ENVIRONMENT Study: Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades 03-10-2020 16:51 This year is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study by the University of Santiago de Chile out Friday found.
Global pandemic Antarctica is still free of Covid-19 – but can it stay that way? 13-09-2020 09:01 Antarctica remains the only continent without Covid-19 and a global effort is underway to make sure incoming visitors don't bring the virus with them.
Global pandemic Antarctica's splendid isolation keeps coronavirus at bay 19-05-2020 15:23 Antarctica remains the only Covid-19-free continent – thanks in the main to strict security and not a little luck.
Research during pandemic Ukraine scientists navigate lockdown to reach Antarctica 04-05-2020 13:45 Yuriy Otruba was preparing for his sixth scientific expedition to Antarctica when the coronavirus pandemic hit, shutting borders, grounding flights and locking down countries he needed to travel through, urging his team to do the ‘impossible’ while not getting infected.
Climate Change Antarctica likely breaks heat record at over 18 degrees Celsius 14-02-2020 12:01 The reading was taken last Thursday at an Argentine research base, but still needs to be verified by the World Meteorological Organization.
Travel & tourism Antarctica tourism: the quest for Earth's vulnerable extremes 13-12-2019 07:03 New luxurious adventure excursions give their guests an opportunity to get up close and personal with quickly-eroding natural beauty, but is the very presence of humans there contributing to the destruction of this frozen wondrous landscape?
Chilean Plane Crash Chilean plane that vanished en route to Antarctica found 12-12-2019 23:13 Chile's Defense Minister Alberto Espina said human remains have been found from a military aircraft that disappeared on a flight to Antarctica.The plane was carrying 38 passengers when it took off from southernmost Chile on Monday
SCIENCE Argentine scientists find fossils of giant prehistoric penguin in Antarctica 13-11-2019 16:40 Scientists have identified fossils found in Antarctica as belonging to 'Anthropornis grandis,' a species of giant penguin that could grow up to 1.7 metres tall.