‘A fortunate accident’: Scientists stumble across sea creatures living in -2°C water on the Southern Ocean seabed underneath Antarctica British Antarctic Survey researchers drilled a borehole through 900m of ice They then ventured further through the ocean water and down to the sea floor Here they ricocheted off a large boulder and a camera caught sight … Read more
‘If you’ve printed out an itinerary, throw it away,’ says Adam, the trip leader of Oceanwide Expeditions’ Hondius ship, as we gather for a briefing en route to the world’s largest desert – Antarctica. The initial plan for the ten-day expedition has changed, he says, and now we’ll venture below the Antarctic Circle, something that … Read more
Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow! Here we present 25 of the best aurora pictures taken around in the world in 2020 – and they are sure to make your eyes light up. They are part of the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year collection, which is curated each year by travel … Read more
Covid reaches ANTARCTICA: 36 people stationed at a Chilean research base catch the disease – meaning it has now spread to every continent 36 people at General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme base tested positive Monday This includes 26 army personnel and another 10 contractors doing maintenance Chilean army said it had flown back all those who tested … Read more
Ed Sheeran appears to reminisce about a trip to Antartica with wife Cherry Seaborn nine months before their daughter Lyra Antartica was born on new song Afterglow. In the romantic track, which was released at 11am on Monday, the star sings about being: ‘love drunk waiting on a miracle, trying to find ourselves in the … Read more
Lorde paints an incredible picture of Antarctica while calling her 2019 trip to the End Of The World ‘cooler’ than the VMAs and Met Gala By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 01:41 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 01:41 GMT, 11 December 2020 Lorde has reached the top of the pop music world in terms … Read more
P-p-p-pick up a parcel – while you can! Sir Ranulph Fiennes leads campaign to save Antarctica’s renowned ‘penguin post office’ amid dearth of cruise ship visitors during the pandemic The world’s southernmost post office is found at the British base of Port Lockroy Established in 1944, the base on Wiencke Island is now maintained as … Read more
Changes to the Antarctic ice sheet at the bottom of the southern hemisphere have been triggered by sea level changes in the northern hemisphere over the past 40,000 years, a new study discovered. Researchers from McGill University found that ice sheets at opposite ends of the Earth can influence one another by tweaking sea levels … Read more
Global warming has revealed mummified remains of Adélie penguins that have laid hidden under the ice in Antarctica for more than 5,000 years. Steven Emslie, a professor at the University of North Carolina, was studying Cape Irizar just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the Scott Coast when he and his team stumbled upon hundreds … Read more
Two of Antarctica’s most important glaciers which together cover area the size of Norway are crumbling faster than ever, satellite images reveal Researchers studied the evolution of the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers Their melting is responsible for around 5 per cent of global sea level rise to date However, their total collapse would raise global sea … Read more