The Latest Breaking News from Antarctic

Locating Ernest Shackleton's lost ship during expedition would be 'groundbreaking' says historian

An imminent expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during the Kildare man’s quest to Antarctica in 1915

Irish Mirror · Feb 4, 2022

Locating Shackleton’s lost ship during expedition would be ‘groundbreaking’

The Endurance22 Expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during Sir Ernest’s quest to Antarctica in 1915.

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022

Doomsday Glacier - massive iceberg blocks scientific mission

Scientists want to study the Florida-sized glacier by land, sea and below for the brief time the remote ice is reachable during the Antarctic summer

Wales Online · Feb 3, 2022

South review – startling filmed record of Shackleton’s gruelling Antarctic odyssey

Frank Hurley’s 1919 silent footage turns Sir Ernest Shackleton’s gruelling expedition into a travelogue with cute penguins

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2022

Canberra to Antarctica flights a 'surreal' trip of a lifetime, as new dates revealed

Kevan Brown was aboard a 13-hour trip that departed Canberra and flew over Antarctica.

The Canberra Times · Jan 25, 2022

Scientists discover 2.2km Antarctic canyon

Scientists on board Australia's icebreaker RSV Nuyina have mapped a 2.2km deep canyon in East Antarctica for the first time.

AAP · Jan 21, 2022

Giant canyon discovered underneath Vanderford Glacier in Antarctica, revealing history behind rising sea levels

Australian Antarctic expeditioners have discovered an enormous, 2-kilometre-deep canyon underneath a glacier that may make it more vulnerable to warming oceans.

ABC News · Jan 20, 2022

Entangled humpback whale’s sad fate has researchers calling for action on fishing nets

Animal lacking dorsal fin last seen in Antarctic labouring to swim and considered unlikely to survive

The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2022

Antarctica: Facts about the southernmost continent

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest continent. Because so little moisture falls as rain or snow, Antarctica is classified as a desert.

LiveScience · Sep 21, 2018