The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915. The wreck now lies at a depth of 9,000 feet

Endurance became stuck in ice and sank in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

Endurance sank after becoming stuck in ice in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica in 1915.

A federal report that, in the words of its key finding, “sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking are problems in the U.S. Antarctic Program community” – and that efforts “dedicated to prevention [are] nearly absent” – drew attention around the world. But as a historian of Antarctic science, I did…

Mairi Hilton will live and work on Port Lockroy base on Goudier Island, taking up a role as a wildlife monitor, one of the most remote jobs in the world, spending five months without running water or a flushing toilet.

They will spend 5 months in isolation without running water or flushing toilet

A SCOTTISH woman will be amongst those heading to a distant part of Antarctica to run the world’s most remote post office and count the island’s…

Team including newlywed will abandon home comforts for no running water or flushing toilet

The historic site of Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island, will be their home for five months

‘Women have to work in the field with their abusers for weeks at a time’

SEATTLE — In January 2020, ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson broke trail on the last few hundred steps to the summit of Mount Vinson, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, on a previously unclimbed route. Nelson, The North Face athlete team captain, led the final push in a team that included her…