The rapid expansion, over-exploitation and subsequent decline in whale stocks in the northern hemisphere in the 20th century ...

Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia in 1916 after spending 18 months stranded on Antarctica with his crew. The now-dilapidated Stromness Manager's Villa was ...

Work is under way on a South Atlantic island to preserve a key building in the story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Urgent restoration work is under way on the South Georgia villa used during Shackleton’s legendary Endurance rescue ...

The historic buildings at a whaling station were built in about 1906 by Norwegian carpenters, but have fallen into disrepair.

A race is under way to restore a building used by Irish polar explorers Tom Crean and Ernest Shackleton during their epic mission to rescue the crew of their ship, Endurance. The three-man team ...

Dame Barbara Rae tells Mike Wade​ what she’ll be looking out for next month when she sets out once again for the Antarctic ...

The crumbling wooden house on South Georgia Island, where Sir Ernest Shackleton organized the rescue of his crew in 1916, is ...

Whether your dream wildlife holiday involves tracking big cats, watching elephant families at play, seeing cetaceans breach, ...

The remoteness, elemental grandeur and extraordinary wildlife of the Arctic and Antarctic will seize your soul.

Carpenters are working against the clock to rescue a deteriorating wooden villa in South Georgia — a building linked to one of polar exploration's most remarkable survival stories. Its significance ...

From bomb craters to spoil heaps, whaling stations to war zones, abandoned human landscapes are becoming unexpected ...