In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew set sail on a journey to Antarctica. Their mission? To become the first people to ever cross the entire continent, which is roughly 1.3 times ...

Mass elephant seal deaths have been reported in the Antarctic region after a high ... acknowledged the first avian influenza case on Bird Island in October 2023, (on the brown scuba population ...

The iceberg cometh. The world’s largest iceberg is on a collision course with a British island off Antarctica, potentially ...

Never mind that it was an act of desperation. He and a few of his men would have to leave Antarctica's Elephant Island and summon help. It was the best hope for saving himself and the 27 other men ...

The world's largest iceberg is on the move, and could be set to collide with a remote British island. Known as the 'queen of ...

During the 2022-23 Antarctic season ... Similarly, the South Shetland Islands and Elephant Island slow-down zones hosted many large aggregations of whales, particularly fin and humpback whales ...

More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is unpredictable and dangerous.

For example, Norwegian Cruise Line offers this 14-day itinerary from Buenos Aires that includes one day of scenic cruising along the Antarctic peninsula and one day at Elephant Island, with no ...