‘It shouldn’t be a bucket list place’: these people went to Antarctica. They hope you don’t
As Antarctic tourism grows, so does the environmental impact. Now scientists and artists who work on the continent hope to encourage us to admire from afar
February 2024
Experience
Experience: I sort the post in Antarctica
I have the nicest commute. I pass seals on an iceberg and penguins
January 2023
Cruises, crowds and fragile ecosystems: the delicate dance of Antarctic tourism
As the icy continent braces for a record summer, ecologists say more visitor caps and restrictions are needed to protect wildlife
April 2020
The good place
Life on ice: what Esperanza Base in Antarctica can teach us about isolation
Despite missing friends and celebrations, a community at the bottom of the world has learned to survive, even thrive
October 2019
Au revoir Aurora Australis: 'It’s a tiny melting pot of humanity isolated in the Southern Ocean'
For 30 years icebreaker Aurora Australia has carried researchers and artists to Antarctica. As it prepares for its final voyage, passengers and crew recall its legacy
June 2016
Antarctica's tourism industry is designed to prevent damage, but can it last?
Companies must book pre-approved sites in advance to minimize the impact on the local environment but as the number of visitors keeps growing, some countries are clamoring for tighter regulation
February 2015
GrrlScientist
New Books Party: Books that arrived recently
GrrlScientist
GrrlScientist: This week, I share my thoughts about two new books; one that argues for a radical new history of life on Earth, and the other is a newly revised field guide to diving in Antarctica
January 2015
Weekend magazine travel special 2015
Kamila Shamsie sails to Antarctica
Erebus: Into the Unknown review – a too-brief true tale of Antarctic terror
October 2014
Google Street View used to map Shackleton's island
The remote island of South Georgia – where explorer Ernest Shackleton found refuge – is among nine new locations mapped by Google Trekker technology
July 2014
How to survive a winter in Antarctica – in pictures
Photographer and explorer Dr Alexander Kumar spent nine months at Concordia
Station, where temperatures drop to -80C and your nearest neighbours are
astronauts orbiting the Earth. Follow his journey through the worst
winter in the world
April 2014
The case for language learning
The Antarctic tour guide: my career in languages
Everland review – a compelling tale of lives stripped bare in Antarctica
March 2014
Point of view
What do the diaries of Shackleton and Scott reveal?
Shackleton edited his diaries, but Scott didn't have that option – the difference proved to be significant. By Rebecca Hunt
January 2014
Adventure holidays and trips for 2014: Latin America and the Caribbean
Do you know your way around polar exploring in literature? - quiz
December 2013
Antarctica live
Auld Lang Syne in the Antarctic as stranded adventurers await rescue
Pictures from the past
Shackleton's Endurance trapped in pack ice - a picture from the past
Antarctica live
A postcard from the Antarctic coastline – video
GrrlScientist
Cookie the Little Penguin at the Cincinnati Zoo | video
