Roughly 3,500 square kilometres (1,350 square miles) across, the world's biggest and oldest iceberg, known as A23a, calved from the Antarctic shelf in 1986. It remained stuck for over 30 years ...

Antarctic cruises are ideal for intrepid explorers wanting to discover the white wilderness of the South Pole. A land of spectacular scenery and unique wildlife, many cruises of the southern ...

Vernadsky's outside communications were temporarily cut off in 2022 after a Russian missile struck the National Antarctic Scientific Center in Kyiv. And more than two dozen polar researchers have ...

This historic expedition laid the foundation for Dakshin Gangotri, cementing India’s place in global Antarctic research In December 1981, India took its first steps into the icy expanse of ...

Whereas the Arctic Region is the natural home for Polar Bears, the Antarctic is the natural habitat for many different types of Penguin and these animals play a part in both of the featured episodes.

Ben Galton-Fenzi is employed by the Australian Antarctic DIvision. Bishakhdatta Gayen is employed by the University of Melbourne. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

Dr Sarah Thompson, a glaciologist with the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, said Denman Glacier was of interest because it contained so much water. “The Denman Glacier is one of the ...

Cat Burford, pictured at the South Pole, said her 700-mile challenge across Antarctica had been "really brutal" A dentist from Truro is celebrating reaching the South Pole unaided to realise a ...

Challenges for the Antarctic Treaty China's involvement in Antarctica is by no means new. The country set up its first research station in 1985, just two years after joining the Antarctic Treaty ...

Recently, Russian scientists claimed that the universe’s largest oil and gas reserves were discovered in the British Antarctic Territory. This discovery has significantly impacted geopolitics, the ...

Gabriel Boric’s confirms commitment to the Antarctic Treaty is a ‘source of pride’ while peace in the ‘continent of science’ is on thin ice Despite the blinding summer sun, the ...