With winter temperatures of minus 70 degrees centigrade and winds of 100mph, only a few hundred people live in this i...

In the spring, the thaw begins and animals like the humpback whale and the crabeater seal follow the retreating ice.

It's summer in Antarctica, and with 24-hour daylight the race to breed is on as two million fur seals crowd the beach...

Autumn has stirred up harsh seas which batter the islands of Antarctica, leaving penguins to struggle ashore to feed ...

During the Antarctic winter, conditions are so extreme that most animal life deserts the region. The few exceptions i...

David Attenborough's natural history of Antarctica focuses on man's struggle to survive in this frozen world. From Ca...