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Parts of massive Ross Ice Shelf melting 10 times faster
Part of the world's largest ice shelf is melting 10 times faster than the overall average.
Cold war: Antarctica - the new battleground between US and China
'The battle of political will, military power and global influence has been heating up.'
Brainy birds: Penguins don't just look smart, says study
Adored for their waddle and striking black and white attire, these birds have smarts.
NZ's biggest collection of Antarctic material up for auction
Antarctic author and historian started building the collection some 40 years ago.
YouTuber wants to go to Antarctica to prove Earth is flat
The controversial YouTuber hopes to peek over the edge of the planet.
Flat Earthers plan trip to reach 'the edge of the world'
Conspiracy theorists that believe the Earth is flat want to reach Antarctica to prove it.
Sea Scouts named after Sir Peter Blake
Lady Pippa agrees to request after watching Scouts' video appeal to use husband's name
Five years since MH370: Kiwis' connection to major air disasters
Four people with links to New Zealand died in the 2014 Malaysia Airlines disasters.
Killer shot: scientist's incredible whale encounter
"The only way I can describe it is like when a cat offers you a mouse," diver says.
Le Lapérouse: Small ship with big prices offers great adventure
For this small vessel, there is a volumous French swagger to Le Ponant's new ship.
Kiwis helping in undersea search for Shackleton's ship
Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance was abandoned in 1915 after it became stuck in ice
Why are scientists blowing up ice in Antarctica?
Explosives helping reveal how Antarctica's ice shelves might respond to a warming world.
Antarctica: An alien valley, frozen in time
Comment: When you step into Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys, you step into another world.
'Doomsday glacier': Sea levels could rise 65cm if ice shelf melts
Enormous cavity under ice cap has serious implications for the rate of rising sea levels.
Million-dollar study: When will Antarctica's marine ice sheets melt?
How warm would the ocean have to get to melt Antarctica's marine ice sheets, study asks.
Ice loss from Antarctica has increased sixfold since 1970s
The massive East Antarctica ice sheet is already a major contributor to sea-level rise.
Jamie Morton's Antarctic Diary: Why Kiwis come to Scott Base
What makes someone want to live in Antarctica? Jamie Morton explains.
Antarctic Diary: How cold is it at Scott Base?
Just how cold does it get at Antarctica's Scott Base? Jamie Morton explains.
Preserving Antarctica's famous Dry Valleys
Scientists are completing a project to help protect Antarctica's remarkable Dry Valleys.
Jamie Morton's Antarctic Diary: On the island of giants
To be on Antarctica's Ross Island is to be amid the ghosts of giants, writes Jamie Morton.
Perilous 1100km Antarctic trek - in the name of climate science
A glaciologist's epic trek across France-sized ice shelf will help unlock climate clues.
An explosive way to track climate change
Kiwi scientists have found a clever way to look at how climate change will hit Antarctica.
What lies beneath Antarctica's ice?
Scientists have found a new way to peer beneath the largest single mass of ice on Earth.
Getting up close and personal with Antarctica's orcas
Scientists are gaining world-first insights into the lives of Antarctica's whales.
Antarctic Diary: Life at the edge of the world
What's life like at Scott Base? Somewhere between school camp and a space station.
Antarctic Diary: Gearing up for the deep south
Nothing about travelling to the coldest, windiest, driest place on Earth is normal.
Into the ice world: Drilling into Antarctica's Mt Erebus
Within Antarctica's most active volcano could be the key to understanding alien life.
Chinese icebreaker makes Christchurch stopover
Xuelong, or the Snow Dragon, is bound for Antarctica.
Midget-submarine warrior dies
William Smith served on the midget submarine that sank a Japanese cruiser.
Into the ice world: Antarctica's link to 'space weather'
NZ scientists in Antarctica are using military radio signals to monitor space weather.
Into the ice world: Life at the bottom of the planet
Kiwi and Korean scientists are teaming up to measure Antarctica's subtlest changes.
Secrets beneath Antarctica's ice shelves
We know less about what's beneath Antarctic ice shelves than we do about Mars' surface.
Into the ice world: Why we should all care about Antarctica
Why care about Antarctica? what happens there, matters here, Jamie Morton explains.