We'll remember 9/11, but we've also got the rugby and a brilliant city.

On November 28, 1979 an Air New Zealand DC-10 on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica crashed into Mt Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. In his book Daughters of Erebus, Paul Holmes reveals how the news unfolded for the family of pilot Jim Collins.

The Government is campaigning to have two North Korean ships caught illegally fishing in a protected area off Antarctica blacklisted.

A small depot left by a 1930s United States expedition has been found by a New Zealand research team in Antarctica.

Expedition's controversial leader fears worst for crew who dropped pair near Scott Base.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says he welcomes today's announcement by the Japanese Government that its whaling fleet will stop whaling in the Southern Ocean and return home.

Anti-whaling activists say reports of Japan's annual Southern Ocean whale hunt being suspended are a bluff.

Relatives of the 257 people killed in the Mt Erebus air disaster returned last night from an emotional memorial service in Antarctica.

A New Zealand army soldier has lost a prestigious secondment to the Antarctic.