The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometers thick on average and covering nearly twice the ...

That will solve this once and for all,” Will Duffy said. “We need to go to Antarctica. I need to take a flat-Earther or two ...

There are five types of killer whale in Antarctica, but only three found in these waters, near the peninsula south of South ...

ANN ARBOR — Amy and Tom Knutilla recently traveled to their seventh continent in a journey that was the first of its kind.

Reading up on Antarctica's natural history and golden age of exploration can make your trip more entertaining and educational ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the ...

A satellite hundreds of miles above Earth captured rare images of an atmospheric phenomenon that makes Antarctica glaciers ...

“Volcanic activity has been shown to affect Earth’s climate in a myriad of ways,” the authors write. “One such example is ...

Sunniva Sorby, a member of the first group of women to ski to the South Pole, is now the “Godmother” of the HX Nansen, a ...

Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's ...

A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists announced in a recent study. In fact, the research showed that vegetation ...

Visiting Antarctica — and, in particular, Ukraine's Vernadsky Research Base on the continent's peninsula — was a lifelong ...