UFOs, strange structures, and unexplained phenomena buried deep beneath the ice. In 1946, the U.S. launched Operation Highjump, a military expedition meant to last six months. It ended in six weeks.

Nasa said: “A geothermal heat source called a mantle plume lies deep below Antarctica's Marie Byrd Land, explaining some of the melting that creates lakes and rivers under the ice sheet.

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

NASA satellite measurements calculate that since 2004, Antarctica as a whole is losing 130 billion tons of ice each year. This is the weight equivalent of 356,000 Empire State Buildings.

The breakup of the massive Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica is getting closer and will eventually produce an iceberg the size of Delaware prowling the Southern Ocean, according to new NASA data.

NASA's airborne survey investigates how ice in Antarctica is responding to a changing climate. Now in its ninth year, the operation conducted a set of nine-hour research flights over West ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A NASA study contradicts previous climate models and says Antarctica is gaining ice. Produced by Emmanuel Ocbazghi. Special thanks to Jessica Orwig. Follow BI Video ...

Dehradun: Antarctica's summer ... as per a report by Nasa and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). This dramatic retreat, captured in satellite imagery, underscores an unsettling trend ...

Credit: Trent Schindler/NASA’s ... the Nimbus-7 satellite. "It's not yet clear whether the Southern Hemisphere has entered a new norm with perennially low ice or if the Antarctic is in a passing ...