Now that a deal has been struck with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, the government’s focus should be on the UK’s ...

He is succeeded as Head of the Overseas Territories Department and Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory by Mr Alan Huckle, until now head of the department dealing with the ...

The primary holdout? A section of the British Antarctic Territory, including the Pitcairn Islands that experiences perpetual sunlight six months out of the year. But thanks to cosmic geometry ...

One iceberg where this happened, however, didn’t create a huge splash, but is causing a lot of scientists to step up and look ...

According to the British Antarctic Survey research organization ... an unpopulated island that is part of the British ...

The British Antarctic Survey, which is responsible for the UK’s national scientific activities in Antarctica, operates two research stations on South Georgia, including one at Bird Island where ...

Full list of British overseas territories ... Pitcairn Islands - 8,939 Falkland Islands - 8,064 miles British Antarctic Territory - 8,889 miles South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands - 7,810 ...

Russia’s Rosgeo has found oil and gas reserves in British territory in the Antarctic. Russia has found huge oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory, potentially leading to drilling ...

Russia's Rosgeo uncovered oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory, estimated at around 511 billion barrels. The discovery poses environmental risks and challenges the 1959 Antarctic ...

Those hired to work at Port Lockroy will be tasked with “running the charity gift shop, fundraising, a British Antarctic Territory Post Office, annual maintenance and upkeep of the historic ...