The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Exclusive: Mawson and Davis stations won’t be fully staffed this summer, according to workers, and documents show remediation work will also be halted

Scientists in Antarctica did the unimaginable: They grew a bounty of watermelons while living on the ice-cold continent.

Antarctic sea ice is melting and massive chunks are not coming back yet, alarming scientists

Deadly heatwaves, raging wildfires and record global temperatures are upon us. But far from the flames, at the southernmost tip of the planet, something just as shocking is unfolding.

Some scientists fear the ‘shocking’ shift is the beginning of a global heating-linked collapse of the ice that could have alarming knock-on effects

If all of Antarctica's ice melts, global sea levels are predicted to rise by 190 feet

Researchers now understand why there is an uneven distribution of animal species on either side of the mysterious boundary, known as the Wallace Line.

Two brothers from Aberdeenshire have built model boats that they hope will circumnavigate Antarctica. Ollie and Harry Ferguson, 13 and 11, were inspired by the Ross expedition of 1839-43, which led to the discovery of the Ross Ice Shelf. They built one metre-long replicas of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror,…

A virtual voyage to Antarctica

Ollie and Harry Ferguson from Aberdeenshire took inspiration for 12,500-mile journey from Ross scientific expedition of 1839-43

Model ships built by two young brothers have been launched on a mission to circumnavigate Antarctica in what is thought to be a world first.