According to the National Science Foundation, 48 people are currently at the South Pole station maintaining the facility and conducting experiments. Since 1957, fewer than 1,500 have spent the ...

The mission was ordered more than a week ago in order to evacuate a staff member of the research station who required medical care beyond what could be provided on site. After some deliberation, a ...

A Twin Otter aeroplane has left Rothera station near the Antarctic Peninsula, embarking on a daring mid-winter mission to rescue a sick crew member at the South Pole.

A new building in Antarctica breaks ground at the Rothera Research Station. Designed by Hugh Broughton Architects, the project commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), aims ...