Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Global team of researchers compile comprehensive picture of the species found in world's most remote continent A pioneering ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

This astonishing extraterrestrial face was spotted in a Google Earth satellite image of Antarctica. Visit 72°00'36.0"S, ...

Create a table- top map of Antarctica using junk materials. Include a South Pole, some mountains and ice shelves. Provide small play figures for imaginative play. Or create a ‘shoebox ...

On Nov. 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand flight left Auckland for Antarctica on what promised to be a photographer’s dream trip. The 11-hour round trip was dubbed a luxury cruise at altitude.

Dr. Joe McGinley has climbed the tallest mountains on six of seven continents and invents medical devices. But before that, ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

Easter Sunday falls on April 20 in 2025 leaving limited options for an Easter ski holiday this winter. While some ...

A high pressure area over Antarctica-- associated with extremely ... particularly if they are distorted and slowed over the Victorian mountains. In (Figure 3) a relatively common winter weather map ...

Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...