The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

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

This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: Thwaites Glacier: the melting, Antarctic monster of sea level rise, published on September 22, 2022.

This episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast is about the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Thwaites is among the largest glaciers on Earth and one of the single most important factors for future global sea level rise. We talk to three experts about what makes Thwaites so uniquely significant, why it’s…

From Manny Pacquiao’s daughter to a planetarium and even an entire territory of Antarctica, there are many tangible ways the world will remember the late monarch's lasting legacy

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

Scientists have mapped underwater terrain near the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica for the first time, showing the massive glacier has the potential to retreat at twice the speed observed over the past decade.

In October 2017, Antarctic science had its own #MeToo moment. Science magazine published a piece on allegations of abuse of female geoscientists in Antarctica – the most remote environment in the world.

As a child, Favel Parrett was devastated when the Danish polar explorer Nella Dan was scuttled. As an adult, she brought it back to life

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

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

A new report commissioned by the National Science Foundation finds a culture of silence and fear among employees at U.S.-run facilities in Antarctica.