Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's ...

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low ...

Extreme lows in sea ice induce many changes in the physical, ecological, and societal systems of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. A: an average sea ice summer. B: an extreme low sea ice summer. In B ...

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

HX Expeditions has been leading adventure travel trips since 1896 and has more than 20 years of experience operating in ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

The sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound has held secrets beneath its surface for decades. Now, scientists have unlocked some of those mysteries by studying how this fast ice—frozen sea water ...

The Interannual Variability of Antarctic Fast‐Ice Thickness in McMurdo Sound and Connections to Climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 2024; 129 (12) DOI: 10.1029/2023JC020134 Cite ...

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! In Antarctica, ... a pack-ice killer whale turns away to prepare another wave to wash the seal off the ice floe.

Pack sunscreen, sunglasses, a sun hat, lip balm, and clothing rated at least UPF 50, which is like SPF for clothes. Sun protection is especially important in wintry places where ice, snow, and ...

Slowly cracking through the dense pack ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea is hefty, ice-breaking research vessel S. A. Agulhas II (pictured below). It was part of Endurance22, a successful 2022 ...