Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents ...

It’s surreal to look back at the ship’s bow totally engulfed by ice. We’re the only living, breathing things here. That is, ...

Ibrahim Sharaf Al Hashemi, an Emirati explorer, has participated in an air mission that completed the first circular flight ...

A 2018 study suggested that people working in Antarctica over the winter enter a state of “psychological hibernation,” marked ...

Antarctica has a wild, rich, and relatively recent history. Learning about it beforehand will not only entertain you, but enhance and improve your trip. Going to Antarctica? Amazing. It’s the ...

The world’s biggest iceberg — a 130-foot (40-meter) tall wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — that had shaken loose of its mooring is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to ...

Icebergs float in Antarctic waters. Packing lists for people going to Antarctica tend to be gear-heavy, with a need for weatherproof clothing as well as gadgets that can make your trip more enjoyable.

The phenomenon occurs because the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun as the planet rotates around it, and Antarctica is at its closest point to the sun on the rotation.