Antarctic cruises have never been so popular, with roughly 100,000 passengers a year. About 98% of them sail from South ...

But just a few sail to the south of the continent, from New Zealand, said Jamie Lafferty ... series of small archipelagoes known as the Subantarctic Islands. The westerly winds at these latitudes ...

The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands consist of five island groups (the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island) in the Southern Ocean south-east of New ...

The quake was reported at a depth of 33km (21 miles) about 160km (99 miles) northwest of Snares Islands, the northernmost of New Zealand’s sub-Antarctic islands, Geonet said in an alert.

A strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday, authorities said, as the country's disaster agency assessed if there were any tsunami threats.

The quake was reported at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) about 160 km north-west of Snares Islands, the northernmost of New Zealand's sub-antarctic islands, Geonet said in an alert. The United States ...