Aligning polar satellites will enable the first ever reliable maps of Antarctic sea-ice thickness.

The football-like fossil has puzzled scientists since it was found in Antarctica almost a decade ago.

UK scientists provide a new estimate for the amount of space rock falling to Earth each year.

Last year's failed attempt to locate one of the world's great wrecks has lessons for future efforts.

Scientists' quest to find Antarctica's "missing" space rocks is beaten into submission by hard ice.

A UK team arrives in Antarctica to test its theory for why so few iron meteorites are found there.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will celebrate the introduction of the UK's new polar research vessel.

The team will spend four months franking stamps on tourists' postcards and counting penguins.

Engineers succeed in automating science experiments at the UK's Halley research station.

Antarctic glaciers are named after the spacecraft that revolutionised our understanding of the continent.