Year 5 pupils in Irvinestown Primary School had an ‘ice’ time when they took part in a live video call to Antarctica recently. The pupils spoke with some of the crew of the RRS Sir David Attenborough, ...

BBC science reporter, Victoria Gill visits the wilderness that is the Antarctica Peninsula to discover colonies of penguins. Victoria explains that this breath-taking part of the world ...

Antarctica, the icy continent ... First, pioneering algae and cyanobacteria settle on the land and live between sandy grains, where they create a surface for other organisms to grow upon.

"Our research highlights the need to keep studying the link between Antarctic sea ice loss, ocean heat loss, and changing weather patterns," Josey said in the statement. "These changes could ...