Professor Ho Kin-chung will on Monday embark on his 16th trip to the Arctic, and the 62-year-old has splashed out HK$1 million from his pension fund on a polar research station.

A chasm and a crack on the Brunt Ice Shelf are creeping closer to one another, and when the two finally meet, a slab of ice will break away and float out to sea.

The Regent Seven Seas’ World Cruise, which kicks off on January 5, 2021, combines optimum luxury with adventure on the high seas, and will make 61 stops in 30 countries

Collision happened in Amundsen Sea, breaking the ship’s mast and leaving 250 tonnes of snow and ice piled up on its prow and front deck.

Colin O’Brady documented his nearly entirely uphill journey – which he called The Impossible First – on his Instagram page.

The two who had been working on a fire-suppression system were found unconscious after a helicopter pilot spotted smoke coming from a building.

Three nations helped block the proposal for a 1.8 million sq km (695,000 square mile) reserve, that had been supported by 22 other members of the body set up to protect Antarctic waters

• Country has been using Russian facility as its home base in the frozen continent.

The strange-looking iceberg was calved from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf in May