An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

So, whether it's surviving the harsh desert heat, weeks without food and water, or even the Canadian Arctic, the camel is one of the best adapters in the animal kingdom, and that's in large part ...

A new paper reveals what lies ahead for the fastest-warming region on Earth. In 2024, the global average air temperature ...

A new review paper, led by NSIDC senior research scientist Julienne Stroeve and published in Science on February 6, 2025, ...

The world's fastest-warming region is at its peril, stresses the new review article. The Arctic will be ice-free for several months during summer if temperatures reach 2.7 degrees Celsius as projected ...

The opportunity to learn about the animals, the history of the continent and its 1959-era Antarctic Treaty, and the effects of climate change on the vast polar desert most impressed Katie.

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

A true polar desert, Ellesmere gets less then 70 mm of rain and/or snow a year. During the brief summer, when the sun beats down twenty-four hours a day, the environment dries up and resembles the ...

A largescale film journey beyond the Arctic Circle which combines the secrets of shamans and life in the Arctic desert modern technological process and the struggle of small peoples for their ...