The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, 25, died after falling down a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island on July 26 1959.

Bone fragments were transported to the Falkland Islands aboard the BAS Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough

The remains of Dennis Bell, who fell into a crevasse aged 25 while working in Antarctica, have been found

The high-risk 20-hour operation took place in the complete darkness of the Antarctic winter

Travel to Antarctica during the southern winter is restricted to emergencies with crews having to navigate extreme conditions and icy landings

Officials have shut down the krill fishery near Antarctica early after exceeding the seasonal catch limit for the first time

Fishing for krill near Antarctica has surged to a record high, nearing a seasonal catch limit that could close the fishery early

In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of thousands of years old in search of clues to our planet's changing climate.

Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.

Antarctica’s patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted us to explore how a Māori lunar and environmental calendar (Maramataka) might apply to the continent and help us recognise changes as the climate continues to warm.

IN FOCUS: Every year, a few thousand people deploy to live on Antarctic research stations — and go through punishing survival training regimes to do so. Holly Baxter speaks to two former Antarctica residents about what it’s like to spend months isolated in the most remote region on earth