"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

An inside look at the HX 'Nansen,' including its science program, zodiac excursions, and amenities, like its ocean-view sauna ...

A pair of researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada, working with a colleague from the Scripps Institution of ...

A massive iceberg broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January, giving researchers a rare opportunity to ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.

Heath Eskridge, a Hardinsburg firefighter, traded fire for ice last week and plunged into frigid waters off the Antarctic peninsula.

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

Climate models have predicted that the ocean surrounding Antarctica should be warming, but new research shows that it's ...

Most Antarctic trips explore the western peninsula departing from South America for about 10 days. This is the most beautiful ...

Far from staying away from the game, a five-month chess championship took place between Soviet explorers in Antarctica in ...

One of the most unknown places on Earth is Antarctica. A place that has been analyzed in recent decades and still holds many ...