Antarctic island hits record temperature of 20.75C - BBC News
Antarctica has exceeded 20C for the first time, after researchers logged a temperature of 20.75C on an island off the coast of the continent.
Brazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer told AFP they had "never seen a temperature this high in Antarctica".
But he warned the temperature, logged on 9 February, was just one reading and not part of a long-term data set.
The continent also hit a record last week, with a temperature reading of 18.3C on the Antarctic Peninsula.
