IRELAND’S intrepid South Pole explorers were last night given a special reception by President Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin to honour their accomplishment.

THE Spice Girls may add Baghdad to the roster of cities on their forthcoming reunion tour if the people voting for it get their way.

Actress Reese Witherspoon is set to star in and produce a whodunnit movie set in Antartica.

An iceberg more than nine times larger than Singapore has broken off Antarctica.