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Prince Harry embarks on 200-mile Antarctic charity trek

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 18:09

Prince Harry has embarked on his Antarctic trek today after the charity walk to the South Pole was delayed by bad weather for 48 hours.

Antarctic ice lab sees sub-atomic particles in space

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 11:37

Ghostly sub-atomic particles called neutrinos in outer space have been glimpsed from an icy observatory in Antarctica, offering a rare new view of the universe, scientists said Thursday.

Active volcano found under West Antarctic ice sheet

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 11:34

Researchers have discovered a smouldering volcano under a kilometer of ice in West Antarctica.

Powerful quake strikes far south Atlantic: USGS

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 16:53

A powerful 7.8 magnitude undersea earthquake struck in the Scotia Sea, a remote region in the far south Atlantic near Antarctica, US earthquake monitors reported on Sunday.

First Antarctic airborne campaign to monitor ice and land begins

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 13:11

With the arrival of NASA`s aircraft and scientists at the National Science Foundation`s McMurdo Station in Antarctica, the agency`s Operation IceBridge has begun its 2013 Antarctic field campaign.

Iceberg the size of Manhattan breaks away from Antarctic glacier

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 18:09

An iceberg the size of Manhattan has broken off a glacier in Antarctica and could survive long enough to drift into international shipping lanes, scientists said Thursday.

Cooler climate helped evolution of penguins

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 12:51

Penguins waddled into the book of life around 20 million years ago and diversified thanks to global cooling which opened up Antarctica for habitation, a study said on Wednesday.

Antarctica ice may contain tiny bubbles of air from 1.5 mn years ago

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 14:01

A new research has suggested that tiny bubbles of air buried deep in the Eastern Antarctica ice may contain the Earth`s atmosphere as it was 1.5 million years.

Antarctica harboured strange forests 250 million years ago?

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 17:59

Weird forests with certain features of modern tropical trees may have sprouted in Antarctica about 250 million years ago, a new study has found.

Nations fail to agree on Antarctic marine reserve

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 15:08

The nations that make decisions about Antarctic fishing failed today for a third time to agree on a plan that would create the world`s largest marine sanctuary.

China to build new Antarctica station

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 13:42

China is planning a new research station in Antarctica, the state oceanic administration said Friday.

Antarctic Ozone hole slightly smaller than average in 2013

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 12:45

The ozone hole, which forms every year in the stratosphere over Antarctica, is slightly smaller in size than average this year, according to NASA satellite data.