You can complain about how cold it is,just don’t call it a ‘polar vortex’

You can complain about how cold it is,just don’t call it a ‘polar vortex’

When is a weather term clear and accurate? When is it overblown? And what’s the forecast for terms we’ll be hearing more often?

  • byStuart Layt

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From Manly to Antarctica:How Australian doctor is training for historic 110-day trek

From Manly to Antarctica:How Australian doctor is training for historic 110-day trek

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.

  • byAndrew Taylor
‘Superpower’ bacteria discovered in Antarctica

‘Superpower’ bacteria discovered in Antarctica

Bacteria discovered in the deep south have genes that give them antiobiotic and antimicrobial resistance and could spread out from polar regions.

  • byFabian Cambero
World’s most remote post office is hiring,penguin counting required

World’s most remote post office is hiring,penguin counting required

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.

  • bySydney Page
Antarctic ice shelf collapses after unprecedented heatwave

Antarctic ice shelf collapses after unprecedented heatwave

An ice shelf the size of Rome has collapsed off the east coast of Antarctica. Scientists are debating what the implications might be.

  • byNick O'Malley
From the Archives,1912:Polar tragedy,the story of Scott’s expedition

From the Archives,1912:Polar tragedy,the story of Scott’s expedition

110 years ago,the renowned explorer Captain Robert Scott and four companions died in a blizzard on their return from the South Pole.

  • byStaff Writers
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‘It’s starting to change’:Ice shelf collapses in previously stable East Antarctica

‘It’s starting to change’:Ice shelf collapses in previously stable East Antarctica

Temperatures in the region normally sit around -51 degrees at this time of year,but they were around 10 degrees earlier this month.

  • bySeth Borenstein
UN boss:‘Madness’ to back fossil fuels as global energy crunch bites

UN boss:‘Madness’ to back fossil fuels as global energy crunch bites

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.

  • byNick O'Malley
Melting point:Temperatures soar in the Arctic,Antarctica

Melting point:Temperatures soar in the Arctic,Antarctica

Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous heatwaves,with parts of Antarctica and the Arctic 30 to 40 degrees warmer than average.

  • bySeth Borenstein
Antarctica polar camping:Sleeping outside on the coldest continent

Antarctica polar camping:Sleeping outside on the coldest continent

Waking up on the planet's highest,driest,coldest continent is an experience to be savoured.

  • byRob McFarland
After more than 100 years,Ernest Shackleton’s ship found beneath Antarctic ice

After more than 100 years,Ernest Shackleton’s ship found beneath Antarctic ice

The “Endurance” was discovered six kilometres from the position recorded by its captain Frank Worsley.

  • byMichael Holden