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Newton Stewart man organises Burns Supper in Antarctica

Rob Kerr is one of about 140 people, including 50 Scots, working at the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station.

25 Jan

Polar research ship sets sail to study impacts of climate change on Antarctica

The polar research ship RSS Sir David Attenborough- originally 'Boaty McBoatface' will arrive by Christmas.

20 Nov 2022

'Polar Preet' aims to make history again with epic Antarctica trip

‘Polar’ Preet, who's based in Widnes, will tackle the 1,100-mile plus expedition unsupported.

13 Nov 2022

The Lincolnshire woman about to run world's most remote post office

Couple make history in first same-sex marriage on British Antarctic Territory

Could you run the world's most remote post office?

World’s largest ice sheet is being threatened by warm summers, study finds

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Scientists stunned by 40C temperature rise in eastern Antarctica

Northumberland man part of Sir Ernest Shackleton's shipwreck discovery team

Shackleton’s Endurance found intact 107 years after sinking off Antarctica

'Polar Preet': Army officer returns to UK after history-making South Pole trek

Army officer becomes first woman of colour to ski to South Pole unaccompanied

Welsh cook travels to Antarctica on the Sir David Attenborough ship

How the ancient ice stored in Cambridge helps to tackle climate change

World's biggest iceberg the 'size of Majorca' breaks off from Antarctica