The first antarctic expedition falls into that period which is so peculiarly replete with important events, both in the world of politics and in the realm of science. We read in a leaflet issued ...

Flying into Antarctica is an enormous challenge for both pilots and aircraft. A 60-year-old Canadian plane turns out to be perfect for the job. "It's a massive adventure," says Vicky Auld.

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname the “Doomsday Glacier” for its potential to flood coastlines around the world if it collapsed. It is already contributing about 4% of annual ...

But why travel to Antarctica? Visiting the White Continent is far more than just checking a box. It's an opportunity to see a part of Earth that's radically different than anywhere else — and ...

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname, the “Doomsday Glacier”, for its potential to flood coastlines around the world if it collapsed. It is already contributing about 4 percent of ...

On the freezing waves of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, researchers aboard the ARSV Laurence M. Gould dropped a trawling net into the water. They were hoping to catch zooplankton ...

A new species of Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, has been discovered in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia ...

A massive ice sheet in Antarctica - equal to the size of Great Britain - could be all but lost by the 23rd century, experts warn. The Thwaites Glacier is one of the largest and fastest-moving in ...

A team of NASA rocket scientists is developing autonomous underwater robots able to go where humans cannot, deep beneath Antarctica’s giant ice shelves. The robots’ task is to better ...

Two papers published in Nature Geoscience in June indicate that Antarctic ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously anticipated. The papers detail two distinct mechanisms for melting ...