The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

National security experts express concern over resumed construction of observatory which could be used for intelligence gathering

China is increasing its Antarctic footprint according to new satellite imagery collected by a Washington-based think tank that shows construction has resumed for the first time since 2018 on the country's fifth station in the southern polar region.

In the past two years, the ice around Antarctica has been at record lows - and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Sediments from the last ice age provide a ‘warning from the past’ for Antarctica and sea level rise today, say scientists

More than half of incidents reported in the survey occurred in Antarctica.

Antarctica's sea ice recently shrank to its lowest extent since satellite records began more than 40 years ago.

Pilbara resident Glenn Rush swaps sweat for snow alongside 140 other chill-seekers in a 42-kilometre marathon across Antarctica.

Joanna Booth joins scientists on a voyage of discovery in the world’s last great wilderness

Off the coast of Antarctica, trillions of tonnes of cold salty water sink to great depths. As the water sinks, it drives the deepest flows of the “overturning” circulation – a network of strong currents spanning the world’s oceans. The overturning circulation carries heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the…