Antarctica

HMS Protector carefully navigates the Antarctic ice floes

New icebreaker ship could join Royal Navy to battle "growing threat"

Swan Hellenic cruise ship SH Diana sailing out of Portsmouth on May 21. The beautiful boutique vessel visited Portsmouth International Port for the first time.

"Beautiful" polar cruise ship SH Diana sails to city in historic first

Male and female Hoff crabs (Kiwa tyleri)

Male hairy 'Hoff crab' has oversized claws to compete for females

First Sea Lord Sir Ben Key thanked Royal Navy personnel and their families for all the hard work they achieved in a "demanding year" for the force. Hundreds of sailors and several assets are currently deployed over the festive period.

First Sea Lord thanks personnel as hundreds deployed over Christmas

Elephant at a safari

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

University of Portsmouth scientists will be joining the crew of the Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Protector to analyse the impact that tourism and climate change is having on Antarctica. Professor Fay Couceiro and Dr Clare Boston are carrying out the research. Picture: Royal Navy/Crown Copyright.

Scientists and sailors to measure huge climate change impact on Antarctica

Paula Reid travelled out to Ukraine to work with Siobhan's Trust to help feed people in war torn areas of the country

Woman hid in a hotel basement during an air raid whilst volunteering in Ukraine

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

RRS Sir David Attenborough in London, as it will set sail from Harwich in Essex on Sunday, for its second voyage to Antarctica. Picture: PA.

Sir David Attenborough research ship to visit Portsmouth

The women will be working in Port Lockroy, on Goudier Island. Picture: UK Antarctic Heritage Trust/PA Wire

Newlywed travelling to Antarctica to work in world's most remote gift shop

HMS Protector carries out survey work around the Antarctic Peninsula as part of conservation and climate change research.

Royal Navy aiming to be among world's 'greenest fleets' with new measures

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...

Dr John Shears, the expedition leader, called the mission to find HMS Endurance 'the world’s most challenging shipwreck search'. Picture: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/National Georgraphic/PA

HMS Endurance found near Antarctica 107 years after sinking
AFTER sinking 107 years ago, the wreck of HMS Endurance has been rediscovered near Antarctica.
Freddie Webb

The visit team from HMS Protector, led by Captain Michael Wood, alongside Base Commander Bogdan Gavrylyuk and some of the Vernadsky base staff Picture: LPhot Belinda Alker

Royal Navy's HMS Protector visits Ukrainian scientists in Antarctica

Captain Mike Wood, commanding officer of HMS Protector, on the ice while conducting trials in the Arctic. Picture: Royal Navy

Royal Navy ship makes history with North Pole voyage

Not the kind of 'organ recital' you might have expected. Picture by Shutterstock

Time to get together for an ‘organ recital’ | Alun Newman

Paula Reid, from Gosport, at the GAFIRS New Year's Day swim in 2019.

Picture: Sarah Standing (010119-4)

Adventurer teams up with Eddie Izzard marathon

Definitely not Steve’s hands in the picture. Picture: Peter Steffen / dpa / AFP, via Getty Images .

Spiders are my biggest fear | Steve Canavan

Expedition cruise line Hurtigruten's new battery-powered cruise ship MS Fridjtof Nansen makes its first trip into Portsmouth on March 5. It's one of the first ships of its kind across the globe. Picture: Paul Gonella / Strong Island

Battery-powered hybrid cruise ship MS Fridjtof Nansen sails into Portsmouth for ...

A man wearing a face mask in the Clapham Junction branch of ASDA, London, as Shadow Health Secretary Jonathon Ashworth says he would support shutting down cities to control the spread of coronavirus. Pic: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Kids need reassurance on Covid-19 – and so do we | Blaise Tapp

Three members of the team ‘at home’ in the Antarctic winter.

Explorers return home from bitter icy depths in 1985

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

The new UKAHT team for the 2019/20 season at Port Lockroy

Left to right in the group shot: Lauren, Lucy, Heidi, Vicky and Kit.
UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

Portsmouth woman chosen to manage post office's gift shop - in Antarctica

The new UKAHT team for the 2019/20 season at Port Lockroy

Left to right in the group shot: Lauren, Lucy, Heidi, Vicky and Kit.
UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

Portsmouth woman chosen to manage post office's gift shop - in Antarctica
ADVENTUROUS Lauren Elliott is swapping pens for penguins as she sets off to the Antarctic – managing a shop.
Richard Lemmer

Alex Alley and Paula Reid with their Red Bull Soapbox. Picture: Supplied

Gosport couple ditch the ocean to compete in Red Bull Soapbox race next month

Alex Alley and Paula Reid with their Red Bull Soapbox. Picture: Supplied

Couple gearing up to take on Red Bull Soapbox Race

Evil Scarecrow play The Engine Rooms, Southampton on January 24

Surreal metalheads Evil Scarecrow bring their strange world to Engine Rooms, Sou...

23 of Sir David Attenborough's most wise and inspirational quotes

Every Supermoon coming in 2018 and when to watch the skies

The Ice Maidens celebrate completing their three-month trek. Credit: AECOM EMIA Press

PICTURE GALLERY: All-female team completes three-month trek across Antarctica '“...

Captain Nics Wetherill

Ice Maidens set off

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International film festival returns to Portsmouth's Kings Theatre

Captain Tom Woodfield with his book Polar Mariner: Beyond the Limits in Antarctica

Picture: Will Rooney

Gosport seafarer writes book on his time in Antarctica

Ginni Bazlinton

'˜It's so remote it's like a very different world'

Former chancellor George Osborne

Millions to be spent on armed forces veterans, ex-chancellor reveals

TEAM EFFORT The team which hosted Operation Antarctica at HMS Sultan Picture: Jason Kay

Navy put on challenge to encourage young scientists

Irene Robinson

Piper Irene completes 50,000-mile journey across the globe for Portsmouth charit...

Irene Robinson, a piper who is travelling 50,000 miles to play 12 gigs at famous locations around the world in aid of charity, as she played a unique concert in Paradise Bay, Antarctica.Picture: Renato Granieri/RNRMC/PA Wire

Round-the-world piper Irene Robinson's Antarctic blast

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