The Bedmap3 from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the most detailed depiction ever captured of the southernmost ...

King Penguins contemplating the snow on Heard Island, Antarctica. Here are maps of Heard Island and McDonald Islands from ...

Retired inventory of geospatial layers and web maps provided by the BAS Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) visualised in Airtable. Note: This project was designed for internal use ...

In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new insights into the future of Antarctica’s melting ice that may change the way ...

A Nova Scotia centre for education has issued a directive allowing only Canada and Nova Scotia flags to fly outside South Shore schools — a move the provincial teachers union calls concerning ...

The Computer & Communications Industry Association, a Washington-based international nonprofit organization, has raised concerns over South Korea’s ban on exporting high-precision map data in a ...

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation between key players. So what is at stake in the world's southernmost region?

A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to significantly improve predictions of how ice flows and melts in response to climate change, say the scientists behind the project. The map ...

The climate crisis will turn some areas of Antarctica into carbon absorption zones—so-called carbon sinks. The idea seems counterintuitive and even positive, but the discovery should be viewed ...

South African authorities have put a crew member of a remote research team at the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) IV base in Antarctica under psychological evaluation after ...

A team of South African scientists are stuck with an alleged ‘madman’ in a remote Antarctica research station. The group sent an urgent plea via email reporting physical assault, sexual ...