IN FOCUS: Every year, a few thousand people deploy to live on Antarctic research stations — and go through punishing survival training regimes to do so. Holly Baxter speaks to two former Antarctica ...

How long tubes of mud - drilled out of the Antarctic seafloor - could reveal how the frozen continent is changing.

Cyprien Verseux goes for a walk outside the base in Antarctica during the summer months, when the continent has 24 hours of bright sunlight every day (Carmen Possnig, ESA/PNRA/IPEV) The surprises ...

Antarctica is nearing an irreversible tipping point, with ice loss, ocean changes, and wildlife collapse threatening the ...

A close-up of Cyprien Verseux in his pared-back protective gear during the summer in Antarctica. During the 24 hours of daylight, people rarely sleep and social activities at the base — from ...

The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ...

Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by metres and lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations", scientists warned ...