Antarctica sees record tourism growth as 130,000 visitors explored its unique beauty. Discover the implications.

Today around 15,000 people visit each year, drawn to one of the few parts of the inhospitable continent with a human history, and one that echoes our uneasy but evolving relationship with Antarctica.

Helicopter pilot Jonathan Mutch flies helicopters across Antarctica with Quark Expeditions, where guests pay up to $26,000 for the multi-day tours. Courtesy of Michelle Sole/Quark Expeditions ...

In short: A new forecast by university researchers suggests tourist numbers in Antarctica could almost quadruple to 452,000 next decade. The researchers say measures such as visitor caps and ...

Artificial intelligence can help accurately map and track penguin colonies in Antarctica by analysing tourist photos. “Right now, everyone has a camera in their pocket, and so the sheer volume ...

The massive inflow of tourism in Antarctica during the austral summer, almost 125,000 visitors per season, more than double the number five years ago, is becoming a growing concern for many NGOs ...