News: Antarctica

We have started to collect the most important news related to Antarctica in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Antarctica – overview

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• December 25th 2020 – February 12th 2020
• January 24th 2020 – March 27th 2019
• December 29th 2018 – January 20th 2017
• January 16th 2017 – March 30th 2016
• February 26th 2016 – March 26th 2015
• January 12th 2015 – January 2nd 2014
• December 31st 2013 – April 9th 2013
• March 15th 2013 – December 12th 2012
• December 12th 2012 – April 6th 2012
• March 6th 2012 – November 2nd 2011
• September 6th 2011 – June 20th 2010
• January 2nd 2010 – January 20th 2008
• January 14th 2008 – December 7th 2005

Antarctica: news

Capt Lou Rudd is first Briton to cross Antarctic unaided

Saturday, December 29th 2018, 16:18
related countries: United States

A British Army officer has become the second person ever to trek unaided across Antarctica.
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US man finishes solo race across Antarctica

Wednesday, December 26th 2018, 18:38
related countries: United States

For the past two months, two men have been racing nearly 1,000 miles (1,600km) across a frigid void.
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Nasa photographs rectangular iceberg

Tuesday, October 23rd 2018, 12:47

Nasa has released a striking photo of a rectangular iceberg floating in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica.
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Climate change kills Antarctica's ancient moss beds

Tuesday, September 25th 2018, 0:32

Climate change is killing Antarctic's mosses, hardy plants growing at the bottom of the planet for centuries.
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In pictures: Summer and winter solstice celebrations

Thursday, June 21st 2018, 11:38

From a summer sunrise at Stonehenge to an icy swim in Antarctica.
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Thwaites Glacier: Biggest ever Antarctic field campaign

Monday, April 30th 2018, 10:01
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

British and American scientists will assess the stability of one of Antarctica's biggest ice streams.
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I was expected to marry so I went to Antarctica instead

Sunday, March 25th 2018, 0:34
related countries: India

Meena was raised a ‘good Indian girl' who was expected to get married, but she's off to Antarctica.
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Penguins die in 'catastrophic' Antarctic breeding season

Friday, October 13th 2017, 10:36

Only two chicks survived in a colony of 36,000 in a "catastrophic" breeding season in east Antarctica.
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Unknown species may thrive in Antarctic caves

Friday, September 8th 2017, 12:14

Animals and plants may be living in warm caves under Antarctica's ice, according to a study.
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Antarctica's missing iron meteorites: Mystery solved?

Tuesday, January 31st 2017, 22:31

A team from Manchester University is travelling to Antarctica to search for rare iron meteorites they believed may be buried in the ice.
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Larsen ice crack continues to open up

Friday, January 20th 2017, 1:55

The crack in Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf that looks set to spawn a giant iceberg has spread a further 10km.
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