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    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
      Travel
      The British scientist who became the penguins’ accidental hero

      On a rare voyage to Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, John Ridding meets the expert revolutionising research into the species that has become a symbol of climate change

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Travel
      Shortcuts: cycling across Antarctica and Battersea Power Station’s first hotel

      Italian Omar Di Felice sets out on the ultimate bike-packing expedition; London’s new art’otel prepares to open doors

    • Saturday, 30 April, 2022
      Travel
      Postcard from the Falklands: an audience with the albatross

      The outer islands of the archipelago are home to a handful of people — and vast colonies of seabirds

    • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
      Climate change
      Polar regions experience extremes as world warms

      Temperatures in Antarctica 40C above normal and ice shelf collapse in March alarms scientists

    • Friday, 11 March, 2022
      Tom Robbins
      Forget Endurance: the real star of Shackleton’s escape rests quietly in suburbia

      For all the drama and heroism of great explorations, the spectre of pointlessness often lurks in the background

    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship ‘Endurance’ found after more than a century

      Scientists locate remarkably well-preserved vessel 3,000 metres underwater off the coast of Antarctica

    • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
      LexClimate change
      Icebergs: breaking up is a shattering experience Premium content

      Scientists fear ‘Doomsday’ Glacier collapse could drag most of West Antarctica’s ice with it

    • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
      Travel
      Bucking the trend: travel’s bright hopes for 2022

      The great travel restart may be on hold but there are some parts of the sector that will begin the new year with the wind in their sails

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      Environment
      Hole in the ozone layer widens as recovery remains in the distance

      Damage hit near peak level last month because of seasonal factors and long-lived nature of CFCs

    • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
      Rachman Review podcast25 min listen
      Scientists aim to re-freeze polar ice

      As climate change accelerates, scientists look at ways to reverse environmental damage

    • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
      Travel
      Travel discoveries of 2020

      William Dalrymple, Sophy Roberts, Pico Iyer and many more reveal their best finds in a turbulent year

    • Monday, 13 July, 2020
      Climate change in 2020
      Climate change: what Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ means for the planet

      Thwaites Glacier is melting at an alarming rate, triggering fears over rising sea levels

    • Friday, 3 April, 2020
      Life & Arts
      What a journey to the South Pole taught me about self-isolation

      Explorer Erling Kagge on the lessons he learnt from 50 days alone in the Antarctic

    • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
      Travel
      Postcard from Antarctica — the last coronavirus-free continent

      British scientist Kelly Hogan has found herself temporarily stranded in the world’s safest place

    • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
      News in Focus podcast14 min listen
      Secrets of the South Pole

      As human activity encroaches, do we need to do more to protect Antarctica?

    • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
      FT Magazine
      Why penguins may help us predict the impact of climate change

      The struggle of Antarctica's animals to adapt to global warming holds lessons for us all 

    • Friday, 7 February, 2020
      Climate change
      Record Antarctic temperature met with the sound of cracking ice

      High of 18.3C this week underscores how rapidly climate change is affecting polar region

    • Friday, 7 February, 2020
      Climate change
      Temperature in Antarctica touches record high of more than 18C

      Scientists warn of devastating effects of global warming on ice sheets in polar regions

    • Wednesday, 25 September, 2019
      Climate change
      Sea level rises faster as polar ice melts, warns UN report

      Landmark UN report lays bare severe risk to coastal cities and low-lying islands

    • Wednesday, 6 March, 2019
      Travel
      Champagne on ice: extreme luxury in the wilds of Antarctica

      A voyage to the ends of the earth — with a butler always on hand

    • Thursday, 27 December, 2018
      Last great Antarctic ‘first’ finally falls

      American Colin O’Brady pips Brit Louis Rudd to claim historic polar victory

    • Sunday, 23 December, 2018
      InterviewHow to Lead
      Overcoming adversity: In the footsteps of polar explorer Shackleton

      When Tim Jarvis re-enacted an epic journey, leadership skills were all he had to rely on

    • Friday, 21 December, 2018
      Travel
      The race to cross Antarctica

      Two rivals are closing in on one of the last great polar records

    • Thursday, 29 November, 2018
      Climate change
      Seal sensors to assess flood risk to world’s coastal cities

      Scientists are attempting to quantify the future dangers of Antarctic ice melt

    • Monday, 29 October, 2018
      China
      China to build first Antarctic airport
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