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Gift shop at the end of the Universe: Antarctica's Penguin Post Office
No hot water, no phone lines and 93,000 stamps to cancel by hand. Applicants welcome.
Should you visit Antarctica? Polar tourism's 'sciencewashing' problem
Can 'citizen science' really justify your bucket-list holiday to the Antarctic?
Young explorers reach South Pole for Antarctic Heritage Trust
The team of 5 completed the journey in the steps of Roald Amundsen.
Mystery flights over Antarctica as PM visits Scott Base
Unusual flying objects in the Antarctic are not usually the topic of serious speculation.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 26 October, 2022
Kiwi sportsman faces up to 10 years behind bars, concerns grow over the state of our healthcare and more Kiwis are going rural in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
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
The former PM is looking forward to exploring a new part of the continent.
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?
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'
'It can be challenging to keep high spirits so far away from the sun.'
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
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
270 sightseers flew to Antarctica this weekend, searching for 'Southern Lights'.
Tourists charter trip to follow Shackleton's lost Antarctic ship
Adventure tourists seek to recreate Shackleton's epic escape route.
Detour: Antarctica - Seven stories from the southern continent
In 120 years, Antarctica has racked up 11 babies, a nuclear disaster and maybe a murder.
Endurance: The Kiwi links that led to Shackleton's ship
The Endurance has been described as the most significant find since the Titanic.
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
When Shackleton's ship was sunk, another team of men were forgotten on the ice.
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
"The old smell of dead whale permeates everything. It is a strange and curious place."
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
Antarctica is now more connected than ever which is bad news for its fragile ecosystem.
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
"People who go mad in the Antarctic tend to go mad in similar ways."
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
'That could be a real possibility in the future ...'
Detour: Antarctica - Seven stories from the southern continent
In 120 years, Antarctica has racked up 11 babies, a nuclear disaster and maybe a murder.