and after a spell back in the UK they ended up in South Africa with General Graham Moodie. The return of the artefacts to Orkney comes after “concerted efforts” by the council’s museums team ...

The South Orkney Islands have been part of the British Antarctic Territory since 1962, and prior to this the islands were a Falkland Islands Dependency. Under the 1959 Antarctic Treaty however ...

The pilot, who was born in South Africa was just 25. He achieved the feat by landing his Sopwith Pup on the deck of the HMS Furious as the ship steamed through the waters of Scapa Flow in Orkney.

The red star indicates the position of South Orkney during the late Eocene (37 million years ago). The blue regions indicate where Antarctica may have had land ice at the time. The grey and light ...