Crew members and researchers on board the UK polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough prepare the vessel for its upcoming trip to Antarctica. The research platform, named after the iconic ...

Kirsty Brown was snorkelling in the Antarctic Peninsula with another researcher when a leopard seal attacked without warning and dragged her underwater in a horrific and deadly assault ...

Kirsty Brown, 28, was snorkelling in the Antarctic Peninsula when a leopard seal dragged her underwater and refused to let go ...

Scientists say the iceberg could grind over the island's shelf, crushing underwater life. If it lodges at the island’s flank, it could remain a fixture for up to 10 years before the ice melts or ...

Britain's new polar ship, the Sir David Attenborough, will leave for sea trials on Wednesday to be put through its paces before making its maiden voyage to Antarctica late next year to boost research ...

UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of one of the world's least-known human rights and environmental ...

Dramatic shifts in the climate are underway in Antarctica and global impacts will be 'profound', according to British Antarctic Survey oceanographer Michael Meredith. Qantas closes three bases in ...

A funding bid to establish a polar security research program has been knocked back, despite the changing geopolitical ...

A new satellite image released by NASA has captured the "ongoing disintegration" of Iceberg A-23a in Antarctica, which was the world’s largest iceberg before it was reported to be shrinking rapidly ...

The first project in the renewal program includes the design of a new utility building, site-wide upgrades and the decommissioning of legacy infrastructure at Australia’s most southerly Antarctic ...