Antarctica

First News: Five candidates needed to count penguins

Part of the job is to count the nearby Gentoo penguin colony.

Operate a post office and count penguins on Antarctica for a living

The meteorite contains the oldest materials in the solar system.

Huge meteorites have been found in Antarctica by researchers

Scientists discover new emperor penguin colony in Antarctica

The penguins were in their element! (Photo credit: Edinburgh Zoo)

Watch Edinburgh Zoo penguins play in the snow

Ranulph Fiennes: World Record breaking explorer brings live show, Living Dangerously, to Edinburgh

World Record breaking explorer announces live Edinburgh show

A charity is looking for a team of people to run the world’s most remote post office, which can be found in Port Lockroy bay in Antarctica, for five months. (Alexey Seafarer - stock.adobe.co)

World’s most remote post office in Antarctica is looking for staff - how to appl...

The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance has been found 107 years after it became trapped in sea ice and sank off the coast of Antarctica.

In pictures: Ernest Shackleton’s ship Edurance found 107 years later

Edinburgh man Matthew Phillips definitely made sure he was indoors when he rolled up his sleeve for his Covid jab – delivered to him at the South Pole.

Edinburgh man gets his Covid jab delivered to him - at the South Pole

The Getz basin. (Pierre Dutrieux)

COP26: Glacier named after Glasgow to mark climate change summit

The transformation of the Discovery Point attraction is expected to take four years to complete.

Climate change to take centre stage in revamp of Dundee's Antarctica attraction

A polar bear in Svalbard.

Icy adventures at the ends of the earth - Scotland on Sunday Travel Wishlist

Mollie Hughes, World record holder and Adventurer

Adventurer Mollie Hughes becomes first female president Scouts Scotland

Rob Taylor, who has been living in Antarctica since October, says he can freely enjoy drinks and meals with his co-workers and watch films together in a small cinema room.

Scot tells of life on Covid-free Antarctica - where residents live lockdown-free...

Faye Fulton and Street Assist director Neil Logan at he 2019 Forth Awards with comic Craig Hill

After an appalling tragedy, this teenager is now set to take on the world – Stev...