Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said it had become clear that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker ...

“If you look on nautical charts, it calls this island Bombay Island after this boat,” Lockton said of the remains of an old ...

China says there is no "geopolitical motive" behind the ongoing expansion of its operations in Antarctica, including newly ...

Even in Antarctica, scientists and workers are feeling the impacts—and are terrified for what’s to come. The United States Antarctic Program (USAP) operates three permanent stations in Antarctica.

Deep beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet lies a city-sized lake that has remained untouched for 34 million years. Named Lake Snow Eagle, this underwater giant spans 143 square miles and sits in a ...

In contrast, New York City is 300 square miles. Icebergs that big are rare, Andrew Meijers, an oceanographer at British Antarctic Survey, said in a statement on the group’s website.

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He also stressed that Punta Arenas was “the main Antarctic city in the world” with “the airport with the largest movement of passengers traveling to Antarctica each year, both tourists and ...

It was 120 degrees that day in Las Vegas, the city’s hottest day on record. But in Antarctica, in the Southern Hemisphere, it was winter, and at the South Pole, the average winter temperature is ...

The British Antarctic Survey used data collected over six decades by planes, satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds to create a detailed map of the continent.