Simply Put: Antarctica ice sheet

Abiding beauty

Antarctica is one of the few places on earth that have never seen war, where the environment is protected and where the priority is scientific …

We want ice

Mega iceberg released 158 billion tonnes of water into ocean

Over Christmas 2020, the mega iceberg hit the headlines around the world after coming worryingly close to South Georgia, raising concerns it …

Antarctica’s sea ice is at its lowest extent ever recorded

High temperatures and warm air from north may be responsible: Experts

Cold and calculating: what the two different types of ice do to sea levels

What matters most for sea levels is how much ice slides off the land and melts in the sea

Kite flies in icy winds

GADGET>> CONSERVATION • Antarctica/Australia

Antarctic odessey

An old, cold ecosystem

Ice-shield

Antarctic explorer Robert Scott's last letter put on display

Antarctica turns gallery for artists

Growing commercial interest in Southern Ocean’s resources thwarts protection efforts around Antarctica  

Russia no longer engages in krill fisheries but wants to keep its options open. It might have larger plans

Researchers’ horror act

Film>> Scientists • Antarctic

Antarctica blues

Indian scientists discover how living in the frigid continent affects the mind and the body

Mammoth mollusc

INDIA

Berg break

Icy quakes

Venture into danger

Frozen facts

Fat answers

Frozen details

Indian scientists gear up for a new round of experiments in Antarctica

Is life elsewhere?

Ultimate survivors

"Extremotolerant" bacteria make a living in the deepfreeze lakes in Antarctica