Jan 17, 2026 · Antarctica has more than 70 ice shelves that extend the continent’s vast ice sheet out over the ocean. Covering about 1.5m sq km, ice shelves float on the water and don’t by themselves …

Dec 1, 2025 · Does Antarctica really have the bluest sky in the world? Light scattering creates the shade we see when we look skyward, and studies show the process varies around the world

Jan 29, 2026 · Antarctica is the likely winner for deepest, most saturated blue sky, as it combines high altitude with extremely low humidity and pollution.

Jan 20, 2026 · Penguins in Antarctica have radically shifted their breeding season, apparently as a response to climate change, research has found.

Dec 13, 2025 · It might be traditional to write to Father Christmas with a gift list, but when Kirsten Shaw wanted a new postbox for staff at the UK’s Rothera Research Station in Antarctica, she wrote to the …

Feb 14, 2026 · ‘Being there, your priorities shift’: in a BAS kitchen in Antarctica. Photograph: Olivier Hubert You might not think it, but we have a good range of products at our disposal.

Sep 26, 2025 · A rare rise in stratospheric temperatures over Antarctica could influence weather into summer, with previous events driving hotter and drier conditions for south-east Australia.

Oct 4, 2024 · The acceleration in the spread of the mosses from 2016 coincides with the start of a marked decrease in sea ice extent around Antarctica. Warmer open seas may be leading to wetter …

Dec 24, 2025 · Despite the harsh conditions, both Chapman and Rietveld hope to return to Antarctica in the near future. Rietveld says: “It’s quite nice – you sort of become like a private chef.

Sep 8, 2023 · Antarctica is likely warming at almost twice the rate of the rest of the world and faster than climate change models are predicting, with potentially far-reaching implications for global sea level ...