British Antarctic Survey11 Jan 2026Wildlife researcher spends Christmas counting penguinsPeter Watson says "life is pretty basic here, but at the same time, utterly charming".11 Jan 202614 Dec 2025Red post box sent to Antarctic - on King's ordersThe King sends a Royal Mail post box to the remote station, where letters are seen as a "real lift".14 Dec 202516 Oct 2025Sir David Attenborough ship visits PlymouthThe ship is docked in the city to restock supplies before heading to Antarctica.16 Oct 20252 Oct 2025Inside the lab analysing the world's oldest iceThe BBC's Science Editor Rebecca Morelle goes behind the scenes with the team discovering what the melting of ice from over a million years ago can tell us.2 Oct 20252 Oct 2025Inside the lab analysing the world's oldest iceStudying samples from the ice sheet gives an environmental record of over a million years.2 Oct 202511 Aug 2025British man who perished in Antarctic glacier found 65 years laterHis brother tells BBC News that he had lost hope he would ever be found.11 Aug 20256 Jul 2025Royal Navy ship given freedom of inland cityAn ice patrol ship in the Antarctic is honoured by a UK city that is 50 miles from the coast.6 Jul 202512 Feb 2025Antarctic engineers p-p-p-pick up a new team memberAlan Cox, from Lincolnshire, says the gentoo penguin is very interested in his team's excavator.12 Feb 202526 Dec 2024The Glaswegian who spends Christmas in AntarcticaA Glasgow man has been describing spending the joys of Christmas working in the remote icefields of Antarctica.26 Dec 2024...
