Despite Antarctica not belonging to any state, as many as seven countries have made historical territorial claims on it.

A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) - the first UK published, ...

The iceberg had been stuck in a rotating water column near the South Orkney Islands since last April, said Andrew Meijers from the British Antarctic Survey. "It has now come loose from this ...

More recently, A23a got stuck again, spinning in one place just north of the South Orkney Islands. But, in December 2024 it finally broke free. Related: Scientists peered into a secret Antarctic ...

Iceberg alley starts on the northeastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula and generally heads northeast past the South Orkney Island and South Georgia Island into the South Atlantic Ocean.

Raul Cordero from Chile's University of Santiago, who is also part of the National Antarctic Research Committee, said he was confident the iceberg would sidestep South Georgia. "The island acts as ...

The world’s largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals at risk. The iceberg, A23a, broke free from its position north of the South ...