branching channels that resemble giant alien spider webs spread across the southern polar ice cap. Unlike Earth, where ...

The left-hand panel shows the surface topography of Mars’s south pole, with the outline of the south polar cap in black ... inferred subglacial water. The ice in the region is around 1500 ...

said Mirai II will be tasked with measuring the thickness and shape of the sea ice it cuts through as well as studying environmental conditions and living creatures in the north polar region.

Nasa says the extent of sea ice was 1.58m sq miles (4.10m sq km) compared with a previous low of 1.61m sq miles (4.17m sq km) on 18 September 2007. The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic ...

(CNN)-- It could be the ultimate test of human endurance: Three British explorers are risking their lives in subzero temperatures to measure the melting Arctic ice cap. The team is on a three ...