A first-ever all-Canadian expedition to Antarctica explores the climate changes and political challenges facing the remote continent.

For 65 years, an international treaty forged at the height of the Cold War has governed Antarctica. But with rising geopolitical tensions, consensus is increasingly hard to find."Up until just a few ...

"Antarctic sea ice extent is 17% higher today than it was in 1979," text under the charts reads. Similar claims also appeared on other platforms, including Instagram and X.

By definition, it is a nunatak, which is simply a peak of rock sticking out above a glacier or an ice sheet. This one has the shape of a pyramid, but that doesn’t make it a human construction.” ...

2026: China's Chang'e 7 mission will send an orbiter, lander, rover and a small flying device to the south pole to hunt for ice. China's Yutu-2 rover, which landed on the far side of the moon in ...

IM-2 is aiming to land 100 miles (160 km) from the lunar south pole, near a permanently shadowed crater thought to hold frozen water. A key feature of the mission is Grace, a drone that will ...

BEIJING -- China's Chang'e 7 lunar probe, scheduled for launch in 2026, will target the moon's south pole to search for water ice and test cutting-edge technologies critical for sustainable human ...

China's Chang'e-7 lunar probe, scheduled for launch in 2026, will target the moon's south pole to search for water ice and test cutting-edge technologies critical for sustainable human activities ...

The fifth-largest continent, the magical Antarctica, which dominates the South Pole in all its mysterious isolation, began to form as an ice sheet 34-35 million years ago.

The South Pole is located on the frozen continent of Antarctica, resting atop a large ice sheet, whereas the North Pole is located in the Arctic Ocean and is distinguished by floating sea ice.

The South Pole's midnight sun appears to hover in place, never dropping below the horizon for weeks between November and January. But the Antarctic’s timelessness is an illusion.