Here’s Everything I Packed for Antarctica—and What I Wish I Had

Here’s Everything I Packed for Antarctica—and What I Wish I Had

From base layers to the best bags, here are the exact items to pack for a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic adventure.Travel + LeisureAntarctica is a once-in-a-lifetime destination marked by untouched landscapes, drifting icebergs, and thriving penguin colonies. I recently returned from the “frozen continent,” traveling on the inaugural Sail and Fly the Drake Passage itinerary with National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions. While the experience was ex…

Breakthrough after mysterious mountain range found buried beneath Antarctica’s ice

The ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica are entombed beneath kilometres of ice

What to Pack for Antarctica: A Complete Checklist

Antarctica is a once-in-a-lifetime destination marked by untouched landscapes, drifting icebergs, and thriving penguin colonies. I recently returned from the “frozen continent,” traveling on the inaugural Sail and Fly the Drake Passage itinerary with National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions. While the experience was extraordinary, it also came with logistical challenges, including two nearly 24-hour flight routes with multiple layovers between t…

Antarctica’s Hidden Alps: Scientists Finally Solve 500-Million-Year-Old Mountain Mystery - Optic Flux

For over half a century, a vast mountain range has remained hidden beneath Antarctica’s frozen heart. Now, scientists have finally cracked the geological code behind the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains—a Himalayan-scale formation entombed beneath kilometers of ice for over 500 million years. The discovery sheds new light on how Earth’s ancient supercontinents formed, why East Antarctica […]

Antarctica’s Naked Body Exposes a Forgotten Continent Beneath the Ice

Antarctica may appear to be an endless expanse of ice, but beneath its frozen surface lies a complex and dramatic landscape of rocky mountains, valleys, and even volcanoes. Now, an international team led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map ever made of this hidden world. This groundbreaking effort, known as Bedmap3, offers a precise look at the continent “naked” under its immense ice sheet. A Scientific Break…

British Antarctic Survey starts using new Discovery Building - Global Construction Review

After six construction seasons squeezed into Antarctica’s brief summer, the British Antarctic Survey’s new research support facility, the Discovery Building, is coming into operational use at the UK’s Rothera Research Station. The two-storey, 4,500-sq-m building replaces several that had come to the end of their lives and will bring scientific and operations functions together under one roof. Rothera is the UK’s largest Antarctic research hub.…