The Latest Breaking News on Antarctica

Women in Antarctica face assault and harassment – and a legacy of exclusion and mistreatment

A federal report that, in the words of its key finding, “sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking are problems in…

The Conversation

Scots woman travels 9,000 miles to Antarctica to take job in world’s most remote post office

Mairi Hilton will live and work on Port Lockroy base on Goudier Island, taking up a role as a wildlife…

Daily Record

Four British women to run post office and count penguins in Antarctica

They will spend 5 months in isolation without running water or flushing toilet

Evening Standard

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Scottish woman heading to Antarctica to run post office and count penguins

A SCOTTISH woman will be amongst those heading to a distant part of Antarctica to run the world’s most remote…

The National (Scotland)

Four women head to Antarctica to run world’s most remote post office

Team including newlywed will abandon home comforts for no running water or flushing toilet

The Independent UK

Four women selected to run world’s most remote post office in Antarctica

The historic site of Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island, will be their home for five months

Wales Online

Women working at Australia’s Antarctica camps were sexually harassed, report finds

‘Women have to work in the field with their abusers for weeks at a time’

The Independent UK

Remembering Seattle-born top ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson

SEATTLE — In January 2020, ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson broke trail on the last few hundred steps to the summit…

Tribune News Service

Newlyweds spend 12 months on honeymoon talking about love

Davor Rostuhar, 40, a photographer and writer, and his wife, Andela, 36, travelled to 30 countries

The Independent UK

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Thwaites Glacier: the melting, Antarctic monster of sea level rise – podcast

This episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast is about the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Thwaites is among the largest glaciers…

The Conversation

Watch | Anand Mahindra shares viral video of Onam celebrations in Antarctica

Tech savvy Anand Mahindra did not miss the chance to share the viral video of the beautiful flower arrangements carved…

Livemint

Antarctic researchers gain insights from on high as they count seals from space

Scientists used satellite images and more than 300,000 volunteers to count Weddell seals, a key Southern Ocean indicator species

The Guardian - AU

Starlink is now active on all continents: Elon Musk

Starlink is a part of Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX). It delivers internet broadband from a constellation of…

Livemint

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Thwaites 'doomsday' glacier could begin rapid melt with 'just a small kick', researchers say

Scientists have mapped underwater terrain near the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica for the first time, showing the massive glacier…

ABC News

Antarctic stations are plagued by sexual harassment – it's time for things to change

In October 2017, Antarctic science had its own #MeToo moment. Science magazine published a piece on allegations of abuse of…

The Conversation

‘Nella Dan, Nella Dan, Nella Dan’: the ghost of the lost red ship that called me to Antarctica

As a child, Favel Parrett was devastated when the Danish polar explorer Nella Dan was scuttled. As an adult, she…

The Guardian - AU

Emperor Penguins Live Up To 373 Miles Further North Than Previously Believed

Emperor penguins are the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and are endemic to Antarctica.

Zenger

Australian polar explorers complete final gear check before attempting first unsupported coast-to-coast crossing of Antarctica

Two Australian surgeons will attempt "one of the last great journeys left on Earth" with a 200kg sled and just…

ABC News

Researcher using maths to help Antarctica recognised in Young Tall Poppy STEM awards

Twelve young Queenslanders have been recognised for their efforts in research, including a mathematician who codes models to help scientists…

ABC News

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New Royal Caribbean Luxury Ship Adds Bucket List Trips

The cruise line company bought a new ship and it's putting it to use in some amazing places.

The Street

Antarctica’s Ice Could Be Melting Much Faster Than Previously Thought

A massive tsunami would swamp New York City and beyond, killing millions. London, Venice and Mumbai would also become aquariums.

Zenger

Fewer than 120,000 people inhabit Kiribati yet they apparently hold $682m in Australian banks

Fewer than 120,000 people inhabit Kiribati and the median household income is about $12,000. Yet data released by the Australian…

ABC News

Satellite Imagery Shows Antarctic Ice Shelf Crumbling Faster than Thought

Antarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Satellite imagery shows Antarctic ice shelf crumbling faster than thought

Antarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses…

Reuters

The world's biggest ice sheet is more vulnerable to global warming than scientists previously thought

The eastern two thirds of Antarctica is covered by an ice sheet so large that if it melted the sea…

The Conversation