Antarctica's nearest neighbour is the tip of South America, although this is still around 1,000km away. It would take over two days to reach it by boat. The Geographic South Pole is the most ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation ...

Early explorers skimmed the boundaries of Antarctica in daring sea voyages ... and sledges aiming to be the first to reach the South Pole. They pushed south to 82º16.5'S, when scurvy, frostbite ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

Antarctica’s pristine image is misleading, according to Professor Peder Roberts, who uncovers the political intrigue linked to the Antarctic Treaty ...

The updated map of Antarctica clearly shows the landscape beneath its massive ice sheet, including its tallest mountains and ...

The average temperature at the South Pole is -57.1°F (-49.5°C). This shows how the extreme winds in Antarctica are linked to ...

Recent allegations of violence at the SANAE IV Antarctic research base highlight the urgent need to improve safety in remote ...

Captain Chandi trekked 700 miles to reach the South Pole in 40 days, battling 60mph winds and pulling a 90kg sled in temperatures of -50°C. A British Army officer – the first woman of color to ...

It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift ... But as the air and ocean around the south pole have warmed over the past few decades, icebergs calve off ...

Locate Antarctica on globes, digital maps and atlases and find the South Pole. Do a virtual visit using Google Earth and research images of the Geographical South Pole. Create a table- top map of ...