Antarctica's nearest neighbour is the tip of South America, although this is still around 1,000km away. It would take over two days to reach it by boat. The Geographic South Pole is the most ...

My colleague Charlotte Walshaw from the University of Edinburgh was the lead scientist of the recent research mapping ...

ADD is a compilation of the best available topographic data for Antarctica. It is managed by BAS’ Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) on behalf of The Scientific Committee on ...

8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world ... five Australians now live. East Antarctica: The East Antarctica ice ...