Crustaceans, snails, worms and fish are among the dozens of creatures that deep-sea explorers discovered under a massive ...

"These gravity images are revolutionizing our ability to study the least understood continent on Earth—Antarctica." ...

The researchers and base personnel remain in Antarctica for approximately 15 months working through the cold and dark winter ...

Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...

Beneath Mount Erebus, researchers have found a hidden underground ecosystem that could rewrite history. This hidden world may ...

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

It took two days to cross the Drake Passage into the Antarctic Circle. During the two-day trip, she attended informational sessions about the history of Antarctica and chatted with other passengers.

A research base in Antarctica. In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first to reach the South Pole. It was one of the most famous expeditions in history. No single country owns ...

However, this is not unique to the U.S., as climate change has been altering the landscapes of every continent, including the most remote one, Antarctica. While the desolation of Antarctica's ...

The Antarctic ice sheet, Earth's largest ice mass and nearly twice the size of Australia, acts like a sponge for the planet, keeping sea levels stable by storing freshwater as ice.