Chinese icebreaker shines spotlight on polar ambitions

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 11:39

A Chinese research vessel`s escape from pack ice after evacuating 52 people from a Russian ship trapped in Antarctica has shone a spotlight on the Asian power`s growing polar ambitions at both ends of the Earth.

Supraglacial lakes moving along Antartic ice shelf

Last Updated: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 18:06

Satellite images have revealed a sequence of lakes on top of the George VI ice shelf in Antarctica moving along the boundary of the ice shelf with Alexander Island.

Ozone hole over Antarctica on the road to recovery

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 13:04

Researchers in Australia have claimed that the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is on the road to recovery, 22 years after the Montreal Protocol to ban chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and related ozone-destroying chemicals came into force.