The Latest Breaking News from Antarctic

Meagre giants hide in the ice-covered bays and fjords of the Antarctic peninsula. Antarctic minke whales spend their summers foraging in these waters, devouring the dense and abundant krill that feed and grow underneath the sea ice.

The weather bureau has issued an El Nino watch and warns a drought could occur later this year after years of heavy rain and floods.

Two environmental groups are calling for krill fishing to be outlawed, saying super trawlers are endangering pods of whales in the Southern Ocean.

PARIS: Smoke from monster wildfires in Australia caused a chemical reaction that widened the ozone hole 10 percent, researchers said Wednesday, raising fears that increasing forest fires could delay the recovery of Earth's atmospheric protection against deadly UV radiation.

Lead researcher says destruction was similar to process of Antarctic ozone hole forming each spring ‘but at much warmer temperatures’

Camilla Nichol has joined a voyage with Princess Anne, camped out in temperatures of -37C and plummeted 100 metres out of a helicopter over several years of being a top Antarctic expert


Sea ice coverage in Antarctica shrank to the smallest area on record in February for the second year in a row, continuing a decade-long decline, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said Tuesday.

From ice diving to heaving sledges over snow, the Antarctic Fire Angels confront gender stereotyping as they prepare for a gruelling, 45-day trek

With the continent holding enough ice to raise sea levels by many metres if it was to melt, polar scientists are scrambling for answers