Antarctica is a cold and unforgiving place, unsuited for all but the most prepared visitor, but it's also has a few more ...

It's part of their project to ski the 20 largest ice caps, but they will also attempt the first unsupported N-S crossing of ...

By presidential directives stretching back decades, the United States maintains three research stations in Antarctica ... island off the Antarctic peninsula, the large McMurdo Station near the ...

Jacob Cooper spent a month on a small boat studying penguins off the coast of Antarctica. He shivered. He got seasick. It was ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...

Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found corals, sponges and even giant sea spiders some 750 feet under the ...

Bulges might appear when lakes under the ice sheet fill, or disappear when they empty. More than 140 active subglacial lakes have been identified beneath Antarctica over the past two decades.