September 06, 2026
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.
September 05, 2026
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.
September 05, 2026
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.
The wreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous expedition vessel, may soon receive a level of protection never before granted to an underwater heritage site in Antarctica.
The Southern Ocean krill fishery has become one of the most closely watched issues in Antarctic governance. On 12 August, the fishery reached its 620,000-tonne catch trigger and closed for the second consecutive year before the end of the season, bringing renewed scrutiny to how one of the world’s most important marine resources is managed.
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed its cooperative agreement with the University of Wisconsin–Madison to continue managing and operating the NSF IceCube Neutrino Observatory
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
August 02, 2019
The most precise map ever of movement of the ice sheets across the surface of Antarctic bedrock.
July 16, 2019
Antarctica and Australia separated more than 100 million years ago; airborne magnetic surveys of ice-covered bedrock in Antarctica identifies geological correlations between the two land masses.
June 13, 2019
Only 5km of ice separates the Chasm 1 and Halloween Cracks on the Brunt Ice Shelf.