Researchers from East Carolina University are studying glacial melt at the Antarctic to better understand the impact of ...

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

In 1929, Richard Byrd became the first pilot to fly an airplane over the South Pole. With fewer restrictions and capabilities ...

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation ...

One of them is a madman — accused of violently beating, threatening and sexually harassed at least two of his teammates.

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

Most Antarctic trips explore the western peninsula departing from South America for about 10 days. This is the most beautiful ...

"Humans have always brought their own interests to Antarctica," he says. In 1911, Roald Amundsen planted the Norwegian flag at the South Pole, where no one had set foot before. With this ...

Never seen, perhaps, but that doesn't mean forever to remain unknown. For years, the British Antarctic Survey has been flying ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

One researcher at an isolated base in Antarctica fears they may be the next target of a colleague who allegedly made a threat ...