some 75 miles north of the Antarctic Peninsula. The discovery near the largest of the South Shetland Islands is a omen of a potential invasion of the continent, the researchers suggest ...

The rocks recording the glaciation of this sector of Antarctica are well exposed in the northern South Shetland Islands and hold critical information for understanding the timings and processes that ...

The Drake Passage is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica and is known as the "roughest sea in the world" ...

Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

Instead of visiting Paradise Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula, the Norwegian Cruise Line ship visited Admiralty Bay in the South Shetland Islands (an island group 75 miles north of the Antarctic ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

Antarctica is a formidable icy seductress ... which takes approximately two days – first reaching the South Shetland Islands and then onwards to the peninsula, where they spend around five ...

Nearing the South Shetland Islands and the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula on the afternoon of day 4, the excitement is palpable with everyone converging on one of the observation decks watching ...

Passengers and crew members are being rescued from a sinking cruise liner off South Shetland Islands coast, 25 miles from King George Island. The drama happened when the ship, called MV Explorer ...

Our study used DNA metabarcoding to survey the eukaryotic communities associated with seven seaweed species obtained at King George Island (South Shetland Islands, maritime Antarctic), including two ...

Male Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus, landing on nest of breeding female, Hannah Point on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Image by Tasfoto via Depositphotos In the ...

Photos: Christina Pfeiffer. Deception Island is Antarctica’s number one tourist attraction with over 15,000 annual visitors. Part of the South Shetland Islands, near the Antarctic Peninsula, Deception ...