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

Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...

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

Studies on Antarctica have documented how temperatures, glaciers, oceans and wildlife are reacting to the warming consequences of fossil fuel emissions. A place this remote and isolated makes a ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Air travel is one of the busiest modes of transportation, with rumbling engines traversing across the world. However, the South Pole is among the most unwelcoming aviation routes ...

In the middle of an active volcano at the bottom of the world, dozens of fur seals bask in blowing wet snow. They are mostly unfussed by their two-legged guests. Around them lie cockeyed iron tanks ...