TravelLe Lapérouse: Small ship with big prices offers great adventureFor this small vessel, there is a volumous French swagger to Le Ponant's new ship.18 Feb 09:09 PM
New ZealandKiwis helping in undersea search for Shackleton's shipSir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance was abandoned in 1915 after it became stuck in ice11 Feb 06:54 AM
New ZealandWhy are scientists blowing up ice in Antarctica?Explosives helping reveal how Antarctica's ice shelves might respond to a warming world.09 Feb 11:01 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandAntarctica: An alien valley, frozen in timeComment: When you step into Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys, you step into another world.09 Feb 04:00 PM
World'Doomsday glacier': Sea levels could rise 65cm if ice shelf meltsEnormous cavity under ice cap has serious implications for the rate of rising sea levels.01 Feb 12:45 AM
New ZealandMillion-dollar study: When will Antarctica's marine ice sheets melt?How warm would the ocean have to get to melt Antarctica's marine ice sheets, study asks.21 Jan 11:32 PM
WorldIce loss from Antarctica has increased sixfold since 1970sThe massive East Antarctica ice sheet is already a major contributor to sea-level rise.14 Jan 09:28 PM
New ZealandJamie Morton's Antarctic Diary: Why Kiwis come to Scott BaseWhat makes someone want to live in Antarctica? Jamie Morton explains.13 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandAntarctic Diary: How cold is it at Scott Base?Just how cold does it get at Antarctica's Scott Base? Jamie Morton explains.11 Jan 01:08 AM
New ZealandPreserving Antarctica's famous Dry ValleysScientists are completing a project to help protect Antarctica's remarkable Dry Valleys.10 Jan 09:05 PM
New ZealandJamie Morton's Antarctic Diary: On the island of giantsTo be on Antarctica's Ross Island is to be amid the ghosts of giants, writes Jamie Morton.10 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandPerilous 1100km Antarctic trek - in the name of climate scienceA glaciologist's epic trek across France-sized ice shelf will help unlock climate clues.10 Jan 01:17 AM
New ZealandAn explosive way to track climate changeKiwi scientists have found a clever way to look at how climate change will hit Antarctica.09 Jan 08:14 PM
New ZealandWhat lies beneath Antarctica's ice?Scientists have found a new way to peer beneath the largest single mass of ice on Earth.07 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandGetting up close and personal with Antarctica's orcasScientists are gaining world-first insights into the lives of Antarctica's whales.06 Jan 02:32 AM
New ZealandAntarctic Diary: Life at the edge of the worldWhat's life like at Scott Base? Somewhere between school camp and a space station.06 Jan 02:26 AM
New ZealandAntarctic Diary: Gearing up for the deep southNothing about travelling to the coldest, windiest, driest place on Earth is normal.03 Jan 06:13 PM
New ZealandInto the ice world: Drilling into Antarctica's Mt ErebusWithin Antarctica's most active volcano could be the key to understanding alien life.02 Jan 08:05 PM
New ZealandChinese icebreaker makes Christchurch stopoverXuelong, or the Snow Dragon, is bound for Antarctica.30 Dec 03:03 AM
New ZealandMidget-submarine warrior diesWilliam Smith served on the midget submarine that sank a Japanese cruiser.18 Dec 06:16 AM
New ZealandInto the ice world: Antarctica's link to 'space weather'NZ scientists in Antarctica are using military radio signals to monitor space weather.17 Dec 06:52 PM
New ZealandInto the ice world: Life at the bottom of the planetKiwi and Korean scientists are teaming up to measure Antarctica's subtlest changes.16 Dec 12:21 AM
New ZealandSecrets beneath Antarctica's ice shelvesWe know less about what's beneath Antarctic ice shelves than we do about Mars' surface.09 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandInto the ice world: Why we should all care about AntarcticaWhy care about Antarctica? what happens there, matters here, Jamie Morton explains.05 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandInto the ice world: A DNA miracle in Antarctica's 'Martian' Dry ValleysAntarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys are among the most inhospitable places on Earth.05 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentCrew make rare decision to intervene and help penguins in latest Attenborough docoBBC crew broke 'never interfere' rule to rescue penguins on new David Attenborough show.19 Nov 07:09 PM
New ZealandParnell Rose Gardens proposed as site for National Erebus MemorialOn November 28, 1979, Air NZ flight TE901 crashed into Mt Erebus, killing 257.15 Nov 06:22 PM
New ZealandNZ slams Japan's latest whaling expeditionJapan's latest whaling expedition into the Southern Ocean has again drawn heavy criticism.12 Nov 10:28 PM
New ZealandCan the world stop polar ice sheets collapsing?The world's ice sheets could still collapse with less than 2C of warming, review finds.12 Nov 08:59 PM
WorldLast chance to save world's wildernessEvery nation needs to mandate global conservation target.08 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandErebus memorial receives $3m Government fundingVictims' families want a memorial that is "elegant, accessible and not in a cemetery".05 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandListen to the sound of climate changeAntarctica's Ross Ice Shelf has been captured "singing" in remarkable new observations.20 Oct 09:28 PM
WorldAntarctica warming could fuel 'disastrous sea-level rise'Vast area of Antarctica retreated when Earth's temperatures weren't much warmer than now.20 Sep 09:01 PM
New ZealandClaims Japan killed whales in new Ross Sea reserveTop NZ scientist dismayed at allegations of Japanese whaling in new Antarctic reserve.06 Sep 02:31 AM
