A Chinese factory fishing ship caught fire today just off the coast of Antarctica and 97 crew members were rescued by a nearby Norwegian vessel as Chile's military mobilised to prevent any environmental damage.

Wanted: Hard-working Kiwi for brrr-illiant, chilled-out job. Expect a cool time, unusually long days ... and penguins.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and New Zealand ambassador to the US Mike Moore will speak in Washington next week about protecting the Antarctic's Ross Sea.

European scientists believe they have captured the birth of a Jupiter-sized planet emerging in a thick disc of gas and dust for the first time.

Scientists in Antarctica have discovered an 18kg meteorite embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet, the largest found in the region since 1988.

Japanese whalers have temporarily suspended their annual hunt in the Southern Ocean because protesters are making refuelling too dangerous.

American author David Roberts is seeking to resurrect the achievements of a much lesser known explorer, Sir Douglas Mawson.

The bodies of the three Canadian men believed killed in a plane crash in Antarctica will not be recovered until at least October, Antarctica New Zealand says.

Plans are under way to recover the bodies of three Canadian men believed killed in a plane crash in Antarctica after the wreckage of the aircraft was found on Saturday.

Prime Minister outlines his main objectives for his trip down to Antarctica, which has today been put on hold due to bad weather.

Antarctica's barren environment has flummoxed and troubled artists for five decades - not least because its cold prevents them from gripping a pencil or paintbrush.

New Zealand is unlikely to compromise on its protection plan for the Antarctic's Ross Sea at key talks this year.

Editorial: Once, the Prime Minister's visit to Antarctica this week would have placed him among a select group. Not any more.

Eco-tourism in the Antarctic has spiked in the past decade, and some operators predict locally run tours could eclipse the profits of controversial fishing in the Ross Sea.

Busby Noble fulfilled a pledge - he got off his couch and made one dream come true.

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and the US National Environment Research Council used satellite imagery to discover a massive penguin colony on the Princess Ragnhild Coast in Antarctica.

Sir Edmund Hillary called it "the greatest survival story of all time", and he knew a thing or two about the challenges posed by nature.