In the 1800s, many explorers flocked to the polar regions. But another vast, uncharted land presented opposite difficulties, ...

Members of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition raise the Australian flag over Heard Island on December 26, 1947. National Archives of Australia A trove of historic images from early ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Conservationists in Australia's oldest Antarctic outpost have scraped away a hundred years of snow and ice to unearth items, from bullets to a bowl of peas, that reveal the harsh ...