The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelves

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice free. Scientists were able to reach places never sampled before.

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015, the frozen continent has lost sea ice similar to the size of Greenland. That ice hasn’t returned, marking the largest global environmental change during the past decade.

The TV presenter and Dan Snow scaled the rigging of the historic ship in Dundee and then abseiled back to the ground.

Despite working on polar science for the British Antarctic Survey for 20 years, Louise Sime finds the magnitude of potential sea-level rise hard to comprehend

An unusual gust of frigid air extending from Antarctica has blasted the small South American nation of Uruguay

The whales migrate from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding areas off Australia’s coast in the winter

When visiting Godrevy beach on the north Cornish coast, most people look out to sea at the lighthouse, surfers and seals rather than the cliffs behind. But these cliffs hold a history of past climate and sea level that is incredibly valuable to scientists like me who are trying to…

As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the earliest days of Antarctic exploration: They will celebrate having made it through the growing…

Researchers detected mysterious radio waves in Antarctica that seem to defy the rules of particle physics. Now they're searching for a cause.

A mystery signal detected high in the sky above Antarctica defies current models of physics and could represent a new particle, scientists say.