The last emperor? Penguin numbers plunge
"TAKE it all in all, I do not believe anybody on Earth has a worse time than an emperor penguin," wrote Antarctic explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard on returning from Robert Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole.

World's largest ice sheet in 'stable' condition
AN ICE sheet in Antarctica that is the world's largest - with enough water to raise global sea levels by 200ft - is relatively stable and poses no immediate threat to ocean levels, according to new research.

'Invaders' threaten Antarctica
ANTARCTICA is facing destruction by foreign species of animals, plants and microbes that are hitching lifts on aircraft and ships, scientists have warned.

Antarctic luxury cruises 'a disaster waiting to happen'
LARGE luxury cruises into the unchartered waters of Antarctica must be banned to prevent a disaster worse than the Titanic, British diplomats warned yesterday.

Antarctic ice sheet is melting at rate of 36 cubic miles a year, says study
MELTING Antarctic ice is adding so much fresh water into the oceans every year that it could fill Loch Ness 18 times over, according to scientific research published yesterday.

Million-year-old ice is freeze frame of the past
JAPANESE researchers drilling in Antarctica have recovered what is believed to be the world's oldest sample of ice - dating back up to one million years.

Building on skis will let ice survey staff slip off to work
SCIENTISTS working in the Antarctic are to have a hi-tech research centre that can be moved around on huge skis.

World's biggest iceberg on the move
THE world's biggest iceberg has begun moving again, nearly three months after it ran aground, threatening penguin breeding colonies and blocking ships supplying food and fuel to Antarctic research stations.

Sir Edmund Hillary takes a chilly view of ice highway to South Pole
SIR Edmund Hillary, the man who first conquered Everest, has condemned an ice highway being driven across the Antarctic as "terrible" and warned it could destroy the fragile wilderness.

Hole in ozone layer shrinks
A GAPING hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica appears to have shrunk by about 20 per cent from last year's record-breaking size, scientists said today.

Antarctic threatened by 21st-century biotechnology 'gold rush'
SOME of the world's harshest environments could be under threat from a 21st-century "gold rush" by research scientists, the United Nations warned yesterday. It said work should be stepped up on international agreements to oversee prospecting in...

Life in ice lake 2800 years on
BACTERIA and algae frozen in an Antarctic lake for more than 2800 years returned to life after thawing, US scientists found.

Ozone hole size shrinks by a third
THE ozone hole over Antarctica is markedly smaller this year than in the last few years and has split in two, US government scientists reported.

Ozone hole shrinks
THE so-called ozone hole over Antarctica is markedly smaller this year than in the past few years and has split in two.

Marine life under threat
THOUSANDS of the world?s most exotic marine species, from spiders the size of dinner plates to giant woodlice, face extinction if Antarctic sea temperatures rise as predicted, says a leading scientist.



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