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The 40-year-old consultant anesthetist at St Vincent’s Hospital in Darlinghurst pulls four-wheel-drive tyres along the sand for up to six hours,several times a week,to simulate the 200-kilogram sled he will drag across 2600 kilometres of snow and ice later this year.
Bacteria discovered in the deep south have genes that give them antiobiotic and antimicrobial resistance and could spread out from polar regions.
Four candidates will be chosen to fill a five-month role at Port Lockroy,or the “Penguin Post Office” on British-owned Goudier Island in the Antarctic.
An ice shelf the size of Rome has collapsed off the east coast of Antarctica. Scientists are debating what the implications might be.
110 years ago,the renowned explorer Captain Robert Scott and four companions died in a blizzard on their return from the South Pole.
Temperatures in the region normally sit around -51 degrees at this time of year,but they were around 10 degrees earlier this month.
Antonio Guterres says the “naive optimism” of the Glasgow talks is colliding with a failure to deal with climate,as scientists grapple with global heat waves.
Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous heatwaves,with parts of Antarctica and the Arctic 30 to 40 degrees warmer than average.
Waking up on the planet's highest,driest,coldest continent is an experience to be savoured.
The “Endurance” was discovered six kilometres from the position recorded by its captain Frank Worsley.