Empire Antarctica by Gavin Francis has won the prestigious Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year Award, 2013. ANNOUNCED today (Saturday 2 November), during the Lennoxlove Book Festival – ...

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 ...

An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat. Instead, it is a vast expanse of ice and snow, covering an area of about 14 ...

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.

A hidden danger may exist beneath Antarctica that could accelerate ice melt, a new study says. Antarctica is not just a passive, icy landscape, but a geologically active region with a complex ...

The ice column is the length of six Empire State buildings. It represents ancient record of the Earth's climate and the story of a once warm Antarctica before it morphed into a snowy desert.

"When we plan something for the long term, it means that we are not going to give up." Space2Sea Antarctica marks the inaugural voyage in a series produced by FUTURE of SPACE (FoS). This ...

Deep under the frozen desert of western Antarctica, a hidden danger slumbers. Lurking beneath the massive, 1–2 kilometer-thick slab of frozen water lies an active volcanic rift, seething away in the ...

Are you looking for truly unique, challenging and rewarding work? We regularly recruit for roles in Antarctica. There are roles at Casey, Davis and Mawson stations. There are also positions on ...

Blue puddles of water were visible atop the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica after periods of record melting. Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice ...