Elephant Island lies in the South Shetland Islands 245 kilometres from the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It’s where ...

Official versions of the two nations’ maps include large swaths of Antarctica, parts of which overlap with each other. And it ...

A new scientific investigation challenges long-held assumptions about Shackleton’s Endurance, revealing that the ship may ...

New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate ...

The great majority of ships operating in Antarctica are ice-strengthened but Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot is the world’s ...

A windy day at Allan Hills in December 2022. (Peter Neff/COLDEX) The rapid climate change we are experiencing today is mainly ...

UT-San Antonio prof Stephen Ackley will discuss his 30-plus years of navigating the Antarctic's unforgiving terrain.

Malcolm Byrne introduced a bill to the Dail on Wednesday which would see Ireland join the Antarctic Treaty System.

Swan Hellenic is raising the bar for polar exploration with a one‑of‑a‑kind 32‑night Grand Voyage from Ushuaia to Dunedin.

There are some places you visit, and then there are places that stay with you long after you leave. South Georgia is one of ...

Ancient ice records show Earth’s oceans cooled over millions of years despite stable greenhouse gases, highlighting the role ...