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

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

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

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.

A new study found parts of Antartica could pass a tipping point for mass ice sheet losses as soon as 2050 – pushing sea ...

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

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.

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 ...

Almost a century after the colossal squid was first discovered, a juvenile was filmed and photographed in its natural habitat ...