New mapping shows how Antarctica’s huge Totten Glacier has retreated far inland, raising sea levels by more than a metre. Rising temperatures could trigger it to do so again.
New research by South Australian scientists could help save Antarctica’s blue whales from their “near-annihilation” by whalers during the 20th century.
The grounding of a giant iceberg in Commonwealth Bay, eastern Antarctica, has caused Adélie penguin numbers in the area to crash, according to new research.
A University of Queensland palaeontologist is part of an expedition about to head to remote James Ross Island to search for fossils.
An elephant seal pup born on Tasmania’s King Island is believed to be the first born since sealers came to the island in the 1800s.
In March 2017 the AG Society will partner with Aurora Expeditions for a special voyage to South Georgia and the Antarctic.
The Global Arctic Awards is a international photography competition that gathers together some of the year’s most spectacular Arctic and Antarctic shots. Photographers from 30 countries participated in the latest competition, with Norwegian photographer Audun Rikardsen taking out the Arctic Photographer of the Year prize. From the glow of the aurora borealis to the symmetry of polar bears bonding, this year’s winning images show off the sheer magnificence of some of the harshest environments on Earth.
AG designer Mike Rossi set sail on the AG Society expedition to Antarctica, one of the most isolated and harshest environments on the planet.
The story of Shackleton’s remarkable survival
Data from an underwater robot shows that Antarctic sea ice is thicker and more deformed than thought