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The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Extremes of 40C above normal: what’s causing ‘extraordinary’ heating in polar regions?

Antarctic and Arctic temperatures have shocked researchers. How unusual are they and what are the consequences?

The Guardian - AU

Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists

Antarctic areas reach 40C above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C above usual levels

The Guardian - UK

Eastern Antarctica registers temperatures 70 degrees above normal, as ‘unprecedented heat wave’ baffles scientists

Temperatures 70 degrees above normal in eastern Antarctica have baffled scientists, who say that the “unprecedented heat wave” has already changed the way experts think about the Antarctic climate system.

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Hot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 70 and 50 degrees above normal

Parts of Antarctica Friday hit 70 degrees warmer than normal

The Independent UK

Finding Shackleton's ship: why our fascination with Antarctica endures

The discovery of Ernest Shackleton’s ship the Endurance in pristine condition at the bottom of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea was one of the few good news stories this month.

The Conversation

Black Summer bushfire smoke altered ozone-depleting chemicals in atmosphere, study finds

Record amounts of smoke from Australia’s 2019-2020 bushfires may have caused changes in the atmosphere that caused a drop in ozone levels, a study suggests.

ABC News

Whale migrations: how new UN treaty aims to protect species on the high seas

A humpback whale we tagged while it was feeding off the Western Antarctic Peninsula made a nearly 19,000 km-round trip in 265 days, travelling north from Antarctica to its breeding area off Colombia and back. Whales migrate thousands of kilometres each year, gathering to mate and give birth in the…

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Secrets under the ice: explorers release footage of Shackleton’s shipwreck

Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton set out on an epic journey in 1914 to attempt the first land crossing of Antarctica. But his ship Endurance got stuck in the ice and sank in the Weddell sea, forcing the crew to abandon the mission. An expedition this week found the wreck and…

Radio France Internationale

The wreck of Endurance is a bridge to a bygone age, and a reminder of Antarctica's uncertain future

Superbly clear images of the shipwreck Endurance, 3,000 metres below the ocean’s surface in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, were this week broadcast around the world. Found by the Endurance 22 Expedition using a state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicle, we now have images almost as iconic as those taken of the stricken ship…

The Conversation

Endurance captain Frank Worsley, Shackleton's gifted navigator, knew how to stay the course

When the wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance was found nearly 10,000 feet below the surface of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in March 2022, it was located just 4 miles from its last known position, as recorded by the Endurance’s captain and navigator, Frank Worsley, in November 1915.

The Conversation

In the dark, freezing ocean under Antarctica's largest ice shelf, we discovered a thriving microbial jungle

Antarctica represents one of the last frontiers for discoveries on Earth. Our focus is on what lies beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica’s massive wedge of floating ice that shelters the southern-most extension of the Southern Ocean.

The Conversation

What is Endurance22? Scientists rediscover the wreckage of Shackleton's lost ship, more than a century on

The Endurance22 expedition set off from Cape Town last month and successfully located the wreck of Shackleton's Endurance, exactly 100 years after he was buried

Wales Online

What happened to Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship the Endurance?

Polar explorer left stranded with 27 crew in wastes of Antarctica in 1915 after vessel trapped in pack ice

The Independent UK

Wrecks, worms and wood: a scientific legacy of Shackleton’s Endurance

“I have been thinking much of our prospects,” Ernest Shackleton wrote in the austral spring of 1915, adrift in the Weddell Sea pack ice. Much of the same thinking crossed my mind in February 2018, when I awoke my cabin mate Thomas on the UK research ship James Clark Ross…

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Ernest Shackleton's Endurance found on Antarctica seabed solving 107 year mystery

Pack ice in the Weddell Sea forced Shackleton and co to abandon ship

Wales Online

Who was Ernest Shackleton? Scientists celebrate as legendary polar explorer's lost ship is found

Shackleton and his crew survived the loss of Endurance in 1915, and experts have puzzled over its exact whereabouts ever since

Irish Mirror

Irish pubs: The bar that connects Kerry to Antarctica thanks to a Crean and Shackleton connection

Renowned explorer Tom Crean was born in the Kerry village and went on the buy the South Pole Inn after his exploits in Antarctica

The Independent UK

Endurance: Stunning underwater footage of Shackleton’s lost ship as it was discovered at bottom of the ocean

Ship is found more than 100 years after it sunk off the coast of Antarctica

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Daily Record

Endurance mystery solved as Ernest Shackleton's ship FOUND in freezing Antarctica waters

The vessell had not been seen since it was crushed by sea ice and sunk more than 100 years ago.

Irish Mirror

Mystery of Kildare man Ernest Shackleton's lost ship Endurance solved after 100 years as wreck found

The Irish explorer and his crew set out to achieve the first land crossing of Antarctica, but Endurance did not reach land and became trapped in dense pack ice, forcing the 28 men on board to eventually abandon ship

Evening Standard

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance is FOUND off coast of Antarctica

The ship had not been seen since it was crushed by ice and sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915

The Independent UK

Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance found 107 years after sinking off Antarctica

The wooden ship had not been seen since it went down in the Weddell Sea in 1915.

Daily Mirror

Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance FOUND off Antarctica coast after more than 100 years

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, not seen since it was crushed by sea ice and sunk off the coast of Antarctica, has been found intact and is 'by far the finest wooden shipwreck'

Zenger

VIDEO: US Coast Guard Cutter Sets New Record For Southernmost Voyage In Antarctica

The Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, breaks its old record by reaching the Bay of Whales on Feb. 17.

Daily Record

Balloch and Shandon friends compete in 'brutal' Antarctic marathon

They are aiming to conquer marathons in all seven continents and have just one more to go.

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