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Ship stewards make history with same-sex marriage in Antarctica

Antarctica South Africa heatwave
Weather

‘It’s 40C above average’: Why Antarctica’s heatwave is bad news for SA

Endurance
Environment

The wreck of Endurance is a reminder of Antarctica’s uncertain future

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LGBTQIA+

Ship stewards make history with same-sex marriage in Antarctica

Antarctica South Africa heatwave
Weather

‘It’s 40C above average’: Why Antarctica’s heatwave is bad news for SA

Endurance
Environment

The wreck of Endurance is a reminder of Antarctica’s uncertain future

shackleton endurance
Lifestyle

A ship that endured: ‘Ship-shape’ wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance found

By Cornelia Le Roux09-03-2022 18:50

Endurance22: Live updates on one of the world’s most famous shipwrecks, the Endurance, which has been found more than a century after it sunk.

endurance shackleton
Lifestyle

Expedition Endurance: Shackleton’s famous shipwreck found off Antarctica

By AFP09-03-2022 14:38

The team of explorers used underwater drones to find and film the shipwreck of Shackleton’s Endurance in the merciless Weddell Sea.

Watch as a baby penguin try to make friends in BBC Earth's 'Snow Chick: A Penguin's Tale'.
Lifestyle

WATCH: Fluffy baby penguin tries to make friends in the Antarctic

By Erene Roux04-01-2022 15:50

People cannot get enough of a new film that follows the trials and tribulations of an adorable fluffy chick living in the Antarctic.

Touch down! Large passenger je
Travel

Touch down! Large passenger jet lands on Antarctic ice runway [watch]

By Lorne Philpot23-11-2021 19:25

For the first time in history, a large commercial passenger aircraft (an Airbus A340) has landed on ice in Antarctica.

Fancy ticking Antarctica off y
Travel

Fancy ticking Antarctica off your bucket list? Flights from SA set to begin

By Lorne Philpot17-11-2021 11:39

If you have always wanted to visit Antarctica – the world’s uninhabited southernmost continent – here’s your chance.

Lewis Pugh takes ‘icy plunge’
Environment

Lewis Pugh takes ‘icy plunge’ to highlight climate crisis [photos]

By Erene Roux08-09-2021 15:28

Lewis Pugh endured water temperatures between 0 and 3 Celsius and became the first person to undertake a multi-day swim in the polar regions.

Changing tides: Earth’s southe
Environment

Changing tides: Earth’s southern seas now officially world’s fifth ocean

By Erene Roux09-06-2021 13:33

Since National Geographic began making maps in 1915, it has recognised four oceans, but as of 8 June 2021, it now recognises five world oceans.

solar eclipse
Travel

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see rare solar eclipse…if you can afford it

By Lorne Philpot27-05-2021 16:34

Cruise companies provide opportunities to observe an extraordinary total solar eclipse from the comfort of luxury liners in the Antarctic. But will South Africans be able to join in?

Boeing 767 bound for Cape Town
Travel

Boeing 767 bound for Cape Town takes off from Antarctica [watch]

By Lorne Philpot03-03-2021 11:21

Icelandair made an unusual, ultra-long distance pickup from Dronning Maud Land in Antarctica this week, taking off from a glacial ice runway.

Young SA climate activists joi
Environment

Young SA climate activists join explorer Riaan Manser on Antarctica adventure

By The South African27-01-2021 17:31

Five environmentally minded matrics have set off with the explorer on an educational trip of a lifetime.

Stunning selection of 2020’s b
Lifestyle

Stunning selection of 2020’s best Aurora Borealis images

By Riyaz Patel26-12-2020 12:40

Get ready because this trip is going to take you to the most extreme poles of our planet, from the Arctic regions of Russia, Lapland, Norway, Canada, and Iceland, to the southernmost latitudes under the Antarctic night sky… always with the mesmerising Northern Lights dancing in the sky.

air
Environment

Researchers find the world’s cleanest air at the tip of the planet

By Tess Vengadajellum07-06-2020 12:00

Antarctica, the windiest and driest place on Earth, now has another record: the cleanest air.

Pugh
News

Lewis Pugh completes historic East Antarctica meltwater swim

By Ryan Mizzen27-01-2020 11:15

On Friday 24 January, Lewis Pugh became the first person in history to swim beneath the Antarctic ice sheet to raise awareness of the climate crisis and to highlight the need for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the region.

Antarctica season
Lifestyle

Minister Barbara Creecy launched ‘Antarctica Season’ – What you need to know

By Cheryl Kahla05-12-2019 13:59

South Africa is committed to the Antarctic Treaty, which hopes to regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth’s only continent without a native human population.

penguins climate change
Science

Emperor Penguins could march to extinction if nations fail to halt climate change

By The Conversation13-11-2019 20:49

Emperor Penguins are living indicators whose population trends can illustrate the consequences of climate change.

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