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In 2015, scientist Dr Daniel Price cycled from New Zealand to Paris to raise awareness of the climate crisis, and the impacts it was already having - and would have in future - on people around the world. Read More

When a 23-year-old snow studies student was killed in an avalanche, Jordy Hendrikx realised throwing more snow data at backcountry travellers was not going to improve safety. Hendrikx is the new chief executive of Antarctica New … Read More

Things are not looking good for global sea ice. In February 2025, Antarctic and Arctic sea ice combined hit a new low scientists reported. Read More

In July 1911, it took Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Edward Wilson and Henry Bowers 19 days to travel from Cape Evans to the emperor penguin rookery at Cape Crozier. Pulling sleds first across the sea ice of McMurdo Sound, and then acros… Read More

In some places, the underside of the sea ice looks like giant green clouds. These are the 'grass meadows' of Antarctica, made up of phytoplankton, or microalgae - the foundation of the complex food web that powers all life here. Read More

Step out on the sea ice just outside New Zealand’s Scott Base with researchers studying the physics of its annual cycle. The ocean freezes and melts - Antarctica’s heartbeat! - playing a huge role in controlling our planet’s clim… Read More