Eighty people who lost family members in the 1979 Erebus tragedy will travel to Antarctica on a remembrance flight this summer after their names were drawn in a ballot.

A New Zealand Air Force Orion is winging its way to Antarctica to evacuate a critically ill American man.

Families who lost loved ones in NZ's worst air crash nearly 31 years ago have been asked to register for a ballot for 80 seats on a RNZAF commemorative flight to Antarctica.

Antarctica is more than spectacular - it's spellbinding, finds Scott Pinnegar.

Gaining the trust of locals is a big part of the job for part-time soldiers deployed in the Pacific.

The NZDF’S Antarctic contingent keeps things running on the icy continent.

Jim Eagles is granted rare access to the lonely but lovely Sub Antarctic islands.

A diplomatic crisis is looming over an anti-whaling protestor who is reportedly being held in custody on a Japanese whaling vessel.

Jim Eagles braves rough seas, icebergs and whipping rain to get to know some of the amusing inhabitants of the Sub-Antarctic islands.

Conservationists hope to restore a permanent monument to the bravery of the men who gave up comfortable middle class lives to risk all in the blizzards and sub-zero temperatures.

Flying over the white continent is a humbling treat, writes Lloyd Jones.

A new wind farm in Antarctica is expected to cut diesel use by nearly 500,000 litres a year at Scott Base and McMurdo Station.

John Key says progress has been made on a deal which would end Japanese whaling in Antarctica.

The NZ Government has called for restraint after an anti-whaling protest vessel and Japanese harpoon ship collided in Antarctica yesterday.