The Latest Breaking News from Antarctic

US assistant secretary of state says two countries have stopped creation of new protected areas in Antarctica ‘for too long’

Winds high above Antarctica spinning at 200km/h are adding to south-east Australia's flood risk, according to the BOM. It's deepening the risk of rainfall that's already elevated by La Niña and the Indian Ocean Dipole.

The ozone hole over Antarctica got bigger this year, which is unusual

Ecologists believe population decline near Mawson research station is related to environmental changes that made foraging difficult

Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s portfolio award goes to Laurent Ballesta, who describes his long and deep dives under the ice

A federal report that, in the words of its key finding, “sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking are problems in the U.S. Antarctic Program community” – and that efforts “dedicated to prevention [are] nearly absent” – drew attention around the world. But as a historian of Antarctic science, I did…

They will spend 5 months in isolation without running water or flushing toilet

Natalie Corbett, from Hampshire, married her husband George in June but is now preparing to spend the next five months in the freezing temperatures of Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island

A SCOTTISH woman will be amongst those heading to a distant part of Antarctica to run the world’s most remote post office and count the island’s…