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

Stephen and Eric, who have been together for 20 years, said Antarctica was the "perfect place" to officially tie the knot.

25 Apr

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

UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is in search of staff to spend five months in Antarctica running and maintaining the Port Lockroy base as well as counting penguins.

5 Apr

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

The research involved the study of more than 2,000 satellite images to determine the size and volume of lakes on the surface of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

31 Mar

Insight

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

Earth's last Covid-free continent seeks to keep coronavirus at bay

Swimming in Antarctica: The frozen challenge of a lifetime

Record high temperature of more than 18C recorded for Antarctica

British endurance swimmer completes swim under Antarctic ice sheet