Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent ...

with only one having a distribution that crosses the Antarctic Polar Front (APF) [1]. This finding highlights the complex biogeographic structure of the Southern Ocean and suggests that many ...

Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar bears floating ... due to melting of Antarctic ice sheets (isostatic ...

During the 2022 siege of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Subotina sent an email from the front ... the National Antarctic Scientific Center in Kyiv. And more than two dozen polar researchers ...

Antarctica also has sea ice, cold temperatures and seals. So why aren't there polar bears on the southernmost continent? The answer has to do with the evolution and geological history of the Earth.

The Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Program was commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC-UKRI) to enable a world-leading capability to ensure that Britain remains at ...

Shackleton has been lionised as a leading figure of the so-called “heroic age” of Antarctic exploration. “His final voyage kind of ended that heroic age of exploration, of polar exploration ...

Congratulations to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff who have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2025 New Year’s Honours List for their contributions to improving our understanding of ...

Which destination offers more: Antarctica or the Arctic? Sue Halliwell compares both places as polar travel destinations. They may look alike, but as travel destinations go, the Arctic and ...

For centuries polar exploration has provided a human link to some of the most remote areas of the world. Expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic have always symbolized humankind's adventurous spirit, ...

British Antarctic Survey The Polar Medal, awarded to those who work to advance the knowledge of the polar regions Catrin says she is "proud" to be awarded the Polar Medal, which will take place at ...