There are about 10,000 scientists stationed in Antarctica during the summer but, in the harsh winter, that number drops to ...

The alarm was raised in one of the world's most remote workplaces after a scientist allegedly snapped, attacked a colleague ...

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Known as Bedmap3, it ...

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Known as Bedmap3 ...

General view of the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica on November 11, 2016. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) Even Iran has shown interest in the southern pole region. In a 2023 interview on ...

The U.S. has by far the largest footprint, with the McMurdo Research Station in the Ross Sea region, plus two other permanent bases, one right at the South Pole. The U.K., Australia, Germany and Japan ...

which would later become Orcadas Station, a historic milestone which marked the beginning of Argentina's uninterrupted presence in Antarctica. However, Argentina's continuous presence in ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star moves through pack ice Dec. 28, 2019, about 200 miles north of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The 43-year-old Polar Star is the nation’s only heavy icebreaker ...

China is preparing to mark 30 years of polar expeditions, when on 20 February 1985 opened its first permanent research station in Antarctica ... more areas to map them. As a gift for the 30th ...

BEIJING -- The hybrid power supply system of China's Qinling Station in Antarctica, integrating wind, solar, hydrogen and diesel power, has kicked off its operation, marking the debut of such a ...