As a clear demonstration of "the ability of man to advance" past 500 kilometers (311 miles) in Antarctica, the National ...

Explorers, astronauts and filmmakers described life in space and on Earth in an epic livestream from the Drake Passage.

For a taste of the frozen continent made legend by names such as Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton and Mawson, you have to venture ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced the appointment of Craig Ellison to the Board of Antarctica New Zealand, the ...

Hidden beneath the vast ice sheet that characterizes Antarctica, the Transantarctic Mountains rise as one of the longest and ...

The professor, who also had an established career in medical research, took part in the treacherous 1955-58 Commonwealth ...

Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the ...

Underneath the flat white expanse of sea ice, the Antarctic seafloor is a world of colour, structures and life, with mysterious giant glass sponges at the centre of it all.

The team is focusing on the 60-kilometer-wide ice shelf at the front end of the Thwaites Glacier, which extends beyond the shoreline of Antarctica and forms a 800-foot-thick floating ice shelf on the ...

The RNZAF’s C-130J-30 Hercules embarks on its first mission to Antarctica, showcasing its vital role in extreme logistics and ...