Part of the Antarctic diary promo for the BBC UK Homepage

Part of the Antarctic diary promo for the BBC UK Homepage

(Queensland University of Technology) Robots that fly, swim and drive are being designed and built by internationally renowned Australian scientists from QUT.

The find could help pin down when the South Pole turned icy

A Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) swimming by an iceberg in Antarctica on a snowy day.

Efforts of all the countries to stop the damage to the Ozone layer seem to be paying off as the damage to the Ozone layer above Antarctica has recovered.

A NASA science balloon picked up two high-energy particles and a new analysis reveals that they can't be explained by the standard model of particle physics

Scientists are setting out to drill for the world’s oldest ice, in a bid to shed light on a dramatic tipping point in the world’s climate 900,000 years ago

It took 20 years of planning and lots of hot water to drill 2 kilometres into Antarctica. Andy Smith describes a ground- breaking achievement

A massive research effort is under way to understand Antarctica's Thwaites glacier before it is too late. If it collapses, it could trigger catastrophic sea level rise, putting London and New York at risk

A tiny meteorite found in Antarctica doesn’t match any asteroid or comet we know of. Instead, it must have come from a mystery parent body that’s full of water

It’s been 180 years since Charles Wilkes voyaged to the Antarctic continent and his journey has never been more relevant

The 5,100 sq km behemoth which broke away from Antarctica in 2017 drops its own large chunk of ice.

Colin O’Brady took on the elements, a relentless rival and weeks of isolation as he walked solo and unassisted across the southernmost continent

Having trekked hundreds of miles into Antarctica in late 2018, American Colin O’Brady reached a memorable landmark: the south pole. It was only a waypoint on the way to O’Brady’s pursuit of a record – the first-ever unaided, unsupported solo crossing of the continent. Yet when he made it to “due south”, it was time for an impromptu celebration. He did a handstand, posing as if he was holding up Earth.

“I was at the south pole, the bottom of the world,” O’Brady tells the Guardian. “It was a moment of riding high. My emotions were on top of me … I’m thankful I let myself experience that positive moment.”

Related: ‘I’m absolutely elated. It’s a miracle we made it,’ says polar hero Louis Rudd

Scientists hope the technology that filmed it can make fishing more sustainable.

It's either billions of dollars in polar engineering, a rapid cut in emissions now, or an all-of-the-above strategy.

A gigatonne of ice here, a gigatonne of ice there... Soon enough we're talking about a meaningful quantity!

Two steps forward, one step back for Japan. The rest of the world has moved on from whaling, why couldn't they do too?

We don't hear about the ozone layer as much as we used to anymore, but that doesn't mean that the problem has been solved.

This looks a bit like the Hoth rebel station in Return of the Jedi...

After ten years of work, the Antarctic Heritage Trust has done an amazing job of restoring and preserving.

Another signs that the poles are warming fast.

The 10,000 year-old ice shelf is half the size of Rhode Island; its collapse will add greatly to global sea level rise.

New discovery points to troubling signs for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the collapse of which would prove catastrophic.

In support of Greenpeace's Antarctic campaign, this may be the prettiest video I've ever watched – and the cause couldn't be more important.

Video impression Ross Sea Cruise