September 06, 2026
One of the most significant achievements of the First French Antarctic Expedition was the systematic survey of the western Antarctic Peninsula, including parts of Graham Land and the Palmer Archipelago.
September 06, 2026
The Antarctic coast is far more than the continent’s outer edge. It is a dynamic region where grounded ice, floating ice shelves, ocean waters, the atmosphere and the underlying geology interact. Changes in this narrow zone can influence how quickly ice flows into the ocean and, ultimately, how much Antarctica contributes to global sea level rise.
September 06, 2026
Antarctica has no continent-wide rescue service waiting to respond to emergencies. Instead, search and rescue operations depend on a network of national Antarctic programmes, government agencies, ships, aircraft operators and rescue coordination centres working together across enormous distances.
More than 120 years after the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition sailed south aboard Scotia, new digital resources are helping bring one of the Heroic Age’s most significant scientific voyages to life.
The presence of diatoms (microscopic algae that thrive in sunlit ocean waters) suggests that the area was once an open marine environment rather than being permanently covered by an ice shelf. If confirmed through further analysis, the findings would provide direct evidence that the Ross Ice Shelf collapsed and parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated during warmer periods in Earth's past.
The long-awaited redevelopment of New Zealand's Scott Base has taken a significant step forward, with Antarctica New Zealand signing the main construction contract with Wellington-based builder LT McGuinness.
For most people, Antarctica remains a place of imagination rather than experience. Its remote location and harsh conditions mean that only a small number of visitors ever have the opportunity to stand inside the continent’s historic expedition huts. A new virtual reality reconstruction of Scott’s Discovery Hut is helping to change that, bringing one of Antarctica’s most significant heritage sites to audiences around the world.
August 30, 2026
An American researcher stationed at McMurdo Station in Antarctica has been safely evacuated during a challenging midwinter rescue operation carried out by Australian aviation specialists.
October 14, 2021
The New Zealand Government has given the green light to begin the redevelopment of Scott Base in Antarctica.
April 26, 2021
In the end, the demise of Iceberg A68A was relatively swift.
March 17, 2020
The new wall map of Antarctica has been published by Land Information NZ (LINZ), in association with the New Zealand Antarctic Society
November 13, 2019
The first women arrived at the South Pole 50 years ago this month
October 15, 2019
The first flight of the season lands at the South Pole