Exclusive: For Lodrick Hlungwane, who spent three years at the isolated base, a recent crisis there was disturbing—but not surprising.

After scientists at the South African Sanae IV research station pleaded for help, Rachel Clun speaks to an expert about the ...

Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.

Since satellites began tracking it, Arctic sea ice's winter peak has shrunk by an area about the size of Pakistan. View on ...

There are about 10,000 scientists stationed in Antarctica during the summer but, in the harsh winter, that number drops to ...

A team of nine scientists at the Sanae IV research station in Antarctica have been upset by the behavior of one of their group, the BBC reported on March 18.

The nine-member team, which includes scientists, a doctor and engineers, is expected to stay at the base for about 13 months until next year, authorities said, living in close quarters through the ...

On Tuesday 21 June researchers and operational staff at BAS’ King Edward Point, Bird Island and Rothera Research Station took part in a decades old tradition to mark the Antarctic Winter Solstice.

A group of South African scientists has pleaded for help, saying they are trapped in an isolated base on a cliff edge in Antarctica with a team member who has become violent.

The researchers and base personnel remain in Antarctica for approximately 15 months working through the cold and dark winter months. The biggest research finding from the Antarctic was the ...