It has been the worst year on record for sea ice in Antarctica and a climate scientist suspects warmer ocean waters could be behind it. Read More
Century-old specimens collected by Captain Robert Falcon Scott's famed Discovery Expedition has yielded new insights into the state of Antarctica's pristine environment. Read More
If you've found yourself complaining about the winter chill, spare a thought for Scott Base overwinter staff who spent the weekend locked down amid one of the fiercest forms of storm on the planet. Read More
An "almost perfectly preserved" 118-year-old painting has been discovered among penguin excrement, dust and mould-covered papers in Antarctica. Read More
Pat Langhorne is a compelling case for the power and value of a curious mind. Bruce Munro talks to New Zealand's leading sea-ice scientist about a career that has taken her from private polar puzzles to the heart of global climat… Read More
In the late 1970s, glaciologist John Mercer was one of the first scientists to warn of “rapid deglaciation” of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet under human-caused warming. Other scientists, studying both modern Antarctica and the geo… Read More