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.
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.
September 01, 2026
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.
September 01, 2026
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.
August 31, 2026
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.
August 31, 2026
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
August 31, 2026
Scientists have taken a new look beneath one of East Antarctica’s most closely watched glaciers, finding that part of its bed may lie substantially higher than previous maps suggested.
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.