A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to journey to the Antarctic - no experience required.

An extremely rare polar climate event may be about to seriously mess with NZ's weather.

'I've never seen anything worse in my life,' an Antarctic adventurer wrote at the time.

Scientists reveal another monster NZ bird - this time, an ancient 1.6m-high penguin.

There's disagreement between weather officials as to how much of an impact it will have.

Temperatures will fall as low as -6C tomorrow in parts of the South Island.

See what happens when boiling water is thrown into Antarctic air.

For six months of the year Antarctica doesn't see the sun.

Part of the world's largest ice shelf is melting 10 times faster than the overall average.

'The battle of political will, military power and global influence has been heating up.'

Adored for their waddle and striking black and white attire, these birds have smarts.

Antarctic author and historian started building the collection some 40 years ago.

The controversial YouTuber hopes to peek over the edge of the planet.

Conspiracy theorists that believe the Earth is flat want to reach Antarctica to prove it.

Lady Pippa agrees to request after watching Scouts' video appeal to use husband's name

Four people with links to New Zealand died in the 2014 Malaysia Airlines disasters.

"The only way I can describe it is like when a cat offers you a mouse," diver says.

Explosives helping reveal how Antarctica's ice shelves might respond to a warming world.

Enormous cavity under ice cap has serious implications for the rate of rising sea levels.

How warm would the ocean have to get to melt Antarctica's marine ice sheets, study asks.

The massive East Antarctica ice sheet is already a major contributor to sea-level rise.

What makes someone want to live in Antarctica? Jamie Morton explains.

Just how cold does it get at Antarctica's Scott Base? Jamie Morton explains.

Scientists are completing a project to help protect Antarctica's remarkable Dry Valleys.

To be on Antarctica's Ross Island is to be amid the ghosts of giants, writes Jamie Morton.

A glaciologist's epic trek across France-sized ice shelf will help unlock climate clues.

Kiwi scientists have found a clever way to look at how climate change will hit Antarctica.

Scientists have found a new way to peer beneath the largest single mass of ice on Earth.