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Stephen Cox writes: I discovered that my mother was not allowed to do her botany research on South Georgia because of a letter from Vivian Fuchs

Mark Stratton takes in icebergs, orcas and union jacks on this thrilling cruise

Iceberg double the size of Greater London is heading towards South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory

With sea storms and an unfixable ship, things did not go according to plan on SH Diana’s trip to the world’s southernmost continent, but Mark Stratton recounts how the cruise still ended up being a magnificent odyssey

New data reveals the virus has spread to endangered species in Antarctica – yet the H5N1’s risk to biodiversity, farming and human health is little explored

Nowadays whaling is looked at with contempt, though at the time was considered a valuable source of food oils and industry materials.

A SCOTTISH adventurer is set to undertake the world’s most difficult and dangerous row, just five months after life-saving heart surgery.

Vessel located more than a century after it sank on voyage of exploration in the Antarctic

Polar explorer left stranded with 27 crew in wastes of Antarctica in 1915 after vessel trapped in pack ice