Living in Antarctica

Antarctica is the most hostile continent on Earth, and the handful of scientists and researchers who make it their home face a host of mental as well as physical challenges.

The end of the ice

In 1897, the former whaling ship RV Belgica left Antwerp in Belgium on first voyage of what would become known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. As so many ships before, it became trapped in polar ice, at a location which is now open water.

Drones across Antarctica

A Queensland University of Technology research team is conducting deep field drone operations to pursue a range of scientific research in remote Antarctica.

Navigating icy waters

Antarctica will become a region of rising tensions and disputes in future years as major powers squabble over developing its resources. It is therefore important that Australia invests in Antarctic environmental security, both domestically and internationally, to protect itself and the frozen continent from exploitation.

Don’t wake Antarctica’s ‘sleeping giant’

A new study suggests the worst effects of global warming on Earth’s largest ice sheet can be avoided if the world meets the climate targets outlined in the Paris Agreement – but if we fail, then the melting of the ice sheet will have a drastic impact on sea level rise.

A cold, hard reality check on Antarctica

The Antarctic Treaty System is a consensus arrangement that has been in place for more than 50 years but this Cold War peace agreement is inadequate to respond to the security challenges of the 2020s.