"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

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Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

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Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

Climate models have predicted that the ocean surrounding Antarctica should be warming, but new research shows that it's ...

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

In July 1911, it took Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Edward Wilson and Henry Bowers 19 days to travel from Cape Evans to the emperor ...