With polar bears and midnight sun,icy Svalbard is a potential hotspot. Why?
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With polar bears and midnight sun,icy Svalbard is a potential hotspot. Why?

The cluster of islands in the icy high north is a visa-free zone – but that doesn’t make it trouble free. What’s so special about Svalbard?

  • byFelicity Lewis

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It's T-shirt weather in Antarctica as temperature records break

It's T-shirt weather in Antarctica as temperature records break

The temperature at one research base in Antarctica reached a record-breaking 18.3 degrees this week,almost a full degree above the previous high.

  • byLaura Millan Lombrana
Getting down to the business of evolving Australia's climate policy

Getting down to the business of evolving Australia's climate policy

The government's aversion to a carbon price is among policies that need rethinking as Australia contributes to action to prevent catastrophic climate change,writes the chief executive of the Australian Industry Group.

  • byInnes Willox
A mission to an icy moon starts beneath Antarctica

A mission to an icy moon starts beneath Antarctica

Meet BRUIE:the robot with the long-term goal of seeking evidence of life beneath the thick frozen shell covering Jupiter's ocean moon of Europa.

  • byDavid W. Brown
Gold Coast polar explorer breaks record for longest unaided Antarctic trip

Gold Coast polar explorer breaks record for longest unaided Antarctic trip

Geoff Wilson skied into the Russia's Novolazarevskaya Station early on Saturday,Antarctic time,58 days after he set out,beating the previous record by 206 metres.

  • byJanek Drevikovsky
Changing climate puts Antarctica on the tourism trail

Changing climate puts Antarctica on the tourism trail

Polar expedition companies are launching sustainable vessels designed for bucket-list trips to the coldest,driest place on Earth.

  • byNora Walsh
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Polar snorkelling in Antarctica with Aurora Expeditions

Polar snorkelling in Antarctica with Aurora Expeditions

It's cold when you first get in,but then you go numb.

  • byRob McFarland
A Sydney circled by fire could never have hosted the Olympics
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A Sydney circled by fire could never have hosted the Olympics

The dreadful future forecast for us is already here,years before scientists had expected. Prime Minister,do something.

  • byBob Carr
It's that time of year ... the left are trying to steal Christmas!

It's that time of year ... the left are trying to steal Christmas!

Can you believe that Naomi Wolf tried to kill Christmas? It depends how much weight you give to Angus Taylor's word,I suppose.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Solo explorer becomes first Australian to reach Antarctica's Pole of Inaccessibility

Solo explorer becomes first Australian to reach Antarctica's Pole of Inaccessibility

Geoff Wilson has reached his first major milestone in his expedition to Dome Argus,the coldest place on earth.

  • byJenny Noyes
The coldest,windiest place on Earth:who runs Antarctica?

The coldest,windiest place on Earth:who runs Antarctica?

Back in 1959,a dozen nations signed up to look after Antarctica “for the good of all mankind”. Today,the polar club is still growing. What do nations want in Antarctica? What rules must they play by? And what could lead to tensions on the icy continent?

  • byFelicity Lewis