News of antarctica

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.