Icy hot destination

What's a non-scientific visit to Antarctica like? Uncommon privilege, says urmi popat

Breaking the ice

The recent breaking away of a massive iceberg from the Antarctic peninsula has generated a heated debate on the bothers of global warming

Earth's last frontier

India is setting up an ambitious Antarctica study centre on the west coast

Fishing in Troubled Waters

Illegal fishing threatens populations of the Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean, challenging Australia's commitment to marine conservation

The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

Nature's laboratory

The ice cover almost 4.8 km thick is perhaps the most valuable feature of Antarctica, with its record of past atmospheres in the trapped air bubbles

Geopolitics

By another name?

More like a ritual

So much for scope and research scale

One hot day in June

India woke up to a phone call

"The ice"

That's what Antarctica is called

We want ice

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

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