Eco-tourism in the Antarctic has spiked in the past decade, and some operators predict locally run tours could eclipse the profits of controversial fishing in the Ross Sea.

Busby Noble fulfilled a pledge - he got off his couch and made one dream come true.

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and the US National Environment Research Council used satellite imagery to discover a massive penguin colony on the Princess Ragnhild Coast in Antarctica.

Sir Edmund Hillary called it "the greatest survival story of all time", and he knew a thing or two about the challenges posed by nature.

For the past century, since heading the first Australian-led Antarctic expedition, Sir Douglas Mawson has been considered a national hero.

A bid that would have safe-guarded the Ross Sea's pristine eco-system with the world's largest marine protected area has failed.

A compromise between the United States and New Zealand could create the world's largest marine protected area in the Ross Sea.

The United States and New Zealand have set aside their differences and reached a compromise to advance a joint proposal for the world's largest marine protected area in the Ross Sea.

NZ has brushed aside a US offer of cooperation over the establishment of a reserve which would protect the Antarctic Toothfish in the Ross Sea and submitted its own more conservative proposal.

Ushuaia's self-proclaimed status that it is the "end of the world" prompts a natural question: what lies beyond the port?