Every year, the BBC World Service makes this special programme for the team of scientists and support staff isolated at British research stations in the Antarctic midwinter. The Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast is unlike anything else on the BBC World Service. It features messages from family and friends at home as well as music requests from Antarctica.

Photo: Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on the southern end of the runway at Rothera Research Station. Credit: BAS/Chester Sands Show less