In July 1911, it took Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Edward Wilson and Henry Bowers 19 days to travel from Cape Evans to the emperor ...

Meet some of Antarctica's iconic species – emperor penguins and Weddell seals – and learn how they use the ice. Just outside ...

Weddell seals are the most southerly breeding of all the mammals. Because they are air-breathing furry mammals, seals have to give birth on land (or ice). Seals can’t give birth in the water ...

The Weddell Seal This Antarctic mammal can swim under the ice for more than an hour without coming up for air. How is it able to find its way back to its breathing hole, particularly during the ...

One of the greatest challenges faced by the Antarctic team One of the greatest challenges faced by the Antarctic team of Frozen Planet II was filming Weddell seal mothers teaching their pups to swim.

Bertie Gregory (UK) tracks a pod of orcas as they prepare to wave wash a Weddell seal. This pod belongs to an ecotype known as B1 - the pack ice orcas -identified by their characteristically large, ...

The ‘megaberg’ calved from Antarctica’s Filchner ice shelf in 1986, and then remained grounded on the floor of the Weddell Sea for ... local penguins and seals. The British Antarctic Survey ...