Latest fromDetour: Antarctica
![Kiwi firefighter, Olympian and a spy team up to ski to South Pole](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi firefighter, Olympian and a spy team up to ski to South Pole
The AHT has announced a team of young explorers it intends to take south.
![Key of the Antarctic: Ex New Zealand PM leads expedition cruise south](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Key of the Antarctic: Ex New Zealand PM leads expedition cruise south
The former PM is looking forward to exploring a new part of the continent.
![Edge of Aotearoa: New Zealand's eight most remote islands](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Edge of Aotearoa: New Zealand's eight most remote islands
There are many motu in our patch of the Pacific you might never have heard of.
![Are these the most comfortable beds in Antarctica?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Are these the most comfortable beds in Antarctica?
Luxury pods from a 'galaxy far, far away' hope to draw visitors to Antarctica.
![Matariki and Midwinter at Scott Base: 'We've not seen sun since April'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Matariki and Midwinter at Scott Base: 'We've not seen sun since April'
'It can be challenging to keep high spirits so far away from the sun.'
![Antarctica New Zealand get first look inside Scott Base](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Antarctica New Zealand get first look inside Scott Base
Staff have got their first look inside Antarctica NZ's home for the next 50 years.
![Open call for young Kiwi explorers to ski to South Pole](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Open call for young Kiwi explorers to ski to South Pole
NZAHT is looking for young Kiwi and Norwegian explorers to follow in Amundsen's tracks.
![Flight to the lights: Tourists go Aurora hunting in Sub Antarctic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Flight to the lights: Tourists go Aurora hunting in Sub Antarctic
270 sightseers flew to Antarctica this weekend, searching for 'Southern Lights'.
![Tourists charter trip to follow Shackleton's lost Antarctic ship](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tourists charter trip to follow Shackleton's lost Antarctic ship
Adventure tourists seek to recreate Shackleton's epic escape route.
![Take a peek at 2022's most luxurious new hotels](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Take a peek at 2022's most luxurious new hotels
Splurge on splendour at one of these uber-luxurious hotels opening in 2022.
![Endurance: Shackleton's ship could soon be found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Endurance: Shackleton's ship could soon be found
When Shackleton's ship was sunk, another team of men were forgotten on the ice.
![Scott Base advertising coolest summer sabbaticals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Scott Base advertising coolest summer sabbaticals
Spending a summer abroad is a fantasy many travellers share, few think of Antarctica.
![Museum at the end of the world where the Heroic Age came to die](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Museum at the end of the world where the Heroic Age came to die
"The old smell of dead whale permeates everything. It is a strange and curious place."
![Guinness rewrites record book after clash over Antarctic exploits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Guinness rewrites record book after clash over Antarctic exploits
New rules for records introduced amid criticism of skier.
![Alien species 'hitchhiking' to Antarctica on tourist ships, study warns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Alien species 'hitchhiking' to Antarctica on tourist ships, study warns
Antarctica is now more connected than ever which is bad news for its fragile ecosystem.
![Kiwis 'exposed to radiation' at leaky Antarctic plant](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwis 'exposed to radiation' at leaky Antarctic plant
More than 300 tonnes of radioactive rubble was shipped off the continent.
![Antarctica: The madhouse at the end of the world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Antarctica: The madhouse at the end of the world
"People who go mad in the Antarctic tend to go mad in similar ways."
![Ice ice babies: The secret Antarctic pregnancy race](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ice ice babies: The secret Antarctic pregnancy race
The two dictators and their push for the first child born in the snow.
![Icebergs to Africa? Climate change sparks Antarctic resource race](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Icebergs to Africa? Climate change sparks Antarctic resource race
'That could be a real possibility in the future ...'
![Antarctic attractions: Six landmarks in Christchurch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Antarctic attractions: Six landmarks in Christchurch
Ōtautahi Christchurch is one of only five cities with direct links to Antarctica.
![Detour: Antarctica - Seven stories from the southern continent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Detour: Antarctica - Seven stories from the southern continent
In 120 years, Antarctica has racked up 11 babies, a nuclear disaster and maybe a murder.