Tourism in the Antarctic Peninsula is a niche but booming industry powered by deep-pocketed adventure-seekers travelling thousands of miles to marvel at penguin colonies and take "polar plunges" in ...

Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd said it rescued 40 crew members from a sinking “poaching” ship it was pursuing for months for allegedly illegally fishing in the Southern Ocean, but described ...

A deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the Antarctic cruise ship MV Hondius has intensified concerns over the environmental and health risks of surging tourism to the continent. While visitor numbers ...

FILE PHOTO: A drone view of the cruise ship MV Hondius, carrying passengers suspected of having cases of hantavirus on board, as it prepares to leave Praia FILE PHOTO: A drone view of the cruise ship ...

A hantavirus outbreak aboard the Antarctic cruise ship MV Hondius has killed at least three people and led to several other confirmed and suspected cases, according to the World Health Organization.

Virus-hit cruise was on sub-Antarctic nature expedition Antarctica tourism industry has boomed in last 10 years New case suspected on Tristan da Cunha, another fragile environment Infections fuel ...