The Edinburgh-based firm, Christian Salvesen, operated whale processing ports at the aptly named Leith Harbour at Stromness ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's ...

Sydney’s harbor becomes a humpback highway in winter as the whales migrate from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding ...

Looking to escape? Here’s a recent trip a local reader took to explore Argentina and Antarctica. Check it out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com/tag/wish-you-were-here/.

In Antarctica, there is a remarkable comeback taking place. Whales are returning in numbers to its waters. It is thought by scientists that that 2.9 million whales were killed for commercial ...

In January 2022 off Adelaide Island, Antarctica, the snow was falling so thick and quietly, it felt like traveling through hyperspace. “Silence is noisy, so that was super spooky,” says Bertie ...

HX Expeditions has been leading adventure travel trips since 1896 and has more than 20 years of experience operating in ...

ANTARCTICA: Iceberg, right ahead! For Sunnyvale’s Carla Klein, a close-up view of icebergs, penguins, seals and whales were among the highlights of a trip to Argentina and Antarctica earlier ...