Pamela Wade, meets penguins by the thousands and faces down a fur seal.

Reverse Mermaids and the great holes of Antarctica. Te Radar's favourite stories.

Even in the cold and dark of an Antarctic winter, melting can still happen. Here's how.

Aurora Australis Facebook group now has almost 20,000 members around the world.

Scientists have made unexpected discoveries about Antarctica's best-known residents.

Melting glacial ice sheets make the ocean's surface layer less salty and more buoyant.

Want your April Fool's Day fix? Here's some of the best since way back.

Ridgway Lythgoe's slides and photos - especially those of Antarctica - are being appraised

Scientists film spectacular underwater action of the huge mammals beneath the sea ice.

Strange snow markings on Erebus not linked to plane crash

Arctic temperatures are warmer than ever recorded in February.

Hollywood actor Adrian Grenier will star in a new safety video created by Air New Zealand.

Chinese Government has established a new list of rules for people visiting Antarctica.

Mt Erebus victim's children question how many families Air NZ told about new safety video.

NZ is being urged to help create the largest protected area on the planet.

Niwa has released new photos revealing an abundance of life in the freezing waters beneath Antarctica’s ice.

New photos reveal an abundance of life in the freezing waters beneath Antarctica's ice.

Ten years after his death, Ed Hillary's legacy lives on strongly

Planets that were not even considered candidates to host alien life may be reanalysed.

"Soul-crushing" footage has emerged of a starving wild polar bear searching for food.

COMMENT: Steve Braunias reveals who's giving what to whom this Christmas.

Erebus crew member's widower supports call for national memorial.

Families want a national Mt Erebus disaster memorial built before 2019's 40th anniversary.

A dramatic change in sea ice could hamper a major NZ scientific expedition in Antarctica.

A horrific breeding season left a penguin colony strewn with dead babies.

Unusually warm weather affected Scott and Amundsen's race to the South Pole, study finds.

Scientists will model the risks of a future "super-eruption" in a new $8.2 million study.

Mountain ranges on Pluto have been formally named after Sir Ed Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

Hidden beneath the frozen surface of Antarctica lie warm caves that could harbour life.

Kiwi scientists have helped unlock frozen secrets that change what we know about methane.