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

A new scientific investigation challenges long-held assumptions about Shackleton’s Endurance, revealing that the ship may never have been suited for the extreme Antarctic conditions it faced.

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

New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate records and expanding researchers' understanding of how the planet has changed ...

Frozen air from Antarctica is giving scientists a longer look at a climate mystery that has lingered for decades: why Earth cooled so much over the past 3 million years even though its greenhouse gas ...

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

Ice cores are some of our best natural 'archives' of Earth's long-term climate. They don't necessarily contain a complete, ...

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 of oceans.