It might seem rather a weird connection, but ancient Viking warriors and Antarctica’s climate researchers have something in common- a lot in fact. As some movies portray, Vikings were seafaring people ...

BAS is a world-leading centre for polar research and operations. Its researchers discovered the ozone hole in 1985, and today BAS scientists are studying how the frozen regions of our planet are ...

Credit: Allison Cusick Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at ...

But they're expensive to uphold and people can question their worth. The good news is, they work—and Antarctica's strict biosecurity policies prove it. Under the web of agreements governing Antarctica ...

Penguins and seals may rule Antarctica’s waters, but its largest land animal is a 6mm midge that “freezes” and dries out come winter—only to thaw and keep going when it’s warmer. Here is its story.