A new website for all things Antarctica has just launched in time for the 2011 Antarctic summer season. Besides an incredible level of information about explorers, wildlife and the locations visitors may see, Antarctic Guide is also a clearing house for the latest news about Antarctica. It has been developed by Antarctic expedition staff with […]

The South Polar Times was an on-site monthly publication for two Antarctica expeditions. The first two volumes come from Robert Falcon Scott’s “Discovery” expedition during the winters of 1902 and 1903, edited by Sir Ernest Shackleton and Louis Bernacchi (on the expedition’s only typewriter). The third volume was edited by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, on Scott’s last expedition, the […]

NEARLY a century after he hand-delivered them to Buckingham Palace, legendary Australian photographer Frank Hurley’s iconic Antarctic images have gone on display. His pictures from Ernest Shackleton’s epic Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition from 1914-1917 form half of the first photographic exhibition to be held at the Palace. Hurley’s shots were from a deluxe album he presented […]

Images from Frozen Planet have been released, showcasing spectacular footage from Sir David Attenborough‘s latest series, which looks at the effects of global warming on the Arctic and Antarctic. http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/878924-frozen-planet-incredible-pictures-released-of-new-bbc-documentary#ixzz1bNmgGlLd

Washington: The first significant ozone hole above the Antarctic is now as big as North America, scientists have claimed. Spanning about 25 million square kilometers, the ozone hole over the South Pole reached its maximum annual size on September 14, becoming the fifth largest on record, they said. The largest Antarctic ozone hole ever recorded occurred […]

Guinness recognized a new world record for the fastest overland journey to the South Pole this week. The expedition occurred in December 2010, when two modified Toyota Hilux trucks travelled 1,434 miles across the Antarctic High Plateau in 108 hours. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/15/icelandic-off-road-company-sets-record-south-pole-crossing/

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey will drill 3km through ice sheet to take samples from Lake Ellsworth. Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) will use a hot-water “drill” to cut through the ice cap to Lake Ellsworth, on the western Antarctic ice sheet. By sampling the contents of the lake, which is liquid because […]

A research team based in Victoria is getting some encouraging results from its genetic testing done on antarctic hair grass. (Deschampsia Antarctica). For the last ten years the Department of Primary Industries in Victoria has been trying to develop a frost tolerant wheat. Research scientist Ulrik John says they have had some success identifying the crucial genes […]