glacier could redraw coastlines and displace millions of people in some of the world’s fastest-growing cities.
The Australian Antarctic Program has completed two environmental management and research voyages to Heard Island and McDonald Islands – the first campaign of its kind in 20 years.
Historian and biographer of polar explorers whose book on Scott and Amundsen sparked controversy When Roland Huntford, who has died aged 98, published his book Scott and Amundsen: The Race to the South Pole (1979), it ignited a firestorm...
Ice Memory Foundation’s specially dug ‘sanctuary’ offers storage for cores, which hold thousands of years of history Last month the Ice Memory Foundation opened the first ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores in Antarctica, where samples...
Antarctic navigator and mariner, Captain John King Davis, has had a memorial stone and plaque added to his grave at the Melbourne General Cemetery. Despite his contributions to Antarctic exploration, Captain Davis's grave has been...
Author and historian whose studies of Antarctica provided an account of the human endeavour behind climate science The writer and historian Meredith Hooper, who has died aged 86, had a particular affinity for Antarctica, the continent...
Antarctic scientists have trialed a DNA ‘barcoding’ technique that could improve biosecurity measures that help protect polar ecosystems from invasive marine species.
A new study has reconstructed the evolution of the planet’s strongest nonhydrostatic geoid depression —the Antarctic Geoid Low (AGL)— finding that the feature has persisted for at least 70 million years and underwent a major shift in...
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Now that the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica has been closed for the season and the remaining members of the BELARE team have arrived in Cape Town, the 2025-26 season has officially come to an end.
You have to be careful managing supplies – there is one delivery a year The first time anyone goes to the Antarctic is truly special. Just getting there is an adventure: it takes several planes, and about three to five days....
The second season of drilling for the Million Year Ice Core project has finished. Scientists retrieved ice cores from 400 metres, containing a climate history of the past 13,100 years. Science Lead, Dr Joel Pedro, and Traverse Leader...
The time has come to focus on preparing the Princess Elisabeth for winter mode to make sure the station is able to run autonomously until the team returns in November. Departure is scheduled for Thursdday, February 12th.
Argentina and the United States are finalizing plans for “Daga Atlántica” (Atlantic Dagger), a joint special operations exercise expected to become one of the most politically significant bilateral defense activities in recent...
With the scientists and several crew members having returned home, the attention of the remaining thirteen team members at the station turns to the many tasks they must complete before the end of the season. The next couple of weeks will...
Light scattering creates the shade we see when we look skyward, and studies show the process varies around the world On holiday the sky may look a deeper shade of blue than even the clearest summer day at home. Some places, including...
Finding herself in charge of her sick husband’s clipper, a self-taught working-class teenager overcame storms, icebergs and a disloyal first mate to get her ship to safety No one knows exactly what Mary Ann Patten said in September 1856...
After one month in Antarctica collecting samples and data at the Princess Elisabeth and in the field, the scientists who came to the station this season will be departing on the next flight along with several members of the crew.
Rupert Read, Andrew Boswell, Nick Brooks and Bridget McKenzie look to the Antarctic treaty to find a way forward for the high north. Plus letters from Dee Cook , Glyn Ford and others Your leader marks the historic moment when European...
Changing temperatures may be behind change in behaviour, which experts fear threatens three species’ survival Penguins in Antarctica have radically shifted their breeding season, apparently as a response to climate change, research has...
Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences On one side of Dr Ben Galton-Fenzi’s view across the vast Totten ice shelf,...
This week at Heard Island, project teams installed an autonomous weather station and flew 'beyond visual line of sight' (BVLOS) drone flights over McDonald Island.
This year we're celebrating 50 years of women's participation in the Australian Antarctic Program. Learn more about the challenges and rewards they faced in our feature ‘Ice breakers – 50 years of women in Antarctica’.