Latest from Antarctica

Century-old whiskey goes home

$7m raised for Scott's hut

Chch laughs off bid to poach Antarctic service

Japanese whalers, activists clash off Antarctica

Anti-whaling activists in the Southern Ocean say they have located the Japanese whaling fleet and have already clashed with the whalers.

Search for fisherman called off

Antarctic ozone hole smallest in five years

Surprising new data from Niwa about the ozone layer above the southernmost continent.

Antarctic team shows NZ's edge

NZ's Antarctic research is a microcosm of how the country's scientific future should unfold, says Sir Peter Gluckman.

Report shares blame for whaling collision

An inquiry has laid blame on both anti-whaling vessel Ady Gil and a Japanese whaling ship for their Southern Ocean crash earlier this year.

Clinton takes sunny view of NZ link

Rescue Orion lands in Antartica

Antarctica rescue mission delayed again

Plane on emergency dash to Antarctica

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

Ballot opens for Erebus flight

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.

Fat daddy's best - for penguins

Theatre Review: Heat <i>at the Herald Theatre</i>

For once, a play's tagline is accurate: this drama-on-ice is pitched as "a woman, a man and a penguin" - and they're not kidding.

Scientists get $15m for Antarctic research

Antarctica: White magic

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

<i>Anzac Heirs:</i> Wisdom in the Solomons

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