Chemicals in Antarctic huts pose 'potential explosive' risk

Chemicals found inside two of Antarctica's most important historically sites, Earnest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott's huts, could pose "potential explosive hazards", a report has warned.

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These aren't ants but shipping containers escaping on a massive breakaway iceberg

Details of how the shipping containers ended up on a giant iceberg have been revealed in one of the more unusual reports tabled at the annual meeting of Antarctic Treaty nations.

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Woman finds Antarctic pioneer's unmarked grave in Melbourne

Captain John King Davis was one of Australia's greatest Antarctic explorers, but for decades, his final resting place was an unmarked grave in Melbourne. Today, that will change.

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Australia's frozen ghost town leaves behind a toxic legacy

The ABC has been given rare access to an abandoned Australian base in Antarctica that continues to pose a threat to the environment.

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Ukraine accuses Russia of detaining scientist ahead of Hobart Antarctic conference

A diplomatic row has broken out at an international conservation conference in Hobart after Ukraine accused Russia of detaining one of its scientists for alleged security threats.

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Spies, security and Antarctic geopolitics: Australia's shifting polar challenges

A funding bid to establish a polar security research program has been knocked back, despite the changing geopolitical dynamics in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

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'Environmentally dangerous': Scientists warn against polar 'geoengineering'

Proposed "geoengineering" projects designed to reduce the impacts of global warming in polar regions would be ineffective, extremely costly and environmentally dangerous, researchers have warned.

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New study calculates carbon footprint of Antarctic tourism

More than 100,000 international tourists — including almost 10,000 Australians — travel to Antarctica each year. But a new study shows that getting there creates a significant carbon footprint.

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Melting glaciers on remote Australian island spark concern

Glaciers on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island have lost almost a quarter of their size over the past seven decades amid rising temperatures in the sub-Antarctic region, new research show...

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Scientists warn of 'crisis' in Antarctic research due to funding cliff

Australia's ability to conduct strategic, in-depth, and long-term research in Antarctica is being compromised by "terminating" funding models for key programs, scientists warn.

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Antarctic tourists 'could reach almost half a million' next decade

A new forecast suggests annual tourist numbers in Antarctica could almost quadruple within a decade, prompting calls for mitigation measures to reduce potential impacts on the continent's sensitive en...

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Scientists collect unique sea creatures during voyage to East Antarctica

From giant sea spiders to "sea pigs" and "sea butterflies" — analysing the rich biodiversity in Antarctica has thrilled researchers studying the impacts of climate change.

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Scientists alarmed as Antarctic sea ice again falls to near-record low

Scientists have found it difficult to capture longer-term changes to Antarctic sea ice as satellite records date from 45 years ago, but a recent reconstruction winds the record back to 1899.

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Antarctic base frozen in time undergoes first phase of clean-up

An abandoned Australian base in Antarctica has undergone an initial clean-up after a French inspection team last year raised concerns hazardous waste at the site posed an environmental risk.

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'Sleeping giant' glacier the focus of icebreaker's first science voyage

Australia's icebreaker is about to embark on one of its most important missions since coming into service more than three years ago.

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Inquiry recommends increase in inspections of foreign Antarctic bases

A parliamentary inquiry into the importance of Antarctica to Australia's national interests has made 13 recommendations, including increased inspections to ensure other countries are complying with no...

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Meet the Australian Adventurer of the Year who's on a 30,000km walk

Lucy Barnard has received an Australian Geographic award part-way through her mission to become the first woman to walk from the southernmost tip of South America to the top of North America.

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Underwater drone captures 'mind blowing' marine life under Antarctic ice

From red urchins to orange sea cucumbers, researchers monitoring the fastest-melting glacier in East Antarctica are surprised by new-found biodiversity under the ice at Bunger Hills.

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Two years ago, an Antarctic ice shelf 'suddenly disappeared'. Scientists now know how it happened

Australian and international scientists have used satellite imagery to chronicle the collapse of a New York City-sized ice shelf in Antarctica, shedding light on key processes linked to future sea lev...

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