The department has now begun the hard task of restoring relationships in the nine-person team who must continue working together through the rest of Antarctica’s harsh winter. Such tensions ...

In winter, this means polar air outbreaks can ... Weather over the Amundsen Sea near Antarctica in the South Pacific is an important source of these disturbances. This year, we have seen ...

Over 60 scientists set sail on an Antarctica expedition aboard the Russian icebreaker Akademik Tryoshnikov Russia's Vostok Base in Antarctica has opened a new winter complex, the Institute of ...

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.

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 ...

The short video shows members of an Antarctic expedition running out of the Sanae IV base as alarms blare. Dressed in full winter protective gear, three people flee into the white landscape as ...

In winter, 40,000sq m of the sea freezes over every day. By the end of winter, Antarctica has doubled in size. Home to the largest mammal ever known Despite its hostile conditions, it is home for ...

A team of nine researchers were due to spend the Antarctic winter at the South African-run base, which sits about 170km (about 105 miles) from the edge of the ice shelf and is difficult to reach.

Antarctica lies at the South Pole. During the UK summer, Antarctica lies in total darkness. During the UK winter, the sun rises above the horizon in Antarctica. The continent has 24 hours of ...