A 7.5 magnitude earthquake rattled the Chilean Antarctic region and the southern Drake Passage on Thursday, the US Geological Survey

A judge in Chile has agreed to suspend proceedings against a teenage American pilot and social media influencer who has been stuck on a remote Antarctic island since late June after he was accused of landing there without permission.

American pilot Ethan Guo has finally settled his legal dispute with the Chilean government, surrounding his time being effectively stranded on King George Island off the coast of Antarctica. He's been stuck there since June 28,

Ethan Guo, a content creator, said that he has been effectively trapped at a Chilean base since June. The authorities had said he landed there without permission.

Guo's attorney said the pilot received "explicit, direct permission" to land at a Chilean base. But upon landing, Guo was arrested and charged with providing false flight information, according to Chilean officials, who said he did not have a permit and "violated international regulations regarding the Antarctica continent."

A team of Chilean scientists has sequenced the first complete genomes of the H5N1 avian influenza virus found in birds in Antarctica.

SANTIAGO, Chile — What was intended as a fundraising mission for cancer research has become a nightmare for American teen influencer Ethan Guo, who has been stuck since June in a remote location in Chilean territory in Antarctica .

As Mr Guo began to lose airspeed, he set course for Antarctica — what he said was the closest place to land without traversing the worst of airspace above mountain ranges. Now hundreds of kilometres off course, Mr Guo landed at Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport on King George Island, a Chilean territory in Antarctica.

Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned Wednesday, a fresh blow for one of Earth's most pristine environments already threatened by human-driven climate change.

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Drake Passage region on Thursday, shaking the Chilean Antarctic zone and triggering tsunami concerns along parts of the Chilean coast. While the US tsunami warning system did not issue an alert,