Twist and spout:if you really need help to spot a whale,here's how

Twist and spout:if you really need help to spot a whale,here's how

It's not always easy to find a whale in a vast ocean. But there are several ways to make it easier.

  • byAmanda Hooton

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Stranded honeymooners hitch home on Antarctic boat

Stranded honeymooners hitch home on Antarctic boat

Feeonaa Clifton said she had never spent even a single night on a boat before she and her husband Neville took to some of the world's most forbidding seas.

  • byNick Perry
Why are fish wars heating up all over the world?

Why are fish wars heating up all over the world?

The desire for protein – and power – is helping fuel fights for territorial waters around the world. Where are these problems surfacing? And how are warming oceans making them worse?

  • byJames Massola
'Nowhere to hide':South Pole warms up with climate change a factor

'Nowhere to hide':South Pole warms up with climate change a factor

The South Pole,the most remote part of the planet,has been warming at triple the global average,as natural variability joins with climate change to produce an abrupt shift in temperature trends.

  • byPeter Hannam
Aurora Australis faces voyage to wrecker without a last-minute rescue

Aurora Australis faces voyage to wrecker without a last-minute rescue

The Aurora Australis,Australia's principal research vessel for almost three decades,is headed for the ship-breaking beaches of south Asia unless funds for its purchase and maintenance can be found within weeks.

  • byPeter Hannam
Superheroes of the deep:humpbacks bounce back from near extinction to help fight climate change

Superheroes of the deep:humpbacks bounce back from near extinction to help fight climate change

Australia's humpback whale population is bouncing back from near extinction with 40,000 expected off the Australian east coast this breeding season,while helping the world fight climate change.

  • byAmelia McGuire
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'He took his first selfie,putting on a funny face and this huge smile. I’d never seen that before'

'He took his first selfie,putting on a funny face and this huge smile. I’d never seen that before'

There were smiles all round – and espresso martinis – when Sarah Lamond went on an Antarctic cruise with her 85-year-old father,Bob. The pair had never spent so much one-on-one time together.

  • byTim Elliott
Antarctic researchers are now isolating within isolation

Antarctic researchers are now isolating within isolation

In the frozen and desolate expanse of Antarctica,Davis station leader David Knoff and other expeditioners are well aware of what it takes to live this way.

  • byAislinn Laing andCassandra Garrison
Criticism of cruise ship that sailed despite WHO declaring a pandemic

Criticism of cruise ship that sailed despite WHO declaring a pandemic

The operator of a cruise ship that sailed off the coast of Argentina in the same week that the deadly coronavirus was declared a global pandemic has been described as"irresponsible"by Australian medical experts.

  • byTimna Jacks
Repatriation a success,but Antarctic cruise was another major mistake

Repatriation a success,but Antarctic cruise was another major mistake

It was March 15 when the MV Greg Mortimer set sail for Antarctica from Argentina with many Australians on board. The cruise should never have gone ahead.

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Most people on Antarctica cruise ship have coronavirus

Most people on Antarctica cruise ship have coronavirus

Nearly 60 per cent of 217 people - many from Australia - on board a cruise ship off the coast of Uruguay have tested positive for the coronavirus.

  • byGuillermo Garat