The South Orkney Islands lie roughly 650km north-east of the Antarctic Peninsula and 1250km south-east of South America. A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British ...

The red star indicates the position of South Orkney during the late Eocene (37 million years ago). The blue regions indicate where Antarctica may have had land ice at the time. The grey and light ...

Macaroni penguins range from the sub-Antarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula. They breed in at least 216 colonies at 50 sites, including southern Chile, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South ...

In the process, they have also found an explanation for the mysterious discovery of ancient material from Antarctica near South Orkney, an island to the southwest of South Georgia. Ice caps grow ...

It ensures that British activities in Antarctica will be carried out safely and that environmental risks are minimised” said Chris Bryant. (*) The South Orkney Islands have been part of the ...