Antarctica is by far the coldest area on the planet. The coldest temperature recorded on Earth was recorded at Vostok, the Russian Antarctica research station in July 1983, when the temperature ...

COLUMBUS — Columbus Public Library, 223 W. James St., Columbus, will host a Badger Talk by Professor Matt Lazzara at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the program room. He will discuss his book “Dead Lines: Slices of ...

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it ...

Relay Station, an unmanned weather station in the interior of East Antarctica. Unmanned stations are designed to survive Antarctic temperatures below -70°C and have revealed the main cause of warming ...

New Zealand’s air force carried out a nearly 20-hour medical evacuation to rescue three Americans from Antarctica, calling it a high-risk mission conducted in freezing temperatures and total darkness.

Picture: Pete Harmsen AAD (Australian Antarctic Division) “The extreme weather is just one component of the work ... Her role ...

An Australian medical team is attempting the risky trip to McMurdo Station. Aug. 8, 2012 — -- An Australian medical team is attempting to make its way to Antarctica to help rescue an expedition ...