Antarctica

Painter Tai Shan Schierenberg reinterprets celebrated Greenwich riverscapes to mark Scenic Eclipse II's

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Elephant at a safari

The animals Brits want to see as they swap beaches for safaris

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...
A Scot working in Antarctica - the only continent to be untouched by Coronavirus - has told how he is enjoying more freedom and social contact in one of the more remote places in the world than his friends and family have back home.
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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...

Picture: Jon Savage

Youngest woman to ski solo to the South Pole Mollie Hughes returns home to Edinb...

Mollie at the South Pole.

Watch as Edinburgh woman, 29, becomes youngest woman to ski solo to South Pole

Mollie Hughes before she set off. Picture: Hamish Frost

Edinburgh adventurer Mollie Hughes becomes youngest woman to ski solo to the Sou...

Picture: Hamish Frost

Mollie Hughes set to become youngest woman to ski solo to South Pole today

Mollie Hughes before she set off on her expedition (Photo: Beeline PR)

Edinburgh adventurer Mollie Hughes halfway to South Pole as Christmas in Antarct...

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Impossible dream spurs Jamie on to back-breaking adventure

Mollie Hughes hopes to be the youngest woman ever to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole.

Edinburgh adventurer Mollie Hughes sets off on record-breaking South Pole trek

Airbnb is offering a free trip to the South Pole - here’s how to apply

Mollie Hughes in training for her next adventure. Picture: Mollie Hughes

“That’s how much I want to go”: Edinburgh adventurer will ‘auction off a bum che...

A penguin colony in Antarctica, where the impacts of pollution and global warming are evident

The not-so-strange connection between Antarctica and Leith – Lorna Slater
Lorna Slater explains why a trip to Antarctica has given her extra determination to tackle climate change back home
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23 of Sir David Attenborough's most wise and inspirational quotes

Every Supermoon coming in 2018 and when to watch the skies

Beth Christie Edinburgh lecturer to join team of 80 women on an expedition to Antarctica

Edinburgh Lecturer braves Antarctica 'floating-conference' to boost women in sc...

Sir Chris Hoy tries out the 'ski-bike'. Picture: Twitter/@chrishoy

Sir Chris Hoy takes up '˜bike skiing'

Paul Skipworth is preparing for the searing heat of the Sahara. Picture: contributed

Paul Skipworth tackles seven-day Sahara desert ultramarathon

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Braveheart Muslim Scot reaches South Pole milestone

Luke pictured during an expedition training course in Eastern Greenland. Picture: contributed

Luke Robertson set to complete South Pole solo odyssey

Deer me, it's freezing! A herd of deer pictured roaming amid snow-covered ground on Sunday. Picture: PA

Scotland’s weather: Country ‘colder than Antarctica’

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Marathon man urges Scots to put their best foot forward

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GP finishes seven-continent charity run a day early

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Sandra Dick: Exploring the exploits of our greatest adventurers

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Team ready for Antarctica