Rory Callum Sykes was at the family’s 17-acre Mount Malibu TV Studios estate, where he had his own cottage, when it burned down on January 8, his mother Shelley Sykes wrote on X Thursday.

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms. Global warming could awaken dormant volcanoes, triggering a chain ...

According to an October 2024 study published in Nature Geoscience, vegetation is taking over the Antarctic Peninsula, turning its edges into a verdant landscape worthy of plein air painting.

Russia's tall ships are to undertake a round-the-world trip to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Antarctica's discovery by the Bellingshausen-Lazarev expedition, according to official information ...

Operation Highjump, launched in 1946, was a U.S. naval expedition to Antarctica led by Rear Admirals Richard E. Byrd and Richard H. Cruzen. Its objectives were to train military personnel in extreme ...

The claim: 'Man' can't advance more than 500 kilometers past Antarctic 'ice wall' A Dec. 13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of a research vessel positioned near a tall ...

Qantas is investigating a mechanical issue that forced a flight to be diverted mid-air while over Antarctica on Christmas Day. QF63 departed from Sydney shortly before 10am on Wednesday and was ...

What is probably the world's oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica. Jonny Huntington, from Kingsbridge, Devon, arrived at the South Pole within 46 days.

A blanket of snow and plenty of penguins sounds like a Christmas card - but for Dale Ellis, who is spending the festive season on a remote island in Antarctica, it's daily life. As the cruise ship ...

In a separate incident on Christmas Day another Qantas flight to South Africa was suddenly turned around four-and-a-half hours into its flight as it neared to coast of Antarctica. Emergency crews ...

While many will be curled up on the sofa in front of a roaring fire (or at least with the central heating on), spare a thought for the hundreds of people working in the Antarctic region ...

It is, of course, the Drake Passage, connecting the southern tip of the South American continent with the northernmost point of the Antarctic Peninsula. Once the preserve of explorers and sea dogs ...