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Mick Liubinskas rubs shoulders with billionaires but his own trajectory has been different.

He’s one of the godfathers of the Australian start-up sector. So why isn’t he a billionaire?

Some of Mick Liubinskas’ friends are immensely wealthy, but his passions have taken him down a different path.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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The waters off Cuverville Island, Antarctica.

The 21 must-do highlights of Antarctica

With few man-made distractions, it’s all about the wildlife in this spectacular icy kingdom.

  • David McGonigal
While cruise ships in the rest of the world focus on bigger ships, the opposite is true in Antarctica.

I refuse to feel guilty about visiting this pristine destination

My cute penguin video had barely uploaded to Instagram before my phone hummed with indignant texts. “How could you go to Antarctica?” “That’s so irresponsible.”

  • Justin Meneguzzi
A whale breaches in the Antarctic near a krill trawler.

Whales go to Antarctica to get fat. Humans are taking their food

First it was Whale Wars, now it’s krill wars. The groups that took on Japanese whaling in Antarctica now have a new industry in their sights.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Sleeper shark

Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s frozen depths

Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the Southern Ocean’s frigid waters before a “hunk of a shark” swam into view of a remote camera.

  • Rod McGuirk
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In the Trump era of America first, scientists fear for the future of Antarctica

There are growing concerns the treaty that has protected the last great wilderness for nearly 70 years may not hold as the old rules-based world order disintegrates along with the sea ice.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Nothing can prepare you for the scale of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Think of the destination that’s overwhelmed you most and multiply it 10

This is so much bigger and it’s better. And there’s no one here except us.

  • Craig Tansley

Would you dive into the freezing waters of the Antarctic? Meet the people who do it for fun

A long-awaited polar plunge comes with a mix of excitement and trepidation.

  • Mark Daffey
The Douglas Mawson en route to Hobart.

Australian cruise company launches new ‘X-bow’ ship

The Douglas Mawson will sail to Antarctica as well as the Mediterranean and the British Isles.

  • Julietta Jameson
Bookings will soon open for Ponant’s unprecedented circumnavigation of Antarctica in January 2028 aboard Le Commandant Charcot.

The ends of the Earth

The Arctic and Antarctic are otherworldly places of furious extremes, where unfamiliar rhythms and patterns will keep you in a perpetual state of wonder.