TOPIC
/
location
Antarctica
+ FOLLOW
Antarctica
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Antarctica. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
SHOW FULL PROFILE
Japan
Japan warns of collision risks after Chinese fighter jet manoeuvres
Such actions by the Chinese jet should be viewed as ‘threats’, as any error could escalate tensions in the Pacific, analysts say.
4 hours ago
Japan
Japan spots Chinese navy’s show of force in west Pacific amid maritime row
10 Jun 2025 - 12:21PM
videocam
Tourism
Want a special way to mark World Oceans Day? Try these luxury experiences
8 Jun 2025 - 8:30AM
Japan
China’s overtures a ‘pointed signal’ to stabilise ties with Japan: analysts
Beijing has recently removed controversial maritime buoys, eased a politically charged seafood import ban and appeared to temper its rhetoric.
31 May 2025 - 10:00AM
Science
Genes whisper ancient tales of longest human migration out of Asia
DNA analysis helps researchers unlock mysteries of indigenous groups who crossed prehistoric land bridge to western hemisphere.
16 May 2025 - 4:57PM
videocam
Science
Could dinosaurs walk on massive glaciers? Oyster fossil offers clue
‘Reductions in Arctic and Antarctic ice are expected to continue, potentially leading to completely ice-free polar regions’: paper.
14 May 2025 - 3:16PM
videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Science
China’s new tech boosts sub hunt capabilities near Alaskan waters
Scientists develop highly accurate underwater acoustics technology for depth detection in challenging and strategically important Beaufort Sea.
16 Apr 2025 - 10:50PM
videocam
United States
Opinion
|
Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think
Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.
29 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
videocam
12
Climate change
Opinion
|
Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss
Other mountain ranges are losing their glaciers faster but Asia’s critically dependent economy and people put it on the front line.
22 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
videocam
Space
‘Blood Moon’ to bathe Earth with red light in total lunar eclipse
It is the first total lunar eclipse since 2022, but there will be another this September.
13 Mar 2025 - 7:47PM
videocam
Science
Ancient DNA helps reconstruct penguin history from the Stone Age to the present
Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 years ago.
10 Mar 2025 - 7:22PM
videocam
Environment
Iceberg twice the size of Greater London runs aground off Antarctica
A23a, the world’s biggest and oldest iceberg, is stuck near the island of South Georgia.
4 Mar 2025 - 11:25PM
Tourism
How Antarctica travel is changing – from science expeditions to TikTok tourism
Glistening icebergs. Adorable penguins. Majestic fiords. Antarctica’s growing popularity with tourists is being fuelled by social media.
20 Feb 2025 - 11:19AM
Science
China launches icebreaker to help forge path in research and Arctic influence
In announcing Tan Suo San Hao launch, state media says its Chinese engineers broke through foreign-controlled technological bottlenecks.
27 Dec 2024 - 7:47PM
videocam
Video
|
China icebreaker drops off supplies
Chinese icebreaker drops off supplies in Antarctica after ship spends 2 months at sea
13 Dec 2024 - 5:25PM
01:17
Science
China opens its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica
Data from the station will ‘support the global response to climate change’, according to China Meteorological Administration.
2 Dec 2024 - 8:00PM
Australia
Penguin ‘Gus’ released at sea 20 days after waddling onto Australian beach
The bird – who soon loved seeing his reflection in a mirror – was found, very undernourished, on sand dunes 3,500km north of the Antarctic coast.
23 Nov 2024 - 1:23AM
videocam
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Australia
First emperor penguin known to reach Australia found on tourist beach
Adult male was found on a popular tourist beach in temperate southwest Australia – about 3,500km north of its Antarctic home’s icy waters.
12 Nov 2024 - 6:18AM
Hong Kong society
Hong Kong college helps design device included in national Antarctic expedition
Hong Kong College of Technology collaborates with mainland automotive research institute to develop system for piece of equipment dubbed Xuexiao 2.
30 Oct 2024 - 7:36PM
China’s coastguard
US coastguard eyes China, Russia in making Indo-Pacific a ‘top’ priority
Geostrategic importance and criticality to global trade cited amid ‘active’ cooperation this year between Beijing and Moscow in Arctic Ocean.
26 Oct 2024 - 4:50AM
videocam
18
TV shows and streaming video
Discovery of explorer Shackleton’s ship Endurance in Nat Geo documentary
Film tells 2 remarkable stories, of how wreck was found 3km underwater in the Antarctic and Shackleton’s 1916 escape from the icebound ship.
15 Jan 2025 - 8:40PM
videocam
Science
China plans to send crewed submersible to bottom of Arctic seabed
The country announced a new exploration vessel as part of its growing presence in polar regions.
20 Oct 2024 - 6:00PM
videocam
Iceland
Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that killed 1 man, saying no one is missing
A group of 23 foreign tourists were on an organised tour of the glacier Breidamerkurjokull with a guide when the cave collapsed on Sunday.
27 Aug 2024 - 4:08AM
Science
Chinese-led study finds uneven polar ice melt could cause global disruption
Ice sheets and sea ice are melting faster in Northern Hemisphere than Southern Hemisphere, which could trigger another climate event: paper.
7 Aug 2024 - 4:00PM
videocam
Style Edit
Style Edit: How Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative champions marine protection
Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative supports Australian marine biologist Ben Fitzpatrick in his quest to keep Ningaloo Coast and Exmouth Gulf safe from development
16 Jul 2024 - 10:00AM
US-China relations
Ice Pact: US, Canada and Finland sign shipbuilding deal in challenge to China
Trilateral agreement announced at the Nato summit will see collaboration on the building of polar icebreakers.
11 Jul 2024 - 10:57PM
videocam
15
Americas and the Caribbean
Exclusive
|
What is Milei’s China agenda? Argentina’s envoy on trade, space and Global South
Buenos Aires’ Beijing ambassador, Marcelo Suarez Salvia, says the two countries are navigating towards ‘promising horizon’ of opportunities.
5 Jul 2024 - 1:24AM
videocam
17
Science
Chinese scientists find diehard moss that might survive and thrive on Mars
Researchers in China say a small desert plant that can be revived after years in freezing, dry conditions may become a pioneer species in space.
3 Jul 2024 - 4:03PM
videocam
7
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Help preserve 120 years of quality journalism.
SUPPORT NOW
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement