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Antarctic evacuation under way
Passengers aboard the Akademik Shokalskiy are now being evacuated from the research ship that has been stuck in Antarctic sea ice for more than a week.
Passengers aboard the Akademik Shokalskiy are now being evacuated from the research ship that has been stuck in Antarctic sea ice for more than a week.
Passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for a week are expected to be rescued by helicopter, officials say.
A rescue icebreaker sent to retrieve more than 70 people on a marooned research ship in the Antarctic sea ice has been forced to turn around after coming within 19km of the vessel.
Kiwi ornithologist Kerry-Jayne Wilson's fourth day stranded on a ship trapped by pack ice in Antarctica started with news that rescue could still be days away.
A rescue icebreaker is making steady progress zig-zagging through ice to rescue an ice-trapped ship in Antarctica with 74 people on board, including six New Zealanders.
A ship trapped by heavy sea ice in Antarctica with 74 people on board, including six Kiwis, will not be rescued until tomorrow night at the earliest.
An icebreaker is expected to reach a stranded Antarctic research ship with six Kiwis on board late tonight.
A New Zealand scientist stranded on board a ship stuck in thick pack ice in Antarctica has reassured family back home that all is well.
Prince Harry has been praised by his brave band of wounded soldiers as they received a heroes' welcome after returning from a "crazy" South Pole adventure.
No New Zealanders were on board a helicopter which crash landed in Antarctica early yesterday morning, it has been revealed.
A New Zealand-US bid to establish the world's largest marine reserve in Antarctica is understood to have been blocked by China, Russia and Ukraine.
For decades, scientists have observed how giant ice streams have flowed out of West Antarctica, eventually feeding the frozen continent's largest ice shelf.
Murray McCully says an inquiry is expected after a flight to Antarctica carrying 117 passengers was forced to land in a whiteout after being cleared for landing.
New Zealand scientists will take over research operations in Antarctica as the United States withdraws its teams during the government shut-down.
Antarctica New Zealand is confident the US shutdown won't affect its vital air link between NZ and Antarctica when operations are reduced.
Kiwis at Scott Base are offering support to neighbouring McMurdo base as it runs out of money because of the US government shutdown.
The US federal government shutdown is reaching all the way down to the South Pole.
An Air Force plane carrying 117 passengers, including Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully, had to circle for two and a half hours before landing at Antarctica in bad weather tonight.
As key indicators of climate change, penguins serve a crucial role for scientists examining what fluctuations in the white continent mean for the rest of the world.
Prince Harry has spent the night in a giant freezer to simulate the conditions he will face when he treks to the South Pole in November.
The ozone hole over New Zealand is closing, but it may warm up Antarctica which could then affect the West Coast and Canterbury Plains, a university researcher says.
A New Zealand-led plan to create the largest marine reserve in the world in Antarctica has been blocked by Russia.