They say that braving the Drake Passage is the price you pay to see the Antarctic.
The main activity for most Antarctic tourists is shore landings using rigid inflatable craft powered by outboard engines.
She had travelled to the Arctic and the Antarctic to study the sea ice.
Such ice cores hold detailed information on the last 100, 000 years of Antarctic weather.
The 15 men in the hut were now alone as the Antarctic winter set in.
The old station has just been dismantled and all its parts removed from the Antarctic.
The Nisshin Maru, which had joined in the search, escaped into the Antarctic storm.
He is believed to have come from a breeding colony in the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island.
The Coldest Journey is an attempt to cross the Antarctic in temperatures low as -70C.
The problem came to light when Westminster went to amend the Antarctic Act of 1994.
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Once heavily hunted, humpback whales that feed on krill have made a comeback in Antarctic waters.
"I always viewed the projects as very complementary, " the British Antarctic Survey researcher told BBC News.
McClintock says that if these new predators keep moving, they could wipe out other Antarctic species.
The base at Detaille Island was built in 1956 for scientists surveying the Antarctic Peninsula.
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New Zealand rescue authorities are co-ordinating the search with US officials at the McMurdo Antarctic station.
Competitors race from France and then around the world in the seas around the Antarctic.
Last year the couple traveled with Al Gore on a climate research expedition to the Antarctic.
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Last year the couple traveled with Al Gore to research climate change in the Antarctic.
Conservationists say illegal fishing is threatening the valuable stocks of Patagonian toothfish in Antarctic waters.
The prime southern destination is the Antarctic Peninsula, a mountainous continuation of the Andes.
This fresh water is ultimately derived from enhanced melting at the base of the Antarctic ice shelves.
Wintertime Antarctic sea ice has been increasing at a small rate and with substantial natural year-to-year variability.
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In 1959, Twelve nations signed the Antarctic Treaty preserving the area for peaceful purposes and scientific research.
Some furniture and equipment had been returned to the ship since the Antarctic expedition, but not much.
"Although it's summer in Antarctic, I think it's fair to say that's very, very cold, " Henry said.
The largest turtles on Earth, leatherbacks once were plentiful in every ocean but the Arctic and Antarctic.
But four years ago a small Antarctic ice shelf suddenly disintegrated, leading many people to think again.
The photographs give an insight into the team's Antarctic journey and portray the harsh conditions Scott's team faced.
We now have a cost-effective way to apply our methods to other poorly understood species in the Antarctic.
WWF, meanwhile, looked at conditions at the Earth's other climatic extreme - the cold of the Antarctic peninsula.
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