Up to 150,000 Adélie penguins have ‘gone missing’ from a colony in Antarctica since a huge iceberg disrupted their access to the sea, writes Richard Collins. 

A Russian research ship at the centre of an Antarctic rescue drama has broken free from heavy pack ice two weeks after it became trapped.

A CONSERVATION group’s boat had its bow sheared off and was taking on water yesterday after it was struck by a Japanese whaling ship in the freezing waters of Antarctica, the group said.

A conservation group’s boat was sinking today after its bow sheared off in a collision with a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctica.

Remains of the first plane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced today.