During Antarctica’s warm season, the sleek Norwegian passenger ship known as the MS Fridtjof Nansen departs regularly from ...

The NSF is beginning an operational retreat from Antarctica. Both the aging U.S. facilities and the research itself are ...

OPERATION: HIGHJUMP Operation Highjump commenced in August 1946. It was the largest, most heavily armed naval task force ever ...

Antarctica, once seen as a pristine wilderness, has trouble brewing in its waters. As researchers, tourists and military personnel venture to the region in growing numbers, they’re leaving behind more ...

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.

The establishment of research stations in Antarctica and first crossing of the continent by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) captured public attention. I recall being fascinated ...

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...

The program took 34 U.S. and Canadian instructors to the South Pole in December to help them educate students about the ...

Fairuz Ishraque, a Bangladeshi scientist, recently journeyed to the icy continent of Antarctica, where he spent 69 days conducting research in the Allan Hills, a notable group of hills in the region.

A team of scientists set out on the research ship Falkor (too) in February for a 35-day expedition off the South Sandwich ...