# antarctica - Thursday 3 February, 2022
# Debunked
# Debunked
An image on social media purports to show proof of a flat Earth.
# antarctica - Thursday 6 January, 2022
# Thwaites Glacier
# Thwaites Glacier
Thwaites is putting about 45 billion tonnes of ice into the water a year.
# antarctica - Wednesday 15 December, 2021
# Thwaites Glacier
# Thwaites Glacier
A collapse would cause global sea levels to rise and put millions of people at risk of extreme flooding.
# antarctica - Thursday 20 May, 2021
# European Space Agency
# European Space Agency
The iceberg is around 170 kilometres long and 25 kilometres wide, and is floating through the Weddell Sea.
# antarctica - Thursday 13 February, 2020
# Climate
# Climate
Last week, an Argentine part of Antarctica recorded its hottest day since readings began at 18.3 degrees Celsius.
# antarctica - Friday 7 February, 2020
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
The temperature climbed to 18.3 degrees, beating the previous record of 17.5 degrees.
# antarctica - Tuesday 10 December, 2019
# Chile
# Chile
The C-130 Hercules carried 17 crew members and 21 passengers.
# antarctica - Thursday 28 November, 2019
# Antarctica
# Antarctica
The Air New Zealand plane was on a sightseeing flight over Antarctica when it crashed into a mountain.
# antarctica - Tuesday 2 July, 2019
# NASA Study
# NASA Study
From 2014 to 2017, “the Antarctic lost almost as much as the Arctic” over almost 40 years, and now stands at a record low.
# antarctica - Thursday 27 December, 2018
# Going Solo
# Going Solo
Colin O’Brady (33) took 54 days to complete the nearly 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometre) crossing.
# antarctica - Wednesday 24 October, 2018
# Bellingshausen
# Bellingshausen
The man voluntarily surrendered to the chief of the station and is under house arrest.
# antarctica - Saturday 7 July, 2018
# Water Crisis
# Water Crisis
Earlier this year, Cape Town came within weeks of forcing residents to queue for water rations at public stations as a result of a drought.
# antarctica - Thursday 14 June, 2018
# Picking Up Pace
# Picking Up Pace
Scientists have warned that the melting ice could redraw Earth’s coastlines.
# antarctica - Friday 13 October, 2017
# Adelie Penguins
# Adelie Penguins
The thousands of death has been called a “breeding failure” by experts.
# antarctica - Sunday 30 July, 2017
# A Hero's Journey
# A Hero's Journey
The documentary maker who compiled the diaries said they show the family share Tom Crean’s “traits of endurance”.
# antarctica - Thursday 6 July, 2017
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
The Larsen C shelf would be one of the biggest icebergs in history.
# antarctica - Thursday 1 June, 2017
# Antarctica
# Antarctica
If the Larsen C Antarctic ice shelf splits, it will produce one of the biggest icebergs ever seen.
# antarctica - Saturday 7 January, 2017
# Antarctic
# Antarctic
Kildare scientist Dr Martin O’Leary told TheJournal.ie that it could lead to a rise of 10cm in sea levels worldwide.
# antarctica - Thursday 1 December, 2016
# Medical Reasons
# Medical Reasons
The second man on the moon was there as part of a tourist group.
# antarctica - Thursday 23 June, 2016
# South Pole
# South Pole
It was only the third time that an emergency rescue operation has been launched in the middle of winter.
# antarctica - Sunday 14 February, 2016
# Landlocked
# Landlocked
The iceberg’s grounding left penguins having to walk more than 60 kilometres to find food.
# antarctica - Sunday 4 October, 2015
# 21st Century Explorer
# 21st Century Explorer
Sinéad Hunt is setting off on the trip of a lifetime in two weeks.
# antarctica - Sunday 31 May, 2015
# P-p-perfect
# P-p-perfect
Little is known about the habits and behaviors…
# antarctica - Sunday 3 May, 2015
# Antarctica
# Antarctica
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and emptiest (in terms of human inhabitants) place on earth.
# antarctica - Friday 3 April, 2015
# Rescue
# Rescue
An icebreaker transported the man back to Australia.
# antarctica - Monday 2 March, 2015
That’s what Anthony Galvin is hoping to do later this year.
# antarctica - Tuesday 9 December, 2014
# Vroom Vroom
# Vroom Vroom
“The tractor for me symbolises that if you want to do something, maybe you will not be so fast but if you keep going and keep your sense of humour you will get there”.
# antarctica - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
# Up To Speed
# Up To Speed
Get up to speed with the latest news, opinions and insights with our hand-picked indepth reads.
# antarctica - Saturday 4 January, 2014
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: How many people in the world are obese?
# Hold Up
# Hold Up
The Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, came close to reaching the Russian ship stuck last week – and now has been blocked itself.
# antarctica - Thursday 2 January, 2014
# Trapped
# Trapped
A helicopter from a nearby Chinese ship has begun ferrying scientists, tourists and journalists from the trapped ship.
# antarctica - Tuesday 31 December, 2013
# Stranded
# Stranded
The 52 passengers will be taken by helicopter to a nearby ship, while the 22 crew members are expected to remain with the trapped vessel.
# antarctica - Monday 30 December, 2013
# Trapped
# Trapped
It was the third attempt to rescue the scientific expedition ship which is trapped in ice estimated to be around 3 metres thick.
# antarctica - Friday 27 December, 2013
# Trapped
# Trapped
The ship has 74 people aboard for a scientific mission
# antarctica - Sunday 29 July, 2012
# Polar Exploration
# Polar Exploration
The Australian photographer travelled to Antarctica six times, including as part of the ill-fated Endurance expedition led by Shackleton.
# antarctica - Saturday 19 May, 2012
# On A Shoestring
# On A Shoestring
Michael Wigge left Berlin with nothing. Eleven countries later, he was in Antarctica . Here’s how he did it.
# antarctica - Thursday 19 January, 2012
# South Pole
# South Pole
Archived images of Scott and his team members, including Irishman Tom Crean, during his ill-fated push to reach the South Pole first.
# antarctica - Sunday 16 October, 2011
# Sitdown Sunday
From The Daily Edge
# Sitdown Sunday
The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.
# antarctica - Friday 24 June, 2011
# Happy Feet
# Happy Feet
The young Emperor penguin is a long way from his Antarctic home.
# antarctica - Friday 1 October, 2010
# Google
# Google
Browse three continents before lunch.
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