A new team is heading to Port Lockroy in Antarctica to protect and run the base, and to keep an eye on its colony of penguins.

The remains of a 25-year-old Antarctic researcher have been found 66 years after he disappeared when he fell into a crevasse in 1959 during a survey mission, officials said. Dennis "Tink" Bell's ...

WASHINGTON — Three people needing medical care were airlifted out from a U.S. scientific base in Antarctica this week during a perilous rescue mission. The Royal New Zealand Air Force conducted the ...

The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT), a Cambridge-based charity, announced its new Antarctic Team as it began a three-year mission to save Port Lockroy. The mission aimed to restore the site, which ...

Antarctica is usually unoccupied except for scientists, wealthy tourists, and adventurers. Surprisingly, though, a small number of children have entered the world there. The exact figure is difficult ...

Sydney (Reuters) — New Zealand’s air force said on Wednesday it had evacuated three people from a United States research base in Antarctica, in what it said was a high-risk operation in freezing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — From Sunday, ...

Lisa Ford is returning to Port Lockroy for her third successive season, this time as base leader [UK Antarctic Heritage Trust/Bridie Martin West] A team of UK specialists is embarking on a 9,000-mile ...