5 January 2022 marks the centenary of the death of the famous Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the end of the ‘Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration’. Shackleton’s ship became ...

Scientists aboard the R/V Falkor (too) discovered a hidden Antarctic ecosystem after iceberg A-84 broke from the George VI ...

Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Earlier this week, reports emerged that a scientist at South Africa's SANAE IV Antarctic research base had accused a ...

No ordinary material reward is that they seek: theirs is an ideal goal; the thirst for knowledge, the spirit of scientific exploration ... The first antarctic expedition falls into that period ...

Oceanwide Expeditions concludes its Remote Weddell Sea Explorer voyage, making history with record-breaking achievements and ...

A tense situation among members of an isolated base in Antarctica could foretell conflicts among astronauts on a long ...

Fans of polar exploration might already be familiar with Otto Nordenskjold and the 1901–1904 Swedish Antarctic Expedition. While perhaps not as famous as the top-tier polar racers, Nordenskjold ...