Freezing winds are continuing to hamper the rescue of 68 people from an Australian icebreaker ship stranded in Antarctica. Aurora Australis was on a supply mission to Mawson Station when it broke ...

The Australian icebreaker carrying the rescued passengers, the ”Aurora Australis“, will remain on standby in open water in the area ”as a precautionary measure“, the rescue agency said.

China's lone research icebreaker, the MV Xue Long, may be stuck in thick Antarctic ice after a heroic rescue effort.

Missed out on last night's aurora australis light show? Fortunately the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has confirmed the ...

The Chinese icebreaker Snow Dragon is about 6.7 nautical miles away, while the Australian Aurora Australis icebreaker is drifting at a distance of 18 miles from the Russian ship. “The Russian ...

"You look south to see an aurora — it always originates at the southern magnetic pole, so we always look south, but if it's very big, it will go up very high," she said. "Last night it actually ...