If there is one silver lining from my sight loss, it is that it has given me the extra impetus to actually pursue my dreams, not merely think about them. To that end, I undertook a number of endeavours including 18 marathons, climbing the highest mountain in Europe and even setting a world record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is to be evacuated from the Antarctic after suffering severe frostbite, it was announced on Monday. The explorer is said to be...

Argentina have lodged a complaint over the renaming of some British Antarctic Territory as "Queen Elizabeth Land" in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jub...

The discovery of bacteria which thrives in a salty, ice-sealed Antarctic lake has strengthened the possibility of alien life on planets such as Mars. ...

It sounds a bit like the beginning of a Hollywood sci-fi thriller movie. A team of intrepid British scientists will travel to the Antarctic to dril...

A vast reservoir of the potent greenhouse gas methane may be locked beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, a study suggests. Scientists say the gas could...

All is not cool in the Antarctic. Scientists have discovered a case of not too happy feet in penguin populations feeling stressed by human activity...

Stunned tourists in Argentina watched in amazement as they captured the rare moment an iceberg flipped over on itself, after a chunk of the glacier br...

Global sea levels could rise at a significantly higher rate than had been previously predicted, a new study, published this week in the journal Nature...

It's a matter of record that Scott and his men were not the first to reach the pole. But arguably, his was a far greater 'reward' - an incredible legacy of science and conservation which has endured and flourished for a century.

Amid the perishing antarctic snow, intrepid sportsmen and women limbered up for an ice marathon, 600 miles from the south pole. Thrill-seekers fro...

For the millions of people who've watched and enjoyed Frozen Planet, this final episode may leave them with a clearer understanding of the very real threat that climate change poses to our beautiful and fragile polar regions.

A global coalition of scientists and campaigners is calling for the waters of the Antarctic to be turned into the world's biggest marine protection zo...

A major British-led mission of exploration will travel over 16,000km to investigate signs of new life in one of Antarctica's biggest lakes. The tea...