The new heat record comes amid a prolonged heatwave that has seen maximum daily temperatures above zero degrees for three consecutive weeks.

Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region

Temperatures in the Antarctic Peninsula have reached a record-breaking high of 15.4C for June, and ice is melting at abnormal rates during the current winter, climate scientists…

Climate scientists are sounding the alarm after a stubborn Antarctic heat wave shattered the region's winter heat record.

The new heat record comes amid a prolonged heatwave that has seen maximum daily temperatures above zero degrees for three consecutive weeks.

Op Antarctica zijn vorige week temperaturen gemeten van boven de 15 graden, terwijl het daar nu winter is. Recordtemperaturen houden al weken aan bij de Zuidpool, waardoor er veel…

Bij een Argentijnse onderzoeksbasis werd een temperatuur van 15,5 graden gemeten.

Climate scientists warn of unprecedented Antarctic heatwave, with temperatures 20C above normal. Loss of sea ice threatens marine life and penguins.