The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the ...

The deadly H5N1 strain is spreading rapidly in the Antarctic, potentially threatening the world’s largest breeding population ...

One researcher at an isolated base in Antarctica fears they may be the next target of a colleague who allegedly made a threat ...

A23a had been floating across the Southern Ocean for five years before it ran aground near the Island of South Georgia.

Several million penguins live in the area along with several species of albatross, elephant seals and fur seals, all of which ...

South Georgia has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg ran aground off its coast amid concerns it could ...

The island has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg, A23a, ran aground off its south-west coast. There's a concern it could impact wildlife on the island - but the timing is ...

It was bearing down on the small British overseas territory at a glacial 1km per hour ... an oceanographer at the British ...

"In general, it's become clear the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker than we originally realised and has a larger volume of ice ...

Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new ...

A, after years of drifting, now appears stuck near South Georgia Island. Once lodged in the Southern Weddell Sea for decades, ...

World's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground near remote British ... established five Antarctic stations. It is preparing itself, like Russia, to potentially claim [territory] if it had ...