Scientists are gaining world-first insights into the lives of Antarctica's whales.

What's life like at Scott Base? Somewhere between school camp and a space station.

Nothing about travelling to the coldest, windiest, driest place on Earth is normal.

Within Antarctica's most active volcano could be the key to understanding alien life.

Xuelong, or the Snow Dragon, is bound for Antarctica.

William Smith served on the midget submarine that sank a Japanese cruiser.

NZ scientists in Antarctica are using military radio signals to monitor space weather.

Kiwi and Korean scientists are teaming up to measure Antarctica's subtlest changes.

We know less about what's beneath Antarctic ice shelves than we do about Mars' surface.

BBC crew broke 'never interfere' rule to rescue penguins on new David Attenborough show.

On November 28, 1979, Air NZ flight TE901 crashed into Mt Erebus, killing 257.

Japan's latest whaling expedition into the Southern Ocean has again drawn heavy criticism.

The world's ice sheets could still collapse with less than 2C of warming, review finds.

Every nation needs to mandate global conservation target.

Victims' families want a memorial that is "elegant, accessible and not in a cemetery".

Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf has been captured "singing" in remarkable new observations.

Vast area of Antarctica retreated when Earth's temperatures weren't much warmer than now.

Top NZ scientist dismayed at allegations of Japanese whaling in new Antarctic reserve.

Peter Beggs was dismissed over his conduct.

Radiation from sheep thyroid glands is said to support nuclear explosion contention.

The loss of just two Antarctic ice sheets could raise global sea levels by more than 20mm.

Auckland pilot killed in fall from open-top training plane in World War II.

Disappointment Erebus memorial likely to miss 40th anniversary.

Kelp's 20,000km drift to Antarctica stirs worry over plastic reaching pristine continent.

Polar research vessel will become a crucial asset, Attenborough predicts at launch.

He was fixing up Scott Base by day and studying to be a business guru at night.

Killian Russell, of Ireland, has been doing more than maintain Scott Base recently.

Twenty-two year old posed as a multi-millionaire aristocrat but was really a normal guy.

Scientific forays into Antarctica are helping to expand research on planets like Mars.

Scientists have an unlikely tool to show how fast Antarctic ice sheets are melting: seals.